Author: Mayer, Luigi (1755-1803) and Thomas Milton, engraver
Title: Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings, in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, Taken During His Embassy to Constantinople by Luigi Mayer; Engraved by and Under the Direction of Thomas Milton; with Historical Observations, and Incidental Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of the Natives of That Country. Second Edition
Description: London: R. Bowyer, 1804. Folio 19 x 13.25 inches. 48 x 33.5cm. 102, [2]pp. 48 aquatint plates, waxed tissue guards, occasional light foxing, rebound, later half morocco and marbled boards and matching endpapers. Printed by Thomas Bensley. 48 colour aquatint plates. Very good. Abbey, "Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860" no. 369, Vol. I with Plate nos. 2- 49. Plate 1 per Abbey is the portrait of Mayer, but it was not issued in this 2nd edition and the Catalogue of the Plates only lists the 48 plates that are present, Colas, 2018; Lipperheide, 1577 (1805 edition). .

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