Views in Palestine from the Original Drawings of <<Luigi Mayer.>> With an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Country, and its Remarkable Places.

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art

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Lot 193

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Views in Palestine from the Original Drawings of <<Luigi Mayer.>> With an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Country, and its Remarkable Places.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> 24 full-page color aquatint plates. Text in English and French. pp. 47, (1). Inscription on title, dampstained, few short tears. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, covers detached, backstrip lacking. Elephant folio.

London:

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

A student of Piranesi, Luigi Mayer (1755–1803) was one of the most important late 18th century European artists focusing on the Ottoman Empire.