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The Holy Land by David Roberts is a facsimile copy of some of the lithographs of the first edition which was originally published in 3 volumes in the mid 1800's. David Roberts was the first professional artist to visit the Near East without a patron or a connection to a military expedition or missionary group. He sailed to Alexandria in 1838 and for eleven months traveled up the Nile River, across deserts and mountains, through Egypt and the Holy Land, to arrive in Jerusalem on Easter 1839. He continued north to Lebanon and departed from Beirut in May. Roberts recorded his impressions of landscapes, temples, ruins, and people in three sketchbooks and more than 272 watercolours. These sketches and paintings provided the basis for the 247 lithographs published with text between 1842 and 1849 as the three-volume "Holy Land." This selection of 123 coloured facsimiles is divided into 5 parts: 1. Jerusalem 2. Galilee & Lebanon 3. Judea & Jordan River 4.Samaria & Idumea 5. The Desert.