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Luigi Mayer. Prints from Views in Egypt, Palestine, and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire. London: R. Bowyer, 1802-1805. Folio. Aquatints by T. Milton. Original hand coloring. Excellent condition.

From a group of finely crafted and informative views of the Middle East. The original drawings were done by Luigi Mayer for Sir Robert Ainslie, during his embassy to Constantinople, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Mayer traveled widely in the region, recording scenes in Palestine, Egypt, and present-day Turkey. He paid great attention to architecture, costume, and landscape. These details are lovingly captured by the engraver and colorist bringing out much of the feel of the earth tones and atmosphere of region. The richness of the culture, both ancient and contemporary, is vividly and accurately illustrated, providing us with a privileged glimpse of the Middle East before the tremendous changes is was soon to undergo.

EGYPT

• An Egyptian Bey $175
• Egyptian Dancing Girls $175
• Antique Fragments of Limisso $275
• Chamber and Sarcophagus in the Great Pyramid of Gizah $325
• An Egyptian Peasant and Family $175

• Entrance to a Sepulchral Chamber Near the Sphinx. $250
• Subterranean Chamber Near the Pyramids at Geeza. $350
• The Town of Foua, on the Banks of the Nile. $350
• The Mosque of Four Hundred Pillars at Cairo. $350
• Gate of Grand Cairo. - Arabian Architecture. $350

• An Egyptian Herdsman $200
• Ruins in the Castle of Cairo, Near Joseph's Hall $300
• The Obelisks at Alexandria, Called Cleopatra's Needles. $350
• Ruins of the Ptolomean Library $350

• Ruins of the Gymnasium, Near the Canopic Gate of Alexandria. $300
• A Mosque With an Antique Fragment in Old Alexandria Near the Gate of Rosetta. $250
• Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House. $350
• The Gate of Rosetta in Alexandria. $250

• Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria. $300
• Bridge Over the Canal of Alexandria. $225
• Interior View of the Catacombs at Alexandria. $300
• Ferry Boat Near Nedssili $300
• An Egyptian Fair at Kafr Radoin. $350

• Mamalukes Exercising in the Square of Moudrad Bey's Palace. $350
• Fort & Harbour of Aboukir, Ancient Canopus. $350
• An Ancient Sarcophagus of Basaltes, Called the Lovers Fountain $225
• View of the Nilometer $350
• A Mamaluke Exercising. $350

• Pompey's Pillar. $325
• Sepulchres of Arabian Saints Near Rosetta. $250
• An Egyptian Ball, at Ned Sili. $225
• An Ancient Obelisk at Matarea, Formerly Heliopolis. $300

• The Lovers Fountain with the Adjacent Mosque. $350
• An Arab Sheik of a Village in Egypt $175
• Granite Pillars of the Portico of Canopus in Ancient Alexandria. $250
• A Bedoween Man and Woman $175

HOLY LAND

• Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. $425
• View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. $450
• Fountain of Siloam Near Jerusalem. $350
• Ruins Between Ramah & Jerusalem. $250
• Pool of Bethesda Jerusalem. [Illustrated above] $425

• Subterranean Church of Bethlehem. $350
• Reservoir of the Sealed Fountain Near Bethlehem. $350
• The Principal Street in Bethlehem. $350
• Tomb in the Valley of Jehosophat. $300
• Bridge Over the Brook Kedron. $250

• Tomb of Virgin Mary. $250
• Sepulchral Chambers Near Bethany. $250
• Village of Bethany and the Dead Sea. $375
• Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. $250
• Pillar to which was Affixed the Sentence Passed on our Savior. $250

• Remains of a Tower on Mount Zion. $300
• Entrance of the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre. $250
• Sepulchres of the Kings of Judah. $300
• Sepulchres of the Judges of Israel. $300
• The Sepulchre of Absalom. $250

• The Sepulchre of Rachel. $250
• Entrance to the Sepulchres of the Kings of Judah. $250
• A Greek Caloyer $150
• A Maronite Monk & Pilgrims. $150

OTTOMAN EMPIRE (Turkey)

• Principal Entrance of the Harbour of Cacamo. $325
• A Colossal Sarcophagus at Cacamo in Caramania. $275
• Necropolis or Cemetery of Cacamo. $275
• Ancient Granary at Cacamo. $325

• Sarcophagi & Sepulchres at the Head of the Harbour of Cacamo. $225
• An Ancient Theatre at Cacamo. $275
• Sepulchral Grots at the Head of the Harbour of Cacamo. $325
• Harbour of the Ancient Gnidus. $275
• Colossal Sarcophagus Near Castle Rosso. $225

• The Castle of Boudron in the Gulf of Stancio. $325
• Part of the Harbour of Macri. $275
• Ancient Sepulchre Near Macri. $175
• A Colossal Vase Near Limisso in Cyprus. $325

• A Caramanian Family Changing its Abode. $150
• A Carmanian Waiwode. $150
• Caramanian Woodcutters. $150
• Women of Caramania. $150

OTTOMAN EMPIRE (Greece)

• A Grotto Cut in the Rock Near Lindo, in Rhodes. $275
• The City of Corinth. $325
• Ruins of an Ancient Temple near Corinth. $350

OTTOMAN EMPIRE (North Africa)

• Ruins of the Grand Aqueduct of Ancient Carthage. $350

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