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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, 1805, Third edition, 48 hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer. Blackmer 1097 (1801 edition); [with] Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, 1804, FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, 24 plates. Blackmer 1099; [bound with:] Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania... from the original drawings in the posession of Sir R. Ainslie, 1803, short marginal tear to plate [7], FIRST EDITION, titles and text in English and French, 24 plates. Blackmer 1098. Together 3 vols. in 2, folio, 464 x 332 mm. (18¼ x 13 in.), 19th-century half morocco, broken, slight marginal discoloration, some marginal soiling, occasional light offsetting from text to plates, some marginal dampstaining in vol. II, all London: Thomas Bensley. General half-title ("Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire") at head of Egypt volume, together 96 hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer, lists of plates at the end of each volume. Abbey Travel 369. (2)
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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, 1805, Third edition, 48 hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer. Blackmer 1097 (1801 edition); [with] Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer, 1804, FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, 24 plates. Blackmer 1099; [bound with:] Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania... from the original drawings in the posession of Sir R. Ainslie, 1803, short marginal tear to plate [7], FIRST EDITION, titles and text in English and French, 24 plates. Blackmer 1098. Together 3 vols. in 2, folio, 464 x 332 mm. (18¼ x 13 in.), 19th-century half morocco, broken, slight marginal discoloration, some marginal soiling, occasional light offsetting from text to plates, some marginal dampstaining in vol. II, all London: Thomas Bensley. General half-title ("Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire") at head of Egypt volume, together 96 hand-colored aquatint plates by Mayer, lists of plates at the end of each volume. Abbey Travel 369. (2)