Egypt and Nubia / The Holy Land: Limited CollectorÕs edition

The genius and sensitivity of the justly celebrated nineteenth-century Scottish artist David Roberts are fully revealed in this outstanding special three-volume collectorÕs edition that reproduces in unprecedented print quality all 247 of RobertsÕ published drawings of Egypt and the Holy Land.
In 1838 and 1839, Roberts spent eleven months traveling and sketching throughout Egypt from Alexandria to Abu Simbel and through Sinai to Petra, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Lebanon. The 247 lithographs that Belgian engraver Louis Haghe then produced at the rate of one a month from the drawings executed during RobertsÕ extraordinary trip were published in six volumes by Francis Graham Moon, as The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia (1842Ð46) and Egypt and Nubia (1846Ð49). This monumental work assured the artist of a fame that has lasted until the modern day. Once again in this limited collectorÕs edition, the wonders that Roberts saw on his trip and the style of life in the Middle East in the middle of the nineteenth century are brought vividly to life by the pictures and the original accompanying texts by the Reverend George Croly and William Brockedon. All admirers of David Roberts will want to own this unique and exquisitely produced edition.