Description:
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).
Estimate $10,000-15,000
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 of St. Catherine: Sinai
" " " : With Mt. Horeb
" " " : Sinai
Approach to Mt. Sinai
Suez
Map of Route of David Roberts
Volume III Half Plates
Arabs of the Desert
Encampment Alloeen in Wady Araba
Ancient Waltch Tower
Arch Crossing Ravine
Tombe of Aaron, Mt. Hor
Mt. Hor from Petra
Conf. of Arabs
Excavation at Eastern End
Necropolis
Fortress of Akabah
Convent of St. Catherine
Rock of Moses
Summit of Mt. Sinai
Ascent to Summit, Sinai
Chapel of Elijah, Sinai
Ancient Egyptian Temple
Ayun Musa, Wells of Moses
Scene on the Quay of Suez
covers with weak hinges, chipping and bumping, internal minor smudging, very good overall