Sold for £9,200
ROBERTS, David, R.A. Egypt & Nubia. F.G. Moon, London. 1846 & 1849. 1st standard edition. 2 vols, Folio. Presented in green half leather with pimpled cloth to boards. Gilt titling to boards and spine. 42 full page and 42 half page lithographs plus one full page map, after Roberts, by Haghe. [2]
Condition Report
Leather worn at extremities.
A few of the full page tissue paper guards for plates missing.
Some light foxing, affecting a few of the plates.
Vol 2 lacking free endpapers.
Vol 2 internal front hinge split from top to bottom.
In addition to these comments:
The list of plates given in volume two is not particularly helpful in respect of these volumes. There are discrepancies between the list and the order of the plates in the volumes themselves. There are also major discrepancies in terms of spellings (at least three variants of Karnac, for instance) and the Illustrated title page for Volume 2 is incorrectly labelled as Volume 1- this erased and Volume 2 inserted in ink.
I list below the actual plates as they appear in each volume:
Volume 1
Full page:
Frontis Aboo Simbel
Portico of Temple on Kom Ombo
Temple Aboo Simbel
Portico of Edfou
Thebes
Interior of Temple Aboo Simbel
Luxor from Nile
Sphinx and Pyramids
Karnac
Obelisk Luxor
Temple Esneh
Island of Philac
Temple Kalabshi
Lybian Mountains
Temple of Edfou
Temple of Edfou
Dendera
Karnack
Temple of Philae
Temple of Philae
Grand Portico Philae
Part Page Plates:
Geeza from Nile
Pompey’s Pillar
Tafa, Numbia
Gyrshe, Nubia
Memnon, Plain of Goorna
Sanctuary Aboo Simbel
Luxor from SW
Sphinx
Dakke, Nubia
Cleopatra’s Needle
Maharraka, Nubia
Wady Kardassy
Abyssinian Slaves
Luxor
Wady Saboua
Temple of Luxor
Dendera
Siout
Nubian Women
Caves of Beni Hassan
Wady Saboua
Volume 2
Full Page:
Frontis Temple of Aboo Simble
Title Karnack
Memnonium
Memnonium
Temple of Amun
Hadjar Silsilis
Karnac
Karnac
Medinet Abou
Medinet Abou
Temple of Philae
Pyramids of Geezah
Temple of Dendera
Island of Elephantine
Karnac
Karnac
Tombs of the Kings of Thebes
Staves of Memnon
Temple of Luxor
Edfou
Kom Ombo
Map of Egypt & Nubia
Part page:
Nubians at Wady Kardassy
Ibrim, Nubia
Wadi Saboua
Water wheel
Philae at sunset
Hall of Columns Karnack
Island of Bigge
Medamount
Temple of A’mada
Temple of Dandour
Temple of Isis
Typhonaeum at Pendes
Wady Kardassy
Obelisk of On
Temple of Wady Dabod
Dayr-el-medeenah
Aboo Simbel
Nile near Wady Dabod
Kalbshee
Ermet
Island of Philae
I have taken a selection of photographs of the plates, covering the best and worst examples. For the vast majority the plates are clean. A few have very minor foxing and one or two have a slight damp stain. See photos.
Condition reports must be considered as a matter of opinion and not fact.
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