A General Prospect of Palmira from the North West.
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00