3 volumes bound in 2. With historical descriptions by George Croly. Three lithographed titles; frontispiece portrait of Roberts after C. Baugniet; 60 plates and 60 half-page tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe after David Roberts; engraved map. (Large folio) 61x44 cm (24x16½"), period half morocco over cloth with gilt-stamped Jerusalem Cross shield with crusader motto "Deus Vult", all edges gilt. Folio edition of David Roberts' monumental representation of the sites of the near East, an outstanding success on its publication. Never before had the ancient sites of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Tyre, Bethlehem, Petra, Baalbec, Sinai, etc. been portrayed on such a splendid scale. With exquisite draughtsmanship by Roberts and delicate lithography by Haghe. Roberts commented on Haghe's lithography: "there can be only one opinion as to the masterly manner in which he executed his work" and for Abbey, "Roberts's Holy Land was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph". Abbey 185; Tooley 401. 18 of the plates called for in Vol. II are bound into Vol. I. Litho title page for Vol. III bound in at rear. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
3 volumes bound in 2. With historical descriptions by George Croly. Three lithographed titles; frontispiece portrait of Roberts after C. Baugniet; 60 plates and 60 half-page tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe after David Roberts; engraved map. (Large folio) 61x44 cm (24x16½"), period half morocco over cloth with gilt-stamped Jerusalem Cross shield with crusader motto "Deus Vult", all edges gilt. Folio edition of David Roberts' monumental representation of the sites of the near East, an outstanding success on its publication. Never before had the ancient sites of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Tyre, Bethlehem, Petra, Baalbec, Sinai, etc. been portrayed on such a splendid scale. With exquisite draughtsmanship by Roberts and delicate lithography by Haghe. Roberts commented on Haghe's lithography: "there can be only one opinion as to the masterly manner in which he executed his work" and for Abbey, "Roberts's Holy Land was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph". Abbey 185; Tooley 401. 18 of the plates called for in Vol. II are bound into Vol. I. Litho title page for Vol. III bound in at rear. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
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