ROBERTS | The Holy Land, 1855-1856, 6 volumes in 3, coloured plates

Property of a Distinguished Collector

ROBERTS, DAVID

The Holy Land: Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. London: Day and Son, 1855–1856

6 volumes bound in 3, 4to (288 x 200mm.), portrait and 249 lithographed plates, ALL COLOURED BY HAND (except map), contemporary blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, occasional spotting

Coloured copies of the quarto edition of Roberts’s Holy Land are rare. The colouring in this copy is certainly nineteenth-century, perhaps done at the behest of a subscriber or early owner.

LITERATURE:

Abbey, Travel 388