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MAYER, Luigi. Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken During his Embassy to Constantinople. London: Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804.

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MAYER, Luigi. Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken During his Embassy to Constantinople. London: Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804.

2o (468 x 318 mm). 44 (of 48) fine hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer (some very minor occasional pale foxing). Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards (rebacked preserving original spine). Second edition. Abbey Travel 369; Blackmer 10978; Colas 2018; Gay 2145; cf. Lipperheide 1577.

[Bound with:] MAYER. Views in Palestine from the Original Drawings of Luigi Mayer... London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804. 2o. Text in English and French. 19 (of 24) fine hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer. FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1098.

[Bound with:] MAYER. Views in the Ottoman Empire, Chiefly in Caramania... London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1803. 2o. Text in English and French. 24 fine hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer. FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1098. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

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