Magnificent engraving of ruined mausoleums in the Syrian city of Palmyra, with horsemen galloping across the landscape. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 32 / 18½ x 12½

A pair of pretty engravings of scenes from Santorini. The top one shows two women in a house sitting talking. The bottom is a view of a village looking out to sea.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13