The Holy Land: (2 vol. gift edition: Egypt and Nubia & The Holy Land)

by David Roberts (Illustrator)

Other authorsFabio Bourbon (Foreword), George Croly (Editor), William Brockedon (Editor)
Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

915.694

Collection

Publication

White Star, Edition: Reprint Edition, Hardcover, 612 pages

Description

David Roberts traveled from his native Scotland to the Holy Land & Egypt, making classic paintings of monuments, cities, & landscapes. Three volumes with nearly 300 color illustrations & details of his travels are beautifully packaged in a deluxe, oversized, slipcased edition.

User reviews

LibraryThing member SkjaldOfBorea
(Extra-large format edition, 52x37x14 cm.) Admirable reproduction, unprecedented in dimensions & completeness, of the even more outsized 1840s classic.

Language

Original publication date

1842 to 1849

Physical description

612 p.; 11.18 inches

ISBN

8880953370 / 9788880953371

Local notes

Three versions of the same book: This one is two volumes in a slipcase that are just the original work, plus a third book that is a thin booklet in Italian.
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