(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Views in Palestine from the Original Drawings of <<Luigi Mayer.>> With an ...

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Views in Palestine from the Original Drawings of <<Luigi Mayer.>> With an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Country, and its Remarkable Places.


FIRST EDITION. 24 full-page color aquatint plates. Text in English and French. A fine copy.
pp. 47, (1). Small ink stains along a few outer margins. Original boards with printed label on upper cover, later neatly rebacked. Elephant folio. Abbey Travel, 369.
London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer 1804
An attractive, bright copy. A student of Piranesi, Luigi Mayer (1755–1803) was one of the most important late 18th century European artists focusing on the Ottoman Empire.
An attractive, bright copy. A student of Piranesi, Luigi Mayer (1755–1803) was one of the most important late 18th century European artists focusing on the Ottoman Empire.