- 97
Mayr, Heinrich von.
Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient, gesammelt auf der Reise Sr. Hoheit des Herrn Herzogs Maximilian in Bayern nach Nubien, Aegypten, Palaestina, Syrien und Malta. Munich, Paris and Leipzig, [1839-1840]
first edition, folio (483 x 345mm.), lithographed pictorial title and 60 plates by F. Kaiser after Mayr, title and 11 plates with modern hand colouring, 10 text leaves with parallel text in German and French, each describing 6 plates, modern calf-backed boards, one original pictorial upper and lower wrapper bound in, somewhat spotted
Literature
not in Atabey or Blackmer; Hilmy II, 26; Weber I, 1130
Catalogue Note
The work was originally published in 10 parts. Neither the Atabey nor Blackmer collections possessed a copy. In this copy one of the original wrappers (from which the title is taken) is bound in.