Description
Vercelli, White Star Ed. 1996, cm.26×36, pp.271, num.figg. and 120 color plates. editorial binding, gold titles on the front and spine, with illustrated color dust jacket, slipcase. Artists in History series. David Roberts, one of the most famous English view painters of the last century, in September 1838 undertook the adventurous journey up the Nile, to the rock temples of Abu Simbel; during that extraordinary exploration he made hundreds of studies and sketches, to which were added numerous views of the mosques of Cairo. In this volume the original plates are reproduced, arranged for the first time in chronological sequence, commented by an exciting photographic reportage.
