Mayer, Luigi, Views in the Ottoman dominions , 1810
- Title(s):
- Views in the Ottoman dominions : in Europe, in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean islands / from the original drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie by Luigi Mayer, F.A.S. ; with descriptions historical and illustrative.
- Additional Title(s):
Cover title, on printed label: Mr. Bowyer's new work, of Sir Robert Ainslie's celebrated Views in Turkey, in Europe, and in Asia. &c. &c. &c. &c.
Views in Turkey, in Europe, and in Asia. &c. &c. &c. &c.- Published/Created:
- London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall, 1810.
- Physical Description:
- [4], 32 pages, [71] leaves, [71] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : colored illustrations ; 52 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 51 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 51 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3429324
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Signatures: [A]² B-I².
Although the aquatints are unsigned, Abbey attributes them to William Watts.
Each plate accompanied by a page of descriptive letterpress in English and French.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 371
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary crimson morocco. Leather bookplate: Wanstead House.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is a large paper copy. Bound in 2 volumes, in gray boards with original printed title label on front cover.original paper covered boards. Plates precede paginated text. Leaf of descriptive letterpress for each plate bound in at end. - Subject Terms:
- Mayer, Luigi -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.Mayer, Luigi -- Travel -- Turkey.Mediterranean Region -- Pictorial works.Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Pictorial works.Turkey -- Pictorial works.Wanstead House -- Bookplate.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1810.
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