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ROBERTS, David (1796-1864). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. With historical descriptions by the Revd. George Croly and William Brockedon. London: F. G. Moon, 1846-1849.
6 volumes, large 2° (605 x 440mm). Lithographic portrait of Roberts by C. Baugniet, 6 lithographic titles, 2 maps and 241 tinted lithographic plates, 120 full-page, by Louis Hague after Roberts. (Some spotting.) Contemporary purple and brown half morocco, spines uniformly gilt in compartments (3 spines faded), g.e. Provenance: James Blythe (armorial bookplate).
A FINE COPY of Roberts's monumental work on the Middle-East, regarded as 'one of the most important and elaborate ventures of ninteenth-century publishing, and... the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph' (Abbey p.341). Abbey Travel 272 and 385; Tooley 401-2. (6)
6 volumes, large 2° (605 x 440mm). Lithographic portrait of Roberts by C. Baugniet, 6 lithographic titles, 2 maps and 241 tinted lithographic plates, 120 full-page, by Louis Hague after Roberts. (Some spotting.) Contemporary purple and brown half morocco, spines uniformly gilt in compartments (3 spines faded), g.e. Provenance: James Blythe (armorial bookplate).
A FINE COPY of Roberts's monumental work on the Middle-East, regarded as 'one of the most important and elaborate ventures of ninteenth-century publishing, and... the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph' (Abbey p.341). Abbey Travel 272 and 385; Tooley 401-2. (6)