Lot 52
"The Holy Land" - David Roberts - French Edition
La Terre Sainte / vues & monuments recueilis par David Roberts, avec une description historique sur chaque planche. Brussels: Sociétédes beaux-arts, 1843. French.
A large format volume with 30 lithographs after paintings by David Roberts, and 30 small additional lithographs integrated into the text. Lithographed title page. Gilt edges.
[64] leaves (one leaf may be is lacking at the beginning or the end of the volume), 54 cm. Good condition. Tissue guards are fragile and slightly torn. Lacking one tissue guard. Open tear to one tissue guard and restoration with acid-free adhesive tape of one leaf. Significant foxing. A number of gatherings are loose. Disintegrating glue at spine. Non-original binding.
