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MAYER, Luigi. Views in Egypt. London: R.Bowyer for Thomas Bensley, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802].
2 (465 x 333mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Luigi Mayer. (Some very light offsetting of text onto plates.) Contemporary diced russia gilt (neatly rebacked in morocco). FIRST EDITION. A large copy. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 369 (describing the 1804 collected edition); Colas 2018.
2 (465 x 333mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Luigi Mayer. (Some very light offsetting of text onto plates.) Contemporary diced russia gilt (neatly rebacked in morocco). FIRST EDITION. A large copy. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 369 (describing the 1804 collected edition); Colas 2018.