5 volumes. 4to., (9 6/8 x 7 inches). ". the Turks": 60 fine hand-coloured aquatints after Octavian Dalvimar; ".the Chinese": 50 after Octavian Dalvimar; ". the English": 50 after Alexander; ". the Austrians": 50 after Alexander; ". the Russians": 50 after Alexander. Uniformly bound in original half red morocco, marbled paper boards, printed paper label on the front cover, gilt, uncut (extremities a bit worn). A BRIGHT AND ATTRACTIVE SET. First published under these titles by John Murray in 1814. The 260 magnificent plates include detailed and beautiful images of the Turkish, Chinese, English, Austrian, and Russian peoples, their "various modes of dress and peculiarity of customs" (Introduction to ". the Turks"). Alexander was a prolific artist, best remembered for his depictions of China "in a period in which the Chinese style greatly influenced the decorative arts in Britain. His meticulous, highly finished technique using pen, ink, and tinted wash is distinctive, his watercolours delicate, his engravings and soft ground etchings were much admired" (Richard Garnett, rev. Heather M. MacLennan for DNB). Alexander first travelled to Chinas as junior draughtsman in Lord Macartney's embassy in 1792-1794. His drawings from the expedition were engraved for the official record, Staunton's, "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China", (1797).
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