The Holy Land & Egypt and Nubia, 2 volumes (Folio Society Limited Edition)

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Folio Society limited facsimile edition. First edition thus. Numbered on limitation page, 20 of 1000.

Original, full-size 2010 facsimile. NOT smaller later reproduction.

Originally published across six volumes between 1842 and 1849, these volumes represent the culmination of the artistic work undertaken during Robert's expedition to the Egypt and the Holy Land. The resulting publication was highly influential back in Britain, creating a picturesque version of the East that held its influence for centuries. Almost 200 years since original publication, the works created by Roberts are housed in institutions such as the Library of Congress in Washington and London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

Both volumes come in wine red buckram slipcases. Bound in illustrated wine red buckram. Titling to spine in gilt. Covers illustrated in blocked gilt and black.

Overall condition: Fine. Impeccably preserved. All volumes and contents fine in like slipcase. Both spectacular copies.

2 volumes. Folio Society Limited Edition. London: The Folio Society, 2010. Elephant Folio. Both volumes original cloth in cloth slipcase. Pages: vol.I: [iv], 286; vol.II: [iv], 260. 247 chromolithographic plates, 2 folding maps.

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