David Roberts / Louis Haghe: Egypt and Nubia
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In 1838 and 1839, Roberts spent eleven months traveling and sketching throughout Egypt from Alexandria to Abu Simbel and through Sinai to Petra, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Lebanon. The 247 lithographs that Belgian engraver Louis Haghe then produced at the rate of one a month from the drawings executed during Roberts’ trip were published in six volumes as “The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia” (1842-1846) and “Egypt and Nubia” (1846-1849).
While these are available elsewhere, they are not usually very large or in an easy to use format (or they cost money). These are from the Library of Congress, which has them in unedited TIF files. I have cropped them , edited them, cleaned up any glaring dirtiness, and converted them to JPEG for easy download in the GALLERY.
Title: Egypt and Nubia
Author: David Roberts
Artist: David Roberts / lithographed by Louis Haghe
Publisher: F.G. (Francis Graham) Moon
Date Published: 1846-1849
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Dancing Girls at Cairo
Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rumeyleh
Cairo
Tombs of the khalifs, Cairo
Karnac Nov 29th 1838
General view of the island of Philae Nubia Nov 18th 1838
General view of the ruins of Luxor from the Nile 1838
Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia
Portico of the Temple of Edfou--upper Egypt Novr 23rd 1838
Entrance to the Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia (TITLE PAGE)
The Coffee Shop, Cairo
May 9th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I have a copy of Roberts Sketches of Egypt and Nubia by William Brockedon, lithographed by Louis Haghe, part viii. The prints are in reasonable condition but the cover is damaged. I wondered whether you have any information you could give me and a rough valuation. Many thanks.
May 10th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I have answered you in more detail via a direct email. If you have not received it please go to the bookstore (zephyrusbooks.com) and conact me directly.
A lot will depend upon condition of the book, and the number of actual plates in good or better condition. Complete first editions are very valuable, but as you have only a part of it it is difficult to offer anything more precise without a direct appraisal of the volume. I not usually offer appraisals through the bookstore, but will help people via OldBookArt for no charge, especially if I can borrow the images to post on this site to share for free with other people.
Any appraisals I do offer are done so in a manner to avoid conflicts of interest, and will comply with the IOBA code of ethics (http://www.ioba.org/code.html). This means I will not offer to buy a book from you based on my own appraisal without fully informing you of all possible ways to sell your property to bring the best possible value to you.