ROBERTS, David (1796-1864). Picturesque Sketches in Spain Taken During the Years 1832 & 1833. London: Hodgson & Graves, 1837. 2° (553 x 360mm). 1p. advertisement at end. Tinted lithographic title, dedication and list of plates, and 25 plates on thick paper after David Roberts. (Light spotting and soiling, two plates with very small marginal ink spots.) Original green morocco-backed cloth boards, lettered to upper board (extremities rubbed, head- and tailcaps worn). Provenance: ?Gerstz 'Königliche Theater Maler ... zu Berlin' (early ink inscription to title and dedication) -- ?Friedrich Blundt (ink signature dated 1921) -- Hähn (ticket with inventory number in ms 2924) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket).

ROBERTS, David (1796-1864). Picturesque Sketches in Spain Taken During the Years 1832 & 1833. London: Hodgson & Graves, 1837. 2° (553 x 360mm). 1p. advertisement at end. Tinted lithographic title, dedication and list of plates, and 25 plates on thick paper after David Roberts. (Light spotting and soiling, two plates with very small marginal ink spots.) Original green morocco-backed cloth boards, lettered to upper board (extremities rubbed, head- and tailcaps worn). Provenance: ?Gerstz 'Königliche Theater Maler ... zu Berlin' (early ink inscription to title and dedication) -- ?Friedrich Blundt (ink signature dated 1921) -- Hähn (ticket with inventory number in ms 2924) -- Wasmuth Antiquariat (Berlin bookseller's ticket).

FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 152: 'Roberts's first published set of views'; Hardie p.247.