Davenport, W. Historical Portraiture of Leading Events

Davenport, W. Historical Portraiture of Leading Events in the Life of Ali Pacha... London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition, folio, 30pp. [plus publisher's advertisement leaf at end], 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates engraved by G. Hunt after Davenport, half-title, original boards, original paper lettering piece on upper board, frontispiece plate slightly offset onto title, early reback to spine, corners rubbed, [Blackmer 454; Abbey, Travel 206]

Footnote: Note: The strikingly dramatised scenes depicted were evidently chosen by Davenport to give a romantic view of Ali Pasha's life. The text was taken from Beauchamp's Life of Ali Pacha. Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair