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Lot 386 - A170 Books - Saturday, 20. September 2014, 10.00 AM

ORIENT - Roberts, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. From Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. With historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly. L.L.D. Lithographed by Louis Haghe. 6 volumes. With 4 engraved frontispieces (thereunder 1 portrait of the author), 6 engraved titles, 238 coloured originial-lithographies, all mounted on card, as well as 2 engraved maps by L. Haghe after D. Roberts and C. Baugniet. London, F. G. Moon, 1842-1849. 6 monumental Maroquin with gilt spine and covers, coat-of-arms, gilt edges (sign: "Pilkington, Dublin"; borders a little rubbed, some slight spottings, light scratchings) in: Library furniture, late Art Déco. Trope wood. Rectangular corpus with diagonal leaf on the mounted base. Open front with 6 extensible shelf boards. Metal holders. 81x52x106 cm (the leaf with scratchings and missings in the inlay). - First edition, complete with all engravings. - Inside: Titles and text a little moldy and browned. Some plates a little foxing and glue shadily. Some fingerspots. The plate 'Shrine of the Annunciation' in vol. I cut on the borders, the plate "Cairo looking West" with some ink dots and/ or colour dabbers. All in all in a very good condition. - Provenance: With the exlibris and coat-of-arms of the Earls of Portarlington on Emo Court (Ireland). - Monunumental travelogue from the Orient in custom-built furniture

Roberts, David.
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. From Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. With historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly. L.L.D. Lithographed by Louis Haghe. 6 Bände. Mit 4 gest. Frontispizen (davon 1 Porträt), 6 gest. Titelblättern, 238 kol. Original-Lithographien, alle auf Trägerkarton mont., sowie 2 gest. Karten von L. Haghe nach D. Roberts u. C. Baugniet.
London, F. G. Moon, 1842-1849. Imperial-Folio. 6 monumentale Maroquin-Bände mit goldgepr. Rücken- u. Deckeltitel, Bandzahl und Wappen-Supralibros auf HDeckel, floraler Innen-, Steh- und Aussenkantenvergoldung, Goldschnitt (sign: "Pilkington, Dublin"; Kanten leicht berieben, teils minimal fleckig, leicht kratzspurig) in: BIBLIOTHEKSMÖBEL, spätes Art Déco. Tropenholz. Rechteckiger Korpus mit leicht schräg gestelltem Blatt auf eingezogenem Sockel. Offene Front mit 6 ausziehbaren, mit grünem Filz belegten Tablaren. Metallgriffe. 81x52x106 cm (das Blatt mit Kratzern, Furnierfehlstellen).

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CHF 140 000 / 200 000 | (€ 144 330 / 206 190)

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