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Creator:
Mayer, Luigi
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 Manuscripts
Folio A 2014 51 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2014 51 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contributors:
Ainslie, Robert, Sir, 1730?-1812, illustrator.
Watts, William, 1752–1851, engraver.
Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760–1835, printer.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758–1834, publisher.
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