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Jerusalem and the Holy Land Rediscovered: The Prints of David Roberts (1796–1864)

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This book reproduces the original travel book created by David Roberts in the early 1800s. Though not as large as the original book, the reproductions are quite large and beautifully done. David Robert's lithographs are magical.

We received this book/shipment as scheduled/promised and in very good shape. We saw copies of some of the prints in the Nasher Art Museum at Duke University and wanted to see them all for ourselves. The book is quite comprehensive, with essays and reviews by scholars. The prints represent scenes around the Holy Land and surrounding areas from an early 19th Century perspective and, of course, contrast very drastically from today's Israel, which my wife and I saw on tour in 2008.

Roberts portrayal of the holy land as it appeared thousands of years ago brings to life what once could only be described by the words of the bible. A visit to the mid-east would not be complete without first studying Robert's book. One's perspective as they visit the holy land would then blend today's rituals with that of the past.