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ROBERTS (David): THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA... with historical descriptions by the Revd. George Croly, London, F.G.Moon, 1842-9.
3 vols., folio (610 x 440mm.), uncoloured lithographed portrait of Roberts on india paper (holed with a little loss), tinted lithographed titles, engraved map, 122 tinted lithographed plates (61 full-page, 61 half-page)(without the list of subscribers, very occasional light soiling, small clean tears to margins of two plates, slight damage to surface of one plate in vol.II, repair to inner margin of one plate on vol.III), original half-morocco, g.e. (rubbed, scuffed, re-cased and re-sewn).
cf.Abbey Travel 385 '...the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph...' (3)
3 vols., folio (610 x 440mm.), uncoloured lithographed portrait of Roberts on india paper (holed with a little loss), tinted lithographed titles, engraved map, 122 tinted lithographed plates (61 full-page, 61 half-page)(without the list of subscribers, very occasional light soiling, small clean tears to margins of two plates, slight damage to surface of one plate in vol.II, repair to inner margin of one plate on vol.III), original half-morocco, g.e. (rubbed, scuffed, re-cased and re-sewn).
cf.Abbey Travel 385 '...the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph...' (3)