Egypt
- Open Access Oxyrhynchus
Ancient World Online See the above address for the links. Archive.org now has the first fourteen volumes of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri online in toto and in a variety of formats, for viewing and for download; Volumes 1-5 are digitized by Google Books from...
- Au Bouquiniste Oriental
ANSAmed Already in the '50s, Egyptologists like Jean Yoyotte, Serge Sauneron, and Sergio Donadoni were going to the old Sharia bookstore Kasrl El-Nil, just a few steps away from the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Today the top international names in Egyptology...
- Egypt Of David Roberts Screensaver
Simtel 50 images of Egypt by David Roberts. Beautiful Pharaonic and Islamic scenes chosen from his six volumes of prints published in 1846. This screensaver includes a portrait of David Roberts plus scenes along the Nile of Abu Simbel, Karnak, the Temple...
- Book Auction Includes Drawings By Lepsius
Asharq Alawsat Books, maps and vintage photographs were auctioned yesterday at Sotheby's at a sale entitled "Natural History, Travel, Atlases and Maps". Hailing from all over the world, the collection offers something special for everybody. Moreover,...
- More On 'le Déscription' At The Dahesh
http://tinyurl.com/kxwja (nj.com) "The Dahesh Museum has a show devoted to 'Le Déscription', Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt, that includes many engravings and two rare complete editions. The "Déscription"...
Egypt
David Roberts volumes to be auctioned
http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=976602006
Inspired by an upcoming auction that will sell three of David Roberts's wonderful volumes of illustrations, this article delves into the life of the painter:
"It was to be a book like no other: bigger, more beautifully bound, more lavishly illustrated. But the man behind the world's most expensive travel book was no gentleman adventurer. He was a painter and decorator from Edinburgh with a big talent, and an even bigger ambition.
David Roberts travelled through the Middle East in the 1830s when such journeys were virtually unknown, sketching as he went. He published his work, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia, in six immense, folio-sized volumes. Three of these volumes, covering the Holy Land and the surrounding area, bound in two magnificent books, will be auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Valued at between £8,000 and £12,000, these books are increasingly rare . . . .
David Roberts travelled through the Middle East in the 1830s when such journeys were virtually unknown, sketching as he went. He published his work, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia, in six immense, folio-sized volumes. Three of these volumes, covering the Holy Land and the surrounding area, bound in two magnificent books, will be auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Valued at between £8,000 and £12,000, these books are increasingly rare . . . .
But this is more than the story of a book. It's the rags-to-riches story of a shoemaker's son from Stockbridge who became one of the best-known artists of his generation."
See the above article for the full story, which is well worth reading if you are interested in the painter.
The volumes will be auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull in a Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs sale, on Tuesday, 11 July.
www.lyonandturnbull.com
To see some examples of David Roberts's work, go to:
The volumes will be auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull in a Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs sale, on Tuesday, 11 July.
www.lyonandturnbull.com
To see some examples of David Roberts's work, go to:
http://www.rosicrucians.org/salon/d_roberts/d_roberts.html
- Open Access Oxyrhynchus
Ancient World Online See the above address for the links. Archive.org now has the first fourteen volumes of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri online in toto and in a variety of formats, for viewing and for download; Volumes 1-5 are digitized by Google Books from...
- Au Bouquiniste Oriental
ANSAmed Already in the '50s, Egyptologists like Jean Yoyotte, Serge Sauneron, and Sergio Donadoni were going to the old Sharia bookstore Kasrl El-Nil, just a few steps away from the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Today the top international names in Egyptology...
- Egypt Of David Roberts Screensaver
Simtel 50 images of Egypt by David Roberts. Beautiful Pharaonic and Islamic scenes chosen from his six volumes of prints published in 1846. This screensaver includes a portrait of David Roberts plus scenes along the Nile of Abu Simbel, Karnak, the Temple...
- Book Auction Includes Drawings By Lepsius
Asharq Alawsat Books, maps and vintage photographs were auctioned yesterday at Sotheby's at a sale entitled "Natural History, Travel, Atlases and Maps". Hailing from all over the world, the collection offers something special for everybody. Moreover,...
- More On 'le Déscription' At The Dahesh
http://tinyurl.com/kxwja (nj.com) "The Dahesh Museum has a show devoted to 'Le Déscription', Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt, that includes many engravings and two rare complete editions. The "Déscription"...