Accession number
PML 146820-37
Creator
Roberts, David, 1796-1864.
Published
London : F.G. Moon, 1842-[1845].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Hand colored illustrated lithographic t.p.'s., lithographic frontispiece portrait of Roberts (uncolored), and 120 hand colored tinted lithographs
The hand colored issue, with the 124 tinted and colored lithographs mounted on card.
20 nos. issued in 18 parts in portfolios, lettered in gold on front cover: Roberts' Sketches. The Holy-land.
Original part issue, 1842-1845, with the map and t.p. for v. 3 lacking, and the portrait of David Roberts and the t.p. for v. 2 present in part 20. Cf. Abbey.
The second portion of Roberts' work containing his 124 sketches of Egypt & Nubia was subsequently issued in parts as a separate publication between 1846-1849. Cf. Abbey.
Lithographs printed by Day & Son.
The hand colored issue, with the 124 tinted and colored lithographs mounted on card.
20 nos. issued in 18 parts in portfolios, lettered in gold on front cover: Roberts' Sketches. The Holy-land.
Original part issue, 1842-1845, with the map and t.p. for v. 3 lacking, and the portrait of David Roberts and the t.p. for v. 2 present in part 20. Cf. Abbey.
The second portion of Roberts' work containing his 124 sketches of Egypt & Nubia was subsequently issued in parts as a separate publication between 1846-1849. Cf. Abbey.
Lithographs printed by Day & Son.
Description
20 nos. in 18 v. : hand col. ill., port. ; 64 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Loose plates in publisher's original portfolios of brown cloth backed in brown leather, lettered and stamped in gold with the arms of Jerusalem on front cover.
Classification
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