Between 1842-1845 the Scottish artist David Roberts
published two lavish volumes of lithographed prints. The prints depicted
sketches made by Roberts on a tour which included Egypt, Sinai, Idumea (modern
day Petra) and the Holy Land in 1838-39. Appearing in different editions the
Roberts volumes are famous amongst book collectors, art historians and
archaeologists for their depiction of places and historical monuments in the
Middle East over 175 years ago.
To celebrate the theme of Library Ireland week which
this year is “A Library holds a World of Ideas” our Special Collections
librarian, Marie Boran, will give a talk on the Hardiman Library’s copies of
these splendid volumes.
Date: Friday 20 November
Time: 13.00
Venue: Room G011, Hardiman Research Building, NUI, Galway
All welcome
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