View of the Nile Looking Towards the Pyramids of Dashour and Saccara

by After David Roberts

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine example from the deluxe issue of David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. Roberts' masterpiece was issued in 41 parts over seven years in three states; tinted, tinted proof and in its finest form as with the present image , coloured and mounted on card. It is beautifully lithographed by Louis Haghe, to whom Roberts paid tribute in

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