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David Roberts; George Croly; Louis Haghe : The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. From Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, R.A. with Historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly, L.L.D. Lithographed by Louis Haghe. [VOLUMES 2 AND 3]

F.G. Moon, London, c. 1843-44.

Contemporary full morocco, finely-gilt leaf motif borders within blind lines, expertly rebacked preserving original spine in six compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt floral motifs within gilt lines, gilt text on two, four, and six, board edges and inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. , Plates are clean and crisp, with protective tissue guards bound in; overall a fine copy of this important and scarce work in handsome period binding., Large folio., F. 2 ff., lith. title, 21 ff. text, lith. title, 19 ff. text, 2 ff., Complete with 81 plates in total, including 2 full-page lithographic titles, 1 full-page map of the Holy Land, 39 full-page lithographic plates and 39 half-page lithographic plates, all after paintings and drawings made on the spot by artist David Roberts., Volume : Volumes 2 and 3 in one v

The plate order is not the same as is found in Abbey Travel.
In 1838 Roberts made a long tour in the East, and accumulated a vast collection of sketches of Middle Eastern scenery which had been hardly touched by British artists before, and which appealed to the public with all the charm of novelty. The next ten years of his life were mainly spent in elaborating these materials. In February of 1839 he traveled to the Holy Land via Suez, Mount Sinai and Petra arriving in Gaza, and then on to Jerusalem. He ended his tour by spending several months visiting the biblical sites of the Holy Land, and finally returning to England at the end of 1839. An extensive series of drawings was lithographed by Louis Haghe in Sketches in the Holy Land and Syria, 1842-1849.
, Abbey Travel 385.

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