Magnificent engraving of ruins of the ancient aqueducts of Tyre. 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 is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 27 / 17 x 10½

Beautiful print of Jerusalem, with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock, the mosque, seen from a nearby rooftop. 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 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 27.5 / 15½ x 11

A pretty scene in which locals gather around the ruined temple of Zeus at Euromus in modern-day Turkey.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast ...

Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 21 / 13½ x 8½

A lovely pair of black and white engravings. The top is a view of this temple near Bodrum in modern-day Turkey. The bottom, with accompanying scales, shows a plan of the temple’s layout and a detail of the top and a detail of the bottom of the columns.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21.5 x 34.5 / 8½ x 13½

A beautiful view of the ruins at Milet, once an important Ionian port, in Western Turkey. In the foreground, a group of men sit on the banks of the Meandre gazing across at the ruins in the distance.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 25 / 15 x 10