[Picturesque sketches in Spain taken during the years 1832 & 1833]. London: Hodgson & Graves, 1837.

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ROBERTS, David (1796-1864)

[Picturesque sketches in Spain taken during the years 1832 & 1833]. London: Hodgson & Graves, 1837.

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ROBERTS, David (1796-1864)
[Picturesque sketches in Spain taken during the years 1832 & 1833]. London: Hodgson & Graves, 1837.
The extremely rare deluxe hand-coloured issue of Roberts’ first published set of views. The deluxe edition was priced at £10.10s., over £6 more than the uncoloured version. These large-scale views of such sights as the Mosque at Cordova, the Cathedral at Seville and the Daro, Grenada, are exceedingly intricate in design and line work, whilst their subtle use of colouration adds a warmth to the compositions. Roberts’ skill in conferring a sense of intimacy, whilst at the same time capturing the austerity and scale of architecture natural landscapes is discussed in John Ruskin’s autobiography Praeterita. He writes ‘David Roberts was, though in his own restricted terms; fastening on the constant aspect of any place… The minute knowledge and acute sensation throws us back into our-selves; haunting us to the examination of points and enjoyment of moments; but one imagined serenely and joyfully, from the old drawings, the splendour of the aisles of Seville or the strength of the towers of Grenada, and forgot oneself, for a time.’ The last copy to have appeared at auction according to RBH was in 1959. Abbey, Travel 152; Bobin II 568; Burch p.193; Gunterman & Llewellyn, pp.61-65; Martin Hardie 247.

Folio (545 x 432mm). 26 lithographic plates, with original hand-colour and mounted on card within gilt borders as issued (very light marginal spotting and occasional finger soiling to verso of plates, bumped corners to plate 6 and 12-15, repair to corner of card mount of plate 4). 20^th-centrury blue half morocco, gilt and marbelled boards by Aquarius (marbled boards faintly rubbed).

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