The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, after lithographs by Louise Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. Published by Son & Day, London / D. Appleton, New-York, 1855-1856. English. Six volumes bound in five. David Roberts's monumental work, The Holy Land. Six volumes with 248 lithographs after drawings by Roberts and two engraved maps delineating the route of Roberts's journey in the Middle East. With descriptions by George Croly and William Brockedon. The lithographs depict edifices, towns, landscapes and sites sacred to the different religions throughout Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, the Transjordan and Egypt, documentation of the journeys taken by Roberts in 1839-1840. Six volumes bound in five. Volumes I-III bound in three fine, blue bindings, with gilt designs. Vol. IV-VI bound in two simple bindings (new). Vol. III appears twice – once separately and once bound with Vol. IV. The prints are numbered consecutively throughout the volumes. Volume I : [3] ff., 35 pp. [23] ff. + 1-44 plates. Volume II: [1] f., 3 pp. [22] ff. + 45-87 plates. Volume III : [1], 3 pp. [19] ff. + 88-125 plates. Volume IV (vols. 3-4) : [1], 3 pp. [19] ff. + 88-125 plates; [1] f., 9 pp. [23] ff. + 126-169 plates (plate 169 followed by one f. with subtitle reading "frontispiece to vol. 5", both belonging in vol. 5). Volume V (vols. 5-6) : [22] ff. + 170-212 plates; [2] ff. + 213-250 plates. 29 cm. Gilt edges. Good overall condition. Minor stains. Tears to edges of some leaves and tissue guards. Several detached leaves and plates. Pen notations to some endpapers. Blemishes to bindings of first three volumes; two bindings partly detached, one with loss to spine.