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

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $6,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

T. Bensley for R. Bowyer

Place

London

Publication

1804

Description

FIRST EDITION. 24 full-page color aquatint plates. Text in English and French.

references

Abbey Travel, 369.

summary

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

pp. 47, (1). Inscription on title, dampstained, few short tears. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, covers detached, backstrip lacking. Elephant folio.

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