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090 $aDS48$b.C76 1855
100 1 $aRoberts, David,$d1796-1864.
245 14 $aThe Holy Land :$bSyria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia /$cafter lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. ; With historical descriptions by the Revd. George Croly, L.L.D.
246 30 $aHoly Land
246 30 $aSyria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia
260 $aNew York :$bD. Appleton & Co., 346 & 348 Broadway,$c[between 1855 and 1860]
300 $a6 v. in 3, 250 leaves of plates :$bcol. ill., map, ports. ;$c31 cm.
500 $aFirst American ed.
500 $aOriginally published 1842, in 2 folio vols., with introduction by Rev. G. Croly. In 1847 combined with "Views in ancient Egypt and Nubia" (1846, introduction by W. Brockedon) and issued under general title "Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea..." Cf. Allibone and Brit. mus. Catalogue.
500 $aEach volume has separate illustrated title page and pagination; plates numbered continuously.
500 $aHistorical descriptions, v. 4-6, by William Brockedon.
500 $aPlates dated: London : Day & Son, 1855-1856.
500 $aThe firm of D. Appleton & Co. was at this address in 1855 and remained there until 1860.
500 $aVolumes 1 and 6 each have a frontispiece portrait of Roberts.
500 $aThe plates are accompanied by unnumbered leaves of letterpress description, and blank tissue guard-sheets.
505 0 $av. 1. Jerusalem and Galilee -- v. 2. The Jordan and Bethlehem -- v. 3. Idumea and Petra -- v. 4-6. Egypt.
590 $aSCNHRB copy (v. 1-2, 39088015314586; v. 3-4, 39088015314727; v. 5-6, 39088015314578) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Gene Hirshhorn LePere.
590 $aSCNHRB copy is bound in 3 physical volumes and has contemporary gilt-tooled full leather bindings with raised bands, marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. Volume 1-2 is rebacked.
600 10 $aRoberts, David,$d1796-1864$xTravel$zMiddle East.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aMiddle East$vPictorial works.
651 0 $aMiddle East$vIn art.
651 0 $aJerusalem$vPictorial works.
651 0 $aEgypt$xAntiquities$vPictorial works.
700 1 $aCroly, George,$d1780-1860.
700 1 $aHaghe, Louis,$d1806-1885,$elithographer.
700 1 $aBrockedon, William,$d1787-1854.
710 2 $aDay & Son,$eprinter of plates.
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dv. 1-2$i39088015314586$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dv. 3-4$i39088015314727$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dv. 5-6$i39088015314578$nlc$trare
951 $a935814
959 $a2016-05-25 gyb moved quarto/folio/mini to the end of call#'s