Der erst Theyl von der Schiffart und Rayß in die Türckey unnd gegen Oriennt: mit schönen Figuren ... aus der frantzösischen Sprach
A 1572 German-language travel book by Nicolas de Nicolay, translated from French, issued from Frankfurt for readers interested in Ottoman lands and the Levant. Its hand-coloured woodcut plates show costumed figures labelled with ethnic and occupational names, such as a Jewish man, a Greek woman, a Turkish Moslem and a Turkish cook. A designer might draw on the layered, patterned robes, turbans and the flat, naturalistic colouring typical of sixteenth-century ethnographic prints.
