Roberts, David: 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia...' [London; Day & Son, 1855]. First Edition. 4 volumes in 2 measuring 294 x 209 mm. First quarto edition of this illustrated record of the Middle East by the first Westerner permitted to enter the sacred sites. The first volume [I & II] covers Jerusalem & Galilee; Jordan & Bethlehem; the second volume [III & IV] Idumea & Petra; Egypt & Nubia. Complete with 168 tinted lithographs.