Auction 68 · Lot 283
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $4,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
printer
Day & Son
Place
London
Publication
1855-56
Description
David Roberts. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, R.A. with Historical Descriptions by the Reverend George Croly. * Vol. I: Jerusalem and Galilee. * Vol. II: The Jordan and Bethlehem. * Vol. III: Idumea and Petra. * Vol. IV: Nubia and Egypt. * Vol. V-VI: Egypt & Nubia.
references
Abbey Travel II 388.
summary
This monumental series of views of ancient sites in the Near and Middle East created by Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864) was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of 19th-century publishing - the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph.
Roberts published the results of his travels between 1842 and 1849 in six large format volumes, to great critical and popular acclaim. The success of the folio issue was sufficient to persuade Day & Son to take on the publication of the present quarto edition.
Ex-library. Later half-calf with gilt crest on upper covers, spines gilt extra, rubbed. All edges gilt. Large 4to.
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