The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia.

London: F. G. Moon. 1849. Binding: contemporary half deep burgundy morocco over cloth, spine with five raised bands, title in gilt on two, upper board with decorative gilt central device containing the title, all edges in gilt, marbled upper and lower verso., Notes: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia was a travelogue of 19th-century Palestine and the magnum opus of Scottish painter David Roberts. It contained 250 lithographs by Louis Haghe of Roberts's watercolor sketches. It was first published by subscription between 1842 and 1849, in two separate publications: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea and Arabia and Egypt and Nubia William Brockedon and George Croly wrote much of the text, Croly writing the historical, and Brockedon the descriptive portions.
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.

David Roberts (1796 – 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838–40). These and his large oil paintings of similar subjects made him a prominent Orientalist painter. He was elected as a Royal Academician in 1841.

, Size: Large Folio (610 x 430 mm, Illustration: Illustrated with lithographed title page, 18 half page lithographed plates, 18 full page lithographed plates, a full-page map of Holy Land, all after paintings and drawings made on the spot by artist David Roberts. , Volume: Volume 3 of (3), Category: Book Asia Middle East Holy Land;. Some foxing and some scratches on the spine, otherwise a good copy.

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Binding: contemporary half deep burgundy morocco over cloth, spine with five raised bands, title in gilt on two, upper board with decorative gilt central device containing the title, all edges in gilt, marbled upper and lower verso., Notes: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia was a travelogue of 19th-century Palestine and the magnum opus of Scottish painter David Roberts. It contained 250 lithographs by Louis Haghe of Roberts's watercolor sketches. It was first published by subscription between 1842 and 1849, in two separate publications: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea and Arabia and Egypt and Nubia William Brockedon and George Croly wrote much of the text, Croly writing the historical, and Brockedon the descriptive portions.
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.

David Roberts (1796 – 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838–40). These and his large oil paintings of similar subjects made him a prominent Orientalist painter. He was elected as a Royal Academician in 1841.

, Size: Large Folio (610 x 430 mm, Illustration: Illustrated with lithographed title page, 18 half page lithographed plates, 18 full page lithographed plates, a full-page map of Holy Land, all after paintings and drawings made on the spot by artist David Roberts. , Volume: Volume 3 of (3), Category: Book Asia Middle East Holy Land;.

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