Bidspirit auction | (ISRAEL, LAND OF) David Roberts.

(ISRAEL, LAND OF) David Roberts. The Holy Land, after lithographs by Louis Haghe, from original drawings by David Roberts, R.A., with historical descriptions by the Rev. George Croly. Three parts, each with divisional title-page. * Part I: Jerusalem and Galilee, pp. viii, 42. * Part. II: The Jordan and Bethlehem, pp. viii, 43-85. * Part III: Idumea and Petra, pp. viii, 36. Featuring 120 plates. Original boards, upper cover pictorial gilt, rubbed, folio. London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co. 1879 This monumental series of views of ancient sites in the Near and Middle East created by British artist David Roberts work was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of 19th-century publishing, and the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph. This monumental series of views of ancient sites in the Near and Middle East created by British artist David Roberts work was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of 19th-century publishing, and the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph.