Historical portraiture of leading events in the life of Ali Pacha,
Vizier of Epirus, surnamed the Lion in a series of designs, drawn by W. Davenport, & engraved by Hunt with a biographical sketch.
Stock Code 105198
London, M'lean, 1823
Original price
$4,537.00
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Original price
$4,537.00
Original price
$4,537.00
$4,537.00
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$4,537.00
Current price
$4,537.00
The strikingly dramatized scenes depicted were evidently chosen by Davenport to give a romantic view of Ali Pacha's life. The text was taken from Beauchamp's Life of Ali Pacha.
First edition, folio (41 x 29.5 cm), pp 9-30, [2] publisher's list, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece by G. Hunt after Davenport, all captioned, uncut in original brown boards, original lettering label to upper copy, neatly rebacked, light marks to boards, a very good example.
First edition, folio (41 x 29.5 cm), pp 9-30, [2] publisher's list, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece by G. Hunt after Davenport, all captioned, uncut in original brown boards, original lettering label to upper copy, neatly rebacked, light marks to boards, a very good example.
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