Luigi Mayer, Italian / German 1755-1803- ‘Views in the Ottoman Empire’ (1803), ‘Views in Palestine’ (1804), and 'Views in Egypt' (1804); 3 parts (incomplete), printed by Thomas Bensley, for R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery...

Luigi Mayer, Italian / German 1755-1803- ‘Views in the Ottoman Empire’ (1803), ‘Views in Palestine’ (1804), and 'Views in Egypt' (1804); 3 parts (incomplete), printed by Thomas Bensley, for R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall; 83 individual hand-coloured aquatint plates (with some additional repeated plates), with additional sheets bearing printed text, each sheet 23.6 x 31.4 cm., (unbound). Provenance: Collection of William Drummond.; Private Collection, UK. Including: ‘Ottoman Empire’. 23 of 24 plates and title page: Colossal Sarcophagus near Castle Rosso, Principal Entrance of the Harbour of Cacamo, Ancient Granary at Cacamo, An ancient Bath at Cacamo in Caramania, An ancient Theatre at Cacamo, Necropolis or Cemetery of Cacamo, Sarcophagi & Sepulchres at the Head of the Harbour of Cacamo, Sepulchral Grots at the Head of the Harbour of Cacamo, A colossal Sarcophagus at Cacamo in Caramania, Part of the Harbour of Macri, Ancient Sepulchre near Macri, A Caramanian Waiwode, Women of Caramania, A Caramanian Family changing its Abode, Caramanian Woodcutters, A Grotto cut in the Rock near Lindo, in Rhodes, Harbour of the ancient Gnidus, The Castle of Boudron in the Gulf of Stancio, A Colossal Vase near Limisso in Cyprus, The City of Corinth, Ruins of an ancient Temple near Corinth, Ruins of the Grand Aqueduct of ancient Carthage, Triumphal Arch of Tripoli in Barbary (missing plate 21 ‘Antique Fragments at Limisso’). ‘Palestine’. 23 of 24 plates and title page: View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Remains of a tower on Mount Zion, Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pillar to which was affixed the sentence passed on our Saviour, A Maronite Monk and Pilgrims, Entrance of the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, Pool of Bethesda Jerusalem, Fountain of Silam near Jerusalem, Tomb of the Virgin Mary, Sepulchres of the Kings of Judah, Sepulchres of the Judges of Israel, The sepulchre of Absalom, Tomb in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Bridge over the brook Kedron, Village of Bethany and the Dead Sea, Sepulchral Chamber near Bethany, The principal street in Bethlehem, A Greek Caloyer, Subterranean Church of Bethlehem, The Sepulchre of Rachel, Reservoir of the Sealed Fountain near Bethlehem, Ruins between Ramah and Jerusalem (missing plate 11 ‘Entrance to the sepulchres of the kings of Judah). ‘Egypt’. 37 of 48 plates and title page: First and Second Pyramid of Gizah, Ancient Memphis, Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, Chamber and Sarcophagus in the Great Pyramid of Gizah, The Obelisk at Alexandria called Cleopatra's Needles, An Ancient Obelisk at Matarea formerly Heliopolis, Pompey's Pillar, Ruins of the Gymnasium near the Canopic Gate of Alexandria, Granite Pillars of the Portico of Canopus in Ancient Alexandria, Ruins of the Ptolomean Library, Exterior view of the Ancient Wall of Alexandria, with Cleopatra's Needle, Fort & Harbour of Aboukir Ancient Canopus, The City of Rosetta, Sepulchres of Arabian Saints near Rosetta, Mosque of Abou-Mandour, The town of Foua on the banks of the Nile, Principal Square in Grand Cairo with Murad Bey's Palace, The Mosque of Four Hundred Pillars at Cairo, The Lovers Fountain, with the adjacent Mosque, Ruins in the Castle of Cairo near Joseph's Hall, Joseph's Hall in the Castle of Cairo, An Arabian Summer House upon antique fragments on the Canal of Menouf, The City of Menouf, Mamalukes Exercising in the Square of Mourad Bey's Palace, A Mamaluke Exercising, An Arab Sheik of a village in Egypt, An Egyptian Ball at Ned Sili, An Egyptian Fair at Kafr Radoin, Ferry Boat near Nedssili, An Egyptian Bey, A Lady of Cairo, Egyptian Dancing Girls, An Egyptian Peasant and Family, A Bedoween Man and Woman, An Egyptian Herdsman, The Gate of Rosetta in Alexandria, Part of the New City of Alexandria with the Lighthouse, Bridge over the Canal of Alexandria (missing plates 1,4,6,7,8,9,10,14,18,25,31).
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