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

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 133

(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. <<A fine copy.>> pp. 47, (1). Small ink stains along a few outer margins. Original boards with printed label on upper cover, later neatly rebacked. Elephant folio. Abbey Travel, 369.

London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer 1804

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

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