Arguably the greatest series of colour plates on the Ottoman Empire, with engravings after portraits by a Greek peasant ``who displayed such proofs of natural talent as to induce the Emperor Selim to patronise him'' (Preface).Young's work was first commissioned and patronised by Selim III, but production was halted in 1807 when the Sultan was assassinated by the Janissaries. Mahmoud II became Sultan in 1808 and in 1810 he gave Young permission to continue publication.

Thirty-one original mezzotint engravings, part printed in colours and finished by hand, mounted and framed.

Koç, Constantinople I 205 (English edition).