Greek Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Handcolored lithograph, full-plate, by Roberts and Louis Haghe from Robert’s The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Egypt & Nubia (London,1842-46).
AUCTION 9 |
Tuesday, March 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 124
ROBERTS, DAVID.
Greek Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Handcolored lithograph, full-plate, by Roberts and Louis Haghe from Robert’s The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Egypt & Nubia (London,1842-46).
1842.:
Est: $600 - $900
This plates are from the Subscriber’s copy, a deluxe version of Robert’s popular portfolio. These subscriber’s lithographs are fine examples of what has been described as “one of the most important and elaborate ventures of Nineteenth-Century publishing and... the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph.” Abbey, Travel 385; Tooley 401