David Roberts, Egypt and Nubia, The Holy Land, 3 vols.

From drawings made on the spot by David Roberts. With historical descriptions by Willial Brockedon et George Croly. Vercelli 1999.

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€250.00
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    Condition : very good condition, minor signs of shelf wear to the slipcase, otherwise as new.
    Illustrations : 248 illustrations in colour.
    Binding : publisher's hardcover with illustrated dust jacket and slipcase.
    Volume : 3 volumes.
    Format : In-4.
    Pages : 286, 320 and 29 pp.
    Publisher : Vercelli, White Star Publishers.
    Date: 1999.

     


    Two-volume gift edition with complete texts and 248 lithographs. Includes a booklet by Fabio Bourbon with information on David Roberts written in Italian.

    Born in 1796, David Roberts was a Scottish painter best known for his watercolours of the Middle East. After an apprenticeship as a house painter and a first job as a theatre decorator, he undertook several trips to Europe and the Middle East. Like his contemporaries, he was fascinated by picturesque and exotic sites and travelled to France and Spain, where he discovered Moorish architecture. In 1838, he continued his journey to discover the biblical lands. In Egypt, he visited the historical sites of Cairo, Alexandria, Abu Simbel and followed the Nile to Nubia. The following year he travelled to Jerusalem and then Beirut. On his return to London, his drawings met with great success. His collaboration with Louis Haghe enabled him to transcribe his watercolours into lithographs. It took him six years to publish the work that made him famous: The Holy land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. Published between 1842 and 1849, this collection of nearly 250 lithographs in six volumes is a masterpiece of colour lithography. David Roberts died in London at the age of 69.

     

More Information
Condition Used - Very Good
Language United Kingdom
Artist / Illustrator Roberts David
Illustrated Yes
Publication Date 1 Jan 1999
Century 20th Century
Author / Cartographer / Photographer Brockedon William et George Croly
Editor White Star Publisher
First edition No
Signed edition No
Signed binding No
Armorial binding No
Binding / Format Hardcover
Size 28 x 20 cm
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