New York: Rizzoli, Date: 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG (egypt volume has light scratch to front cloth board. faint sunning to spines. slipcase illustrations sunned w/ rubbed edged; scuffing, some light bumping to corners). 3 volumes of brown cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering in a color-illustrated hardshell slipcase. Egypt and Nubia: 287 pp. The Holy Land: 319 pp. Life, Works, and Travels: 30 pp. Many color illustrations. A nice, sharp and bright set. "David Roberts is considered one of the most expressive painters and historical record keepers of the nineteenth century, and this book collects his portraits of two of the world's most eternally fascinating regions. In 1838, Roberts traveled form his native Scotland to the Holy Land and Egypt, where he created classic paintings of the monument, cities, landscapes, and people. After his return to Scotland, lithographs of these 247 paintings were published in six volumes." -Amazon. 2000. Rizzoli ISBN 0847823121 9780847823123 [US]