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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition exhibition catalogue. Large square-format illustrated softcover, 55 pages. Published in conjunction with the Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition held in Birmingham, London, Paisley, Dundee, and Edinburgh between 1981 and 1982. A well-produced exhibition catalogue devoted to the Scottish painter David Roberts (1796-1864), one of the nineteenth century's most important topographical artists and travelers. The catalogue contains an introductory biographical essay, scholarly notes on Roberts' life and artistic development, detailed catalogue entries, bibliography, and numerous reproductions of paintings, watercolors, lithographs, architectural studies, and sketchbook material. Particular emphasis is placed on Roberts' celebrated Spanish, Near Eastern, and architectural subjects, including views of Granada, the Alhambra, Segovia, cathedrals, stage designs, and other works that helped establish his international reputation. An excellent reference for collectors of Victorian art, travel illustration, architecture, Egyptology, and Scottish painting. Condition: Near Fine. Covers remain bright and clean with only very light shelf handling and minor edge wear. Binding is tight and square. Interior pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked with no ownership markings, highlighting, or library attachments observed. Numerous black-and-white illustrations reproduce clearly throughout. A particularly attractive copy of an exhibition catalogue that is often found with heavier handling wear. David Roberts RA (1796-1864) was a Scottish painter and lithographer renowned for his architectural and topographical views of Spain, Egypt, the Holy Land, and the Near East. His monumental travel drawings and lithographic publications helped shape Victorian Europe's visual understanding of these regions and remain highly collectible today. Roberts is regarded as one of the leading British travel artists of the nineteenth century.