Luigi Mayer

MAYER, LUIGI VIEWS IN EGYPT, FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS IN THE POSSESSION OF SIR ROBERT AINSLIE, TAKEN DURING HIS EMBASSY TO CONSTANTINOPLE. LONDON: T. BENSLEY FOR R. BOWYER, 1801 First edition , folio (472 x 320mm.), 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Mayer, contemporary speckled calf gilt, later endpapers, occasional light spotting and offsetting (occasionally to plates), a little marginal soiling, corner of one text leaf torn (without loss to text), rebacked retaining original spine, slight loss from head and tail of spine, corners and edges slightly worn, lower joint partly split, slightly rubbed

Luigi Mayer (Italy circa 1755-1803) View of the Pool of Bethesda and one of the gates of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem inscribed 'Veduta della Probatica Piscina in Gerusalemme, e una delle Porte del Gran Piano del Tempio di Salomone' black chalk, watercolour, heightened with white, gum arabic, in a feigned mount surround 17½ x 23 3/8 in. (44.3 x 59.3 cm.) THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE (LOTS 100-104)

Luigi Mayer (Italian, 1755-1803) engraving Terapia, from Views of the Ottoman Dominions Property from a North Carolina Private Collection. 04-21-0002 / Published by R. Bowyer, 30 Pall Mall 1809, beautifully matted and framed. good overall framed size: 22" x 25.5" Before Bidding: Please read our payment policy and shipping/pick-up policy so that you will know what to expect should you win this item. Your bid is a binding contract to purchase this item and does NOT include shipping. Use our shipping quote request so that you will know the approximate shipping cost before you bid. Or, you or your agent may pick-up at our location in Western North Carolina within 3 weeks of the auction end.

MAYER, LUIGI. Views in Palestine. London: T. Bensley, 1804 [Watermarks: J Whatman 1801]. 2° (465 x 320mm). Text in English and French, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Title detached with light marginal waterstaining.) 19th-century half calf, spine gilt, red edges (corners rubbed, light scuff marks). FIRST EDITION, RARE PART ISSUE. The work is part of Mayer's Views of Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire which was published together in one volume in 1804. The single parts were first published separately in 1801, 1803 and 1804. The hand-coloured aquatint plates include charming views of Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Bethlehem and the Dead Sea. Abbey Travel, 369; Colas 2020; Lipperheide 1461.

LUIGI MAYER (ITALIEN, 1755-1803) L'entrée du village de Ciurluk, près d'Istanbul signé et situé 'VEDUTA ALL'INGRESSO DEL BORGO DI CIURLUK NELLAROMELIA Tavola no. XI del viaggio pittoresco del Sign e Cav e Roberto Ainslie Luigi Mayer dipinse' (en bas aumilieu) aquarelle rehaussée de gouache sur papier 45,8 x 58 cm. (18 x 22 7/8 in.) THE ENTRANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF CIURLUK, OUTSIDE OF ISTANBUL,WATERCOLOR HEIGHTENED WITH GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED BY LUIGIMAYER