Stock ID #177116 Tyre. DAVID ROBERTS, DAY VINCENT BROOKS, SON, LITHOGRAPHERS.

Tyre

London, Paris & New York. Cassell, Petter & Galpin. ( 1879). Stock ID #177116

Tinted lithograph, 15.1 x 22.8 cm; 24.6 x 32.3 cm (sheet including caption), marginal toning and abrasions at the foot, small edge tear, but in very good condition.

Fine view of the ancient city of Tyre, when Lebanon was still under Ottoman rule. Prepared for David Roberts' great work "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" from drawings made "on the spot". The first lithographs were published in 1842 in monthly parts by Moon, Boys and Graves, the final issues appearing in 1849. This is from the re-issue in smaller format by Cassell published in 1879.

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Price: $75.00 AU

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