Lot 50
Views of Palestine - Engravings after Luigi Mayer - Leipzig, Early 19th Century
Ansichten von Palästina oder dem heiligen Lande [Views of Palestine or the Holy Land]. Leipzig: Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, [1810-1814]. German.
A book which includes thirty six engravings after paintings by the Italian-German artist Luigi Mayer (1755-1803). The engravings depict views, figures and sites in Palestine (view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Pool of Bethesda, Tomb of Absalom, Valley of Jehoshaphat, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Tiberias, and more). Each engraving is titled in German and French and is accompanied by a text composed by the German theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller.
20, [3]-19, [3]-18 pp + XXXVI engraved plates, 39.5X23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains throughout the book. Creases and slight defects. Ink stamp on front endpaper. Damaged and rubbed cardboard binding (with tears).
