Lot Essay
Parts II and III of Views in Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. Abbey notes that the Palestine and Ottoman volumes were to be had together in 2 volumes in 1804.
Details
MAYER, Luigi. Views in Palestine, London: by T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804, 2°, title and text printed in English and French, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 24, lacking the View of Jerusalem and the Village of Bethany, minor marginal dust-soiling); Vues dans l'Empire Ottoman, London: by T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1803, 2°, title in French only, text printed in English and French, 22 hand-coloured aquatints only (of 24, lacking the Harbour of Macri and City of Corinth, minor marginal dust-soiling), bound together in contemporary red half calf (affected by damp). [Abbey Travel 369; Brunet III, 1556; Blackmer 1099 & 1098]