Accession number
PML 145819-24
Creator
Roberts, David, 1796-1864.
Published
London : Lithographed, printed and published by Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen. Cate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1855-1856.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Lithographic t.p.'s with vignettes.
Illustrated with 250 tinted lithographs (including illustrated t.p.'s and frontispiece plates), with some of the plates tinted in two colors.
The quarto edition, originally published in 42 parts, a smaller format of the two great three-volume works collectively known as Robert's Holy land. Cf. Abbey.
First edition originally published in parts,1842-1845, in 2 vols., with introduction by Rev. G. Croly. In 1847 the contents of the previous edition was combined with "Views in ancient Egypt and Nubia" (1846, introduction by W. Brockedon) and issued under general title "Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea..." Cf. Abbey and Brit. mus. Catalogue.
Vols. 4-6: Historical descriptions by William Brockedon, F.R.S.
Illustrated with 250 tinted lithographs (including illustrated t.p.'s and frontispiece plates), with some of the plates tinted in two colors.
The quarto edition, originally published in 42 parts, a smaller format of the two great three-volume works collectively known as Robert's Holy land. Cf. Abbey.
First edition originally published in parts,1842-1845, in 2 vols., with introduction by Rev. G. Croly. In 1847 the contents of the previous edition was combined with "Views in ancient Egypt and Nubia" (1846, introduction by W. Brockedon) and issued under general title "Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea..." Cf. Abbey and Brit. mus. Catalogue.
Vols. 4-6: Historical descriptions by William Brockedon, F.R.S.
Description
6 v. (unpaged, 250 leaves of plates) : ill. (some col.), port., maps ; 30 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of George Heye; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red calf.
Classification
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