$14,220
Roberts, David (1796-1864), The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia , London: F. G. Moon, 1843, Volume II and III only bound in one volume, contemporary gilt tooled and lettered crushed brown morocco, with two pictorial titles and forty-one full page lithotint plates, folio, (covers with weak hinges, chipping and bumping, internal minor smudging, very good overall). List of Plates: Volume II Full plates Descent Upon the Valley of the Jordan Jericho Convent of St. Saba Engedi Hebron Askelon Gaza Jaffa Looking South Caiphas Looking to Mr. Carmel St. Jean D'Acre Cape Blanco General View of Tyre Tyre from the Isthmus Sidon Sidon Looking to Lebanon Baalbec Baalbec, another view Doorway of Baalbec Portion Eastern Portico, Baalbec Bethlehem Church of St. Helena, Bethlehem Volume II Half Plates Encampment at Jericho Immersion of the Pilgrims The Dead Sea Chapel of St. Saba Beit Jibrin Ruins of Semua Ashdod Lydda Jaffa Ramala St. Jean D'Acre Port of Tyre Ruins of an Ionic Temple Sarepta Sidon from the North Citadel of Sidon Jenin Baalbec Looking to Lebanon Circular Temple, Baalbec Shrine of the Nativity Bethany Volume III Full Plates Title page El Deir, Petra Petra Temple Called El Khasne-Petra Petra, Shewing Upper or Eastern End of Valley The Theater Remains Triumphal Arch, Petra The Acropolis Lower End Valley Ravine Site of Petra Island of Graia, Akebah Encampment of Aulad-Sa'id Chapel of the Convent St. Catherine Ascent of the Lower Range, Sinai Convent o Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-15