Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire by Sir Robert Ainslie. Printed by Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, London, 1804. Three parts in one volume. English. A book about the Ottoman Empire, accompanied by 96 hand-colored aquatints, after paintings by the artist Luigi (Ludwig) Mayer (1755-1803). The paintings were created by Mayer for the British diplomat and orientalist Robert Ainslie while Ainslie served as the ambassador of Britain in the Ottoman Empire. The book is divided into three parts (separate title page for each part). The first part is dedicated to Egypt and includes 48 plates (prints depicting the pyramids, the sphinx, mosques and various sites in Egyptian towns as well as prints depicting local population). The second part is dedicated to Palestine and includes 24 plates, most of them depicting Jerusalem and the surroundings (view of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives, view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pools of Bethesda, Pool of Siloam, Tomb of Absalom, Valley of Josaphat, Bethlehem and more). The third part is dedicated to several additional sites in the Ottoman Empire, mainly around the city of Karaman in Turkey, and includes 24 plates. This part has two title pages, one in English and one in French, dated 1803. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Luigi Mayer appears in the first part. Sir Robert Ainslie (ca. 1730-1812) was a British diplomat, numismatist, orientalist and art collector of Scottish origin, ambassador of Britain in the Ottoman Empire during the years 1776-1792. Luigi Mayer was commissioned by Ainslie to make paintings and drawings of the important sites in the Ottoman Empire, and many engravings and lithographs were printed after his works. The prints in this book were first published in three parts, in the years 1801-1803. [4] leaves (title pages and a frontispiece engraving), 102, [2] pp + [48] plates; [1] leaf, 47, [1] pp + [24] plates; [2] leaves (English title page and French title page), 40 pp + [24] plates. 45 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases to margins of some plates; an inscription on top of the title page of the first part. Fine binding, with blue leather spine and corners and gilt embossing. Gilt edges. Slight defects to binding.
Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire by Sir Robert Ainslie. Printed by Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, London, 1804. Three parts in one volume. English. A book about the Ottoman Empire, accompanied by 96 hand-colored aquatints, after paintings by the artist Luigi (Ludwig) Mayer (1755-1803). The paintings were created by Mayer for the British diplomat and orientalist Robert Ainslie while Ainslie served as the ambassador of Britain in the Ottoman Empire. The book is divided into three parts (separate title page for each part). The first part is dedicated to Egypt and includes 48 plates (prints depicting the pyramids, the sphinx, mosques and various sites in Egyptian towns as well as prints depicting local population). The second part is dedicated to Palestine and includes 24 plates, most of them depicting Jerusalem and the surroundings (view of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives, view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pools of Bethesda, Pool of Siloam, Tomb of Absalom, Valley of Josaphat, Bethlehem and more). The third part is dedicated to several additional sites in the Ottoman Empire, mainly around the city of Karaman in Turkey, and includes 24 plates. This part has two title pages, one in English and one in French, dated 1803. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Luigi Mayer appears in the first part. Sir Robert Ainslie (ca. 1730-1812) was a British diplomat, numismatist, orientalist and art collector of Scottish origin, ambassador of Britain in the Ottoman Empire during the years 1776-1792. Luigi Mayer was commissioned by Ainslie to make paintings and drawings of the important sites in the Ottoman Empire, and many engravings and lithographs were printed after his works. The prints in this book were first published in three parts, in the years 1801-1803. [4] leaves (title pages and a frontispiece engraving), 102, [2] pp + [48] plates; [1] leaf, 47, [1] pp + [24] plates; [2] leaves (English title page and French title page), 40 pp + [24] plates. 45 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases to margins of some plates; an inscription on top of the title page of the first part. Fine binding, with blue leather spine and corners and gilt embossing. Gilt edges. Slight defects to binding.
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