Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

375 374 c   MAYER, LUIGI. Group of 4 hand-colored aquatint plates extracted from Mayer’s Views in Egypt, Palestine and other Parts of the Ottoman Empire. Each sheet approximately 11 1 / 2 x15 inches; partial JWhatman watermarks; light surface soiling. London, 1804 [300/400] The Sepulchre of Absalom * A Triumphal Arch of Tripoli in Barbary * Tomb in the Valley of Jehosophat * Entrance to the Sepulchres of the Kings of Judah. 375 c   (NEW YORK CITY.) Foreman, E.W.; and E. Brown, Jr. New York and Environs, from Williamsburgh. Large-format color-tinted lithograph on heavy stock, finished by hand. 25 1 / 2 x36 1 / 2 inches sheet size, wide margins; light age toning, several large repaired tears into upper image, another through the title block. New York: Williams & Stevens, 1848 [1,500/2,500] “This unusual panorama of the East River waterfront takes in a large part of the city and its surroundings. With its realistic projection and dense reading, it has the look of a photograph. A wide strip of the Brooklyn shore borders the lower margin of the lithograph... Across the East River, all of the settled area of Manhattan is included, and if we look beyond the island, across the Hudson, we can see the New Jersey shore” (Deak 559).