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Luigi Mayer's Views of Egypt with 48 superb
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"From the remotest times, with which we are acquainted, to the present period, no country has excited so much attention as Egypt...Long before Rome existed and when the inhabitants in Greece were mere savages, the Egyptians were a numerous and civilized people, to whom science was no stranger."
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| Mayer, Luigi. Views
in Egypt, from the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert
Ainslie, Taken During His Embassy to Constantinople by Luigi Mayer.
London: R. Bowyer, 1804.
Folio, three-quarter recent morocco over early 20th century marbled
boards. $3800 First edition, with later issue (1804) title page; text and plates watermarked 1801. Very slight occasional soiling, images crisp with superb hand-coloring. A few stray scuffs to binding. Overall a clean, wide-margined copy handsomely bound. |
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