MAYER, LUIGI. Views in Egypt. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Mayer; 48 hand-colored aquatint plates after Mayer * Views in Palestine. 24 hand-colored aquatint plates after Mayer * Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania. 24 hand-colored aquatint plates after Mayer. Together, 3 volumes in one, with general half-title ("Views in Egypt, Palestine, and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire") dated 1804. Folio, 467x328 mm, contemporary russia gilt by staggemeier & welcher, with their ticket, border of Greek-key, undulating line, and palmette rolls on covers, spine in 7 compartments, lettered in 2 with design of hieroglyphic motifs repeated in the rest, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrip; light offsetting from plates, scattered foxing and rust spots on text leaves, plates clean apart from infrequent faint offsetting from text on facing pages. Dayton Art Institute bookplate. wide-margined copy, handsomely bound. London: Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1801-04-03 [i. e., 1804]