Description

Levant.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, from the Original Drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie, first collected edition, 71 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates by William Watts and others after Mayer, one folding, title lightly soiled, occasional spotting, mostly marginal but very slightly affecting folding plate, later morocco-backed cloth with vellum corners, spine faded, cloth boards damp-stained but internally a good copy, [Abbey Travel 371; Atabey 789; Blackmer 1100; Koc 177; Tooley 321], folio, by T.Bensley for R.Bowyer, 1810 [plates water-marked 1809].

⁂ Completing Bowyer's series of Mayer's views of the Ottoman Empire, including the fine folding panorama of Constantinople and scenes of Turkey, Thrace, Syria, Palestine, Sicily, Gozo & the Lipari Islands, Libya, Samos and Ephesus. This is the issue without the letterpress descriptions of the plates.

Lot 15

Levant.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, first edition, 71 hand-coloured aquatints, 1810.  

Hammer Price: £2,200

Description

Levant.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, from the Original Drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie, first collected edition, 71 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates by William Watts and others after Mayer, one folding, title lightly soiled, occasional spotting, mostly marginal but very slightly affecting folding plate, later morocco-backed cloth with vellum corners, spine faded, cloth boards damp-stained but internally a good copy, [Abbey Travel 371; Atabey 789; Blackmer 1100; Koc 177; Tooley 321], folio, by T.Bensley for R.Bowyer, 1810 [plates water-marked 1809].

⁂ Completing Bowyer's series of Mayer's views of the Ottoman Empire, including the fine folding panorama of Constantinople and scenes of Turkey, Thrace, Syria, Palestine, Sicily, Gozo & the Lipari Islands, Libya, Samos and Ephesus. This is the issue without the letterpress descriptions of the plates.

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