Views in Egypt, From the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie

First Edition of Thomas Milton’s engravings of Mayer’s original drawings commissioned by Robert Ainslie, of the spectacular and exotic views of Egypt.

48 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, light off-setting to a couple of plates but generally very clean, text and plates watermarks dated 1801, contemporary panelled calf gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled edges, rebacked preserving original flat spine with red morocco label and Sphinx motif decorations [Abbey Travel 369; Atabey 785; Blackmer 1097; Colas 2018], folio (472 x 330mm).

Mayer (1755-1803) was financed by the British Ambassador to Constantinople, Sir Robert Ainslie, to produce a series of views in what was then the Ottoman Empire. Alongside this initial volume on Egypt, Mayer also publishttps://timelesstalesrarebooks.com/product/views-in-palestine-from-the-original-drawings-of-luigi-mayer/hed views of Anatolia and Caramania in Turkey (1803), and Palestine (1804).

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Title: Views in Egypt, From the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie

Publisher: Thomas Bensley and R. Bowyer, London

Publication Date: 1801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First