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Oliphant F. R.
Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
Edinburgh Blackwood 1891. Small octavo. Pp. 161 24 publisher's catalogue. Hardcover original green cloth lettered in black spine gilt bevelled edges old institutional bookplate stamp contemporary dedication in neat hand some pencil underlining. In about fine condition. A lovely copy. ~ First edition. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate. Francis Romano Oliphant 1859-1894 the younger son of the painter Francis Wilson Oliphant 1818-1859 was born in Rome after his father's death. He graduated from Oxford in 1883. In 1891 he published his "Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land" which originally appeared in the form of letters addressed to the "Spectator" to which he was a frequent contributor. He later aided his mother in the preparation of her "Victorian Age of Literature" published in 1892. Scarce. KVK locates 2 copies in British Library. British Union Catalog adds copies in Cambridge Durham Manchester and National Library of Scotland. OCLC 13686843 locates only 7 other copies worldwide 6 of which are in the USA one in Israel Jewish National & University Library. Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1891. hardcover
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Himly E. A. W. Translated by A. A. Deenik.
Het Nijlschip en de karavaan: Reis eener Engelsche familie door Egypte Palaestina Palästina en Syrië.
Haarlem De Erven Loosjes 1861. Crown octavo. Pp. iv 348. Plus 5 tinted wood-engraved plates including frontispiece these dampmarked and foxed. Footnotes. Hardcover original quarter black calf and marbled boards spine gilt tooled with 3 blind-stamped ornaments. Three ribbon markers. In a very good condition old private ownership stamp. ~ First Dutch edition. Haarlem, De Erven Loosjes, (1861). hardcover
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Payne Augustus.
Palestine the Land of Promise and Adventure: An Account Descriptive & Historical of Famous Cities & Places in the Holy Land Visited on Active Service with the E. E. F.
Cairo The Nile Mission Press 1919. Small octavo. Pp. 54. Plus 34 halftone photographic plates printed on different paper bound in. Original pictorial grey card wrappers bit rubbed corner creased upper wrapper with tape repair for short tear. Else a fine copy. ~ A fascinating small book written and photographed by the Senior Chaplain to the Forces Egyptian Expeditionary Force with the intention to provide His Majesty's soldiers with a handy book of reference to Palestine and the Holy Land. The book contains a relatively large number of plates depicting ancient and new towns and villages holy shrines landscapes historical monuments and sites and some inhabitants. Most fascinating are the images of pure military interest: a derelict tank; a cannon named "Jericho Jane"; and a mobile gun nicknamed the "Finish Turk". Reverend Payne's text is a wonderful combination of historical background actual information traveller's notations and Biblical contemplations. He previously wrote "Jerusalem the City of the Great King" which was meant to serve as a guide book to Jerusalem. Both these books were sold in army canteen huts. In his Foreword Philip W. Chetwode Late Commanding 20th Army Corps Palestine writes: "I feel sure that all soldiers who find themselves now or in the future serving in Palestine will be grateful to him for having provided them with such a useful book which cannot fail to add to the interest of the time they spend in the Holy Land." Descriptive text Copyright © Librarium The Hague Cairo, The Nile Mission Press, (1919). unknown
Bookseller reference : 0773
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Wiener Alfred.
Juden und Araber in Palästina Palaestina. Zur Erkenntnis der jüngsten Vorgänge.
Berlin Philo 1929. Crown quarto. Pp. 54. Frontispiece photograph of the Wailing Wall. With 2 illustrations to the text; footnotes. Original wrappers bit dog-eared printed with publisher's ads. In a very good condition light pencil underlining and marking. Nice copy. ~ Offprint from "Morgen" Volume 5 No. 5. Judisch Siedlung und Wirtschaft 3. Berlin, Philo, 1929. unknown
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Pfarrer I. R.
Eine Pilgerreise nach dem heiligen Lande im Frühjahr 1897.
Trier Paulinus 1898. Crown octavo. Pp. 100. Original printed wrappers decorated in black shelf label to spine. In a very good condition small institutional stamp. ~ First edition. Trier, Paulinus, 1898. unknown
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Bohl F. M. Th.
Kanaän vóór den intocht der Israëlieten volgens Egyptische en Babylonische bronnen.
Groningen J. B. Wolters 1913. Royal octavo. Pp. 40. Notes. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition light edge wear to wraps. ~ Rede bij de aanvaarding van het hoogleeraarsambt aan de rijks-universiteit te Groningen 1 maart 1913. Groningen, J. B. Wolters, 1913. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0712
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Lowenstein Fritz.
Das juedische Palaestina Das jüdische Palästina.
Jerusalem Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael 1927. Small octavo. Pp. 48. Plus 2 extra pages with 3 photo-plates and 6 other such illustrations. With a folding line-drawn map tipped-in onto inside of back wrap. Appendices. Original decorated wrappers lettered in red with a woodcut illustration of a Holy Land landscape spine very lightly rubbed. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. A fascinating publication published by the Zionist Information Office of the Jewish National Fund and printed in Tel Aviv. Not a traditional traveller's guide to the Holy Places it is an invitation to visit the Zionist community in Palestine. It includes background information for visits in Jerusalem Tel Aviv and its region Haifa Valley of Yisrael Nazareth Afula Beth Shean as well as some newly established villages. Further there are detailed programmes for a three-day a five-day a week and two-weeks visits with advise what to do and where to go on each day. There is also a train timetable and a currency conversion table. The second part is the history of the Zionist Movement in Palestine and the book concludes with a financial report of the Fund's activities. This copy includes the road map "Erez-Israel" with indication of railways main roads paths and tracks marshes and rivers as well as Jewish National Fund land and national frontier. Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael, 1927. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2299
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Singer Curt.
Jerusalem: Twelve Drawings.
Jerusalem Heatid Salingré 1952. Oblong octavo. A set of 12 plates contained in a card portfolio lettered and illustrated. Each plate is a tinted line-drawn illustration printed from at least 2 blocks. A list of captions both in English and Hebrew identifies the view on each plate. In about fine condition. Wraps bit age toned. Excellent set. ~ First edition. The quality of the plates is very high. Printed by the students at the Hadassah Apprentice School of Printing in Jerusalem the quality of the result surpasses that of most more commercially produced similar prints. The dense of the outline ink is remarkable; the tint from the second impression delicate and rich in detail. The portfolio contains views of Jerusalem and environs 13 at all including the cover illustration. Curt Singer painter educated in Hamburg Berlin and Paris. Born in 1905 in Czechoslovakia he immigrated in 1935 to Israel where he soon establishe himself as a painter. Died in 1989. Jerusalem, Heatid, Salingré, 1952. paperback
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Bartlett William Henry. Engraved by J. Cousen.
Syria Holy Land Asia Minor Djouni or the Tower of Lebanon caption title. ORIGINAL STEEL ENGRAVED PRINT.
London Jackson Fisher 1836. Original single-sheet steel engraving of a very fine quality. Overall size ca. 215 x 270 mm. Image size ca. 130 x 190 mm. A three-line caption engraved at bottom in elegant handtooled open-face and italic types. Engraved Artist's and Engraver's signatures underneath image. Engraved Publisher's line below. The print is in its original state trimmed and gilded on three sides. It is printed with warmer ink somewhat more dramatic in mood with fine crisp detail subtlety and elegance. In overall very good condition. Some spotting. Preserved in pH-balanced acid-free Renaissance archival paper. ~ A delicately executed steel engraving representing a major illustrative work on 19th century Palestine Syria and Asia Minor. William Henry Bartlett born London 1809 was one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled extensively throughout Britain the Americas and the Middle East producing his work on location. In 1854 he made his last trip to the Holy Land; he died of fever on board a French ship on his return voyage to England. Bartlett's primary concern was to extract the picturesque aspects of a place and render "lively impressions of actual sights" as he wrote in the preface to "The Nile Boat" London 1849. His work became widely known through the numerous engravings after the original drawings and paintings he made. The interest in these engravings today is as much for the exquisite quality of the rendering and presentation of the architecture of the period as it is for the representation of the landscape. Published in 1836 by Peter Jackson Late Fisher Son & Co. of London it was originally accompanied by descriptions written by John Carne. London, Jackson, Fisher, (1836). unknown
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Bartlett William Henry. Engraved by J. Stephenson.
Syria Holy Land Asia Minor Remains of the Port of Seleucia Near Suadeah caption title. ORIGINAL STEEL ENGRAVED PRINT.
London Jackson Fisher 1836. Original single-sheet steel engraving of a very fine quality. Overall size ca. 215 x 270 mm. Image size ca. 130 x 190 mm. A four-line caption engraved at bottom in elegant handtooled open-face and italic types. Engraved Artist's and Engraver's signatures underneath image. Engraved Publisher's line below. The print is in its original state trimmed and gilded on three sides. It is printed with warmer ink somewhat more dramatic in mood with fine crisp detail subtlety and elegance. In overall fine condition. Preserved in pH-balanced acid-free Renaissance archival paper. ~ A delicately executed steel engraving representing a major illustrative work on 19th century Palestine Syria and Asia Minor. William Henry Bartlett born London 1809 was one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled extensively throughout Britain the Americas and the Middle East producing his work on location. In 1854 he made his last trip to the Holy Land; he died of fever on board a French ship on his return voyage to England. Bartlett's primary concern was to extract the picturesque aspects of a place and render "lively impressions of actual sights" as he wrote in the preface to "The Nile Boat" London 1849. His work became widely known through the numerous engravings after the original drawings and paintings he made. The interest in these engravings today is as much for the exquisite quality of the rendering and presentation of the architecture of the period as it is for the representation of the landscape. Published in 1836 by Peter Jackson Late Fisher Son & Co. of London it was originally accompanied by descriptions written by John Carne. London, Jackson, Fisher, (1836). unknown
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Atiqot. Journal of the Israel Department of Antiquities. Volume III.
Jerusalem State of Israel; Ministry of Education and Culture 1961. Quarto. Pp. 198. Plus xxviii plates with numerous photo-illustrations printed on different paper. Illustrated throughout. Original wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Jerusalem, State of Israel; Ministry of Education and Culture, 1961. unknown
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Bachiene Willem Albert. Engraved by O. Lindeman.
Atlas van het Heilige Land De XIIde Landkaart vertoonende De Landen der Assyrische Babylonische Persische Grieksche en daarna Romeinsche Heerschappy ter Ophelderinge der Profetien en Geschiedenissen der H. Schrift. Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land etc. etc. ORIGINAL 18th CENTURY COPPERPLATE MAP OF THE HOLY LAND.
Utrecht Paddenburg 1768. Original single-sheet map in copperplate engraving of fine quality. Overall size ca. 400 x 800 mm with 2 flapped wings. Image size within plate mark ca. 340 x 740 mm. Handsome ornate cartouche encloses engraved title and colophon. Fine strong impression on heavy handmade paper with ample margins all round. First original state unaltered by later colouration. Preserved flat in acid-free pH-balanced buffered archival paper. In fine condition. - - First edition. Willem Albert Bachiene 1712-1783 Dutch clergyman later a professor of geography and astronomy at the Illustere School Maastricht. Well known cartographer. The 3-volume "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land alsmede andere landen in de H. Schrift voorkomende" is considered among his most important works. It was published in Utrecht between 1763-1768 and included a suite of 12 fine geographical maps of the Holy Land and its neighbouring lands which Bachiene made during a period of ten years the first in as early as 1758. The map offered herewith is taken from this suite. Other important cartographic works of the Holy Land by Bachiene were included in the so-called "Jehovah Bible" i.e. "De Gansche H. Schrift Vervattende alle de regelmatige Boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments . Gods Gedenk-Naam Jehovah onvertaald gehouden" published in 1762 by N. Goetzee of Gorinchem shortly before the present map first appeared in book form. Whereas other single-sheet maps by Bachiene are in relative abundance mostly with added colouration for purely decorative purpose the works from "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land" are very scarce seldom found in any state. They are practically unavailable in their original unaltered uncoloured state. Utrecht, Paddenburg, 1768. unknown
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Bachiene Willem Albert. Engraved by O. Lindeman.
Atlas van het Heilige Land De Xde Landkaart vertonende De van ouds Bekende Waereld beneven derzelver Verdeelinge onder Noachs Nakomelingen. Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land etc. etc. ORIGINAL 18th CENTURY COPPERPLATE MAP OF THE HOLY LAND.
Utrecht Paddenburg 1764. Original single-sheet map in copperplate engraving of fine quality. Overall size ca. 400 x 510 mm. Plate mark ca. 360 x 455. Image size ca. 340 x 420 mm. With Inset Map of Africa. Engraved illustration depicting the Biblical episode of the Tower of Babylon. Handsome ornate cartouche encloses engraved title and colophon. Fine strong impression on heavy handmade paper with ample margins all round. First original state unaltered by later colouration. Preserved flat in acid-free pH-balanced buffered archival paper. In fine condition. - - First edition. Willem Albert Bachiene 1712-1783 Dutch clergyman later a professor of geography and astronomy at the Illustere School Maastricht. Well known cartographer. The 3-volume "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land alsmede andere landen in de H. Schrift voorkomende" is considered among his most important works. It was published in Utrecht between 1763-1768 and included a suite of 12 fine geographical maps of the Holy Land and its neighbouring lands which Bachiene made during a period of ten years the first in as early as 1758. The map offered herewith is taken from this suite. Other important cartographic works of the Holy Land by Bachiene were included in the so-called "Jehovah Bible" i.e. "De Gansche H. Schrift Vervattende alle de regelmatige Boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments . Gods Gedenk-Naam Jehovah onvertaald gehouden" published in 1762 by N. Goetzee of Gorinchem shortly before the present map first appeared in book form. Whereas other single-sheet maps by Bachiene are in relative abundance the works from "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land" are very scarce seldom found in any state practically unavailable in their original uncoloured state. Utrecht, Paddenburg, 1764. unknown
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Bachiene Willem Albert. Engraved by F. de Bakker.
Atlas van het Heilige Land De VIIde Landkaart verbeeldende de Stad Jerusalem beneven de daar omgelegen Bergen en Dalen Fonteinen Waterleidingen Lusthoven enz. Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land etc. etc. ORIGINAL 18th CENTURY COPPERPLATE MAP OF THE HOLY LAND.
Utrecht Paddenburg 1750. Original single-sheet map in copperplate engraving of fine quality. Overall size ca. 400 x 510 mm. Plate mark ca. 350 x 445 mm. Image size ca. 325 x 410 mm. Incorporates a detailed Plan of the City of Jerusalem within a general delicately illustrated topographical view of its environs. Plain cartouche encloses title and colophon. Fine strong impression on heavy handmade paper with ample margins all round. First original state unaltered by later colouration. Preserved flat in acid-free pH-balanced buffered archival paper. In fine condition. Single outer corner finger-soiled well away from image and plate mark. - - First edition. Willem Albert Bachiene 1712-1783 Dutch clergyman later a professor of geography and astronomy at the Illustere School Maastricht. Well known cartographer. The 3-volume "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land alsmede andere landen in de H. Schrift voorkomende" is considered among his most important works. It was published in Utrecht between 1763-1768 and included a suite of 12 fine geographical maps of the Holy Land and its neighbouring lands which Bachiene made during a period of ten years the first in as early as 1758. The map offered herewith is taken from this suite. Other important cartographic works of the Holy Land by Bachiene were included in the so-called "Jehovah Bible" i.e. "De Gansche H. Schrift Vervattende alle de regelmatige Boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments . Gods Gedenk-Naam Jehovah onvertaald gehouden" published in 1762 by N. Goetzee of Gorinchem shortly before the present map first appeared in book form. Whereas other single-sheet maps by Bachiene are in relative abundance the works from "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land" are very scarce seldom found in any state practically unavailable in their original uncoloured state. Utrecht, Paddenburg, (1750). unknown
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Gordon Charles George.
Reflections in Palestine 1883.
London Macmillan 1884. Duodecimo. Pp. x 2 124. Plus 3 lithograph maps on 2 plates printed in black with additional colour by hand. Sketch illustrations to text. Hardcover original grey cloth printed and decorated in red and black bit discoloured and marked Chalked dark green endpapers; bookplate removed from front paste-down first inner hinge cracked. In good condition fine interior. ~ First edition. British army General Charles George Gordon 1833-85 popularly known as "Chinese Gordon" served in the Crimean War and in the 1860 expedition to China where he took part in the capture of Beijing and later commanded the Chinese force against the Taiping Rebellion. Appointed governour of Sudan in 1877 he waged a vigorous campaign against slave traders. He resigned in 1879 and in 1883 travelled to the Holy Land where he remained for a year devoting his time to the study of Biblical history and of the antiquities of Jerusalem. In 1884 he was called back to service and was sent to the Sudan to defeat the Mahdi. During the campaign he was cut-off and besieged at Khartoum for 10 months. A relief expedition belatedly dispatched from England reached the garrison two days after it had been stormed by the Mahdists who killed Gordon. Gordon's death stirred public indignation and contributed to the collapse of the Gladstone government in 1885. "Reflections in Palestine" is based on Gordon's observations during his year-long visit to the Holy Land. It was published by his friends while he was posted in Khartoum shortly before his death. The book is divided into Topographical and Religious sections. In the first Gordon describes in detail the topography and architecture of some of the major holy places he had visited while the second part is dedicated to the religious contemplations these places has aroused in him. Lytton Strachey in "Eminent Victorians" 1918 writes this wonderful memoir of Gordon: "During the year 1883 a solitary English gentleman was to be seen wandering with a thick book under his arm in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. To the friendly inquirer he would explain that he was engaged in elucidating four questions: the site of the crucifixion; the line of division between the tribes of Benjamin and Judah; the identification of Gibeon; and the position of the Garden of Eden. He was also he would add most anxious to discover the spot where the Ark first touched ground after the subsidence of the Flood: he believed indeed that he had solved that problem as a reference to some passages in the book which he was carrying would show." Descriptive text Copyright © Librarium The Hague London, Macmillan, 1884. hardcover
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Wasser Ben.
Nederlandse pelgrims naar het heilige land.
Zutphen Terra 1983. Crown quarto. Pp. 168. Illustrated maps. Index. Hardcover original cloth gilt with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy practically unused. ~ First edition. Zutphen, Terra, 1983. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1961
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Golding Louis.
In the Steps of Moses the Lawgiver.
London Rich & Cowan 1937. Octavo. Pp. xv 355. Plus heliogravure frontispiece and 23 other heliogravure plates many of which double-page printed on thick paper. Bibliography appendix index. Illustrated endpapers. Hardcover original black cloth spine gilt with small shelf number in neat hand. In fine condition. An excellent copy. ~ First edition. Account of a journey into the Sinai Desert. With a nice collection of original photographs. London, Rich & Cowan, 1937. hardcover
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Avi Yonah Michael Editor.
Geschichte des Heiligen Landes.
Wiesbaden Ebeling 1975. Quarto. Pp. 327. Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous black&white and colour plates. Hardcover original artificial crimson calf gilt with dust-jacket this about very good. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Original Hebrew edition was published in 1969. Wiesbaden, Ebeling, 1975. hardcover
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Soden Hermann Freiherr von.
Palästina Palaestina und seine Geschichte. Sechs volkstümliche Vorträge. AND: Map of Jerusalem American Colony Store 1910.
Leipzig Teubner 1904. 12mo. Pp. iv 112 32 publisher's catalogue. Plus one plan of ancient Jerusalem 6 halftone photographic plates 2 coloured maps all printed on different paper bound-in. Printed endpapers illustrated front paste-down colour plate pasted onto back paste-down as issued. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover original beige cloth lettered in black. In fine condition. ~ Second edition. ADDED: Map of Jerusalem. Original letterpress coloured map issued by Fr. Vester & Co. American Colony Store ca. 1910. Overall size ca. 28 x 32 cm image size ca. 25 x 28.5 cm linen-backed printed in black yellow green blue pink red. Issued for tourists and pilgrims to Jerusalem it identifies the major sites in the city the actual excavations of the ancient city wall as well as the location of the American Colony Store itself. It has been folded to fit inside the book but otherwise in fine condition. Leipzig, Teubner, 1904. hardcover
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Groot Joh. de and G. S. Overdiep.
Een Pelgrimage naar de Sinaï Anno 1217.
Rotterdam Nijgh & Van Ditmar 1936. Octavo. Pp. 79 1. Woodcut frontispiece. With full-page maps and original linocut illustrated head-pieces. Notes. Original illustrated card wrappers printed in red and black. Roughly trimmed; signature to half-title. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy. Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1936. unknown
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Gerdes Eduard.
Naar Jeruzalem en het Heilige Land. Een reisverhaal naar de geachtste en nieuwste bronnen bewerkt.
Amsterdam de Hoogh 1863-64. Three books in one volume. Octavo. Pp. vii 343; 2 310 1 verso blank; 1 verso blank 302 1 verso blank. Three title-pages and three chromolithograph frontispieces with tissue guards a pair to each book. Plus 10 other chromolithograph plates with facing tissue guards and two hand-coloured folding lithograph maps bound-in. Index. Hardcover contemporary tan half calf corners forest-green and marbled boards. Spine gilt-stamped richly decorated. In about fine condition paper on boards rubbed and dull endpapers dusty small stain or two. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition. Tobler p. 226 wrongfully dating the edition as 1862. Very rare. KVK locates just a single copy worldwide that in the British Library. Another copy in Union Catalog Southwest Germany is of a later 20th century edition. OCLC 64502767 locates only 4 copies worldwide all in the Netherlands Koninklijke Bibliotheek Radboud Univsesiteit Nijmegen Tresoar Leeuwarden Amsterdam University. OCLC 64601619 locates another copy but that of the 1873 edition in Theologische University Kampen. Eduard Gerdes 1821-1898. With delicately executed views of Hebron Bethlehem Jaffa Jericho Mount of Olives Sinai Suez Damascus and other locations. Amsterdam, de Hoogh, 1863-64. hardcover
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Schiffer Sina.
Die Aramäer. Historisch-geographische Untersuchungen.
Leipzig Hinrichs 1911. . Octavo. Pp. xii 207. Plus a folding map tipped-in at rear. With texts set in Hebrew Aramaic and Arabic type. Footnotes index. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition some light scattered spotting. A well preserved copy. ~ First edition. Exceedingly scarce. Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1911. unknown
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Irby Charles Leonard and James Mangles.
Travels in Egypt and Nubia Syria and the Holy Land including a Journey round the Dead Sea and through the Country East of the Jordan.
London John Murray 1868. Crown octavo. Pp. viii 150. Set in double columns. Hardcover original blue cloth spine gilt contemporary parochial library rules pasted onto front flyleaf bookplates old stamps some pencil underlining. In a very good condition. A nice copy of a lovely book. ~ New Edition. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate. On August 14 1816 Irby and Mangles Commanders in the Royal Navy left England on their way to the Levant where they travelled together for more than four years. After their return in the end of 1820 they published a selection of their correspondence with their families and offered it as a limited edition for private circulation only to their friends. This was so well received and the copies were in such request that the two had asked publisher John Murray of London to publish the book commercially. This is a fascinating book describing in great detail their encounters with the natives and how they managed to avoid being cheated or robbed by them together with a lively travel diary rich in observations on nature architecture and history. This copy is of the scarce 1868 New Edition. Tobler 145 refers to the 1847 and 1861 editions only. London, John Murray, 1868. hardcover
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Burton Isabel.
The Inner Life of Syria Palestine and the Holy Land. From My Private Journal I-II. TWO VOLUMES.
London King 1876. Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. x 376; 340 32 publisher's catalogue. Each volume with a mounted original albumen print as a portrait frontispieces. A chromolithograph plate to each volume and a large folding map lithographed in colour to volume I. Hardcover uniformly bound in the original publisher's cloth half crescent and a star and a two-barred cross embossed on each upper cover spines gilt; spines broken damaged partly restored. Good set with fine interior. ~ Second edition first published a year earlier. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate to each volume. Copies of this work in the original publisher's binding fragile as it was are practically nonexistent. London, King, 1876. hardcover
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Fosdick Harry Emerson.
A Pilgrimage to Palestine.
London Student Christian Movement 1928. Crown octavo. Pp. xiii 332. Footnotes chronology bibliography indices. Hardcover original blue cloth spine gilt sunned some underlines. Good. ~ First British edition. With index of Scriptural references and extended index of subjects and proper names. The story of a four months journey to Egypt Palestine and Syria with emphasis on geography history and Biblical sources. London, Student Christian Movement, 1928. hardcover
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Arnaud E.
La Palestine ancienne et moderne ou géographie historique et physique de la Terre Sainte.
Paris Berger Levrault 1868. Octavo. Pp. xxiv 600. Plus 3 chromolithograph maps on two sheets loosely inserted. Title printed in red and black. Footnotes with terms set in Hebrew type and explained in the text; errata. Hardcover contemporary half cloth and marbled boards spine gilt old institutional bookplate and stamp pencil underlining throughout neat repair to verso of last leaf. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. The first part covers the geographical history of the Holy Land; the second part covers the physical geography; the third part is dedicated to the natural history; and the fourth part is a lovely "Nomenclature historique des villes et bourgardes de la Palestine" with all the original place names set in Hebrew type and explained with references. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1868. hardcover
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Assaf Michael.
Die arabische nationale Bewegung in Palästina Palaestina: Ursprung und gestaltung. Kleine Zionistische Bücherei. Beilage zum Zionistischen Bulletin "Taamula".
Prague Zionistische Propagandastelle 1936. Octavo. Pp. 68. Letterpress device in Hebrew to half title. Footnotes. Original orange wrappers lettered in black. In about fine condition. Short inscription dated 1936. ~ First edition. Translated from the Hebrew manuscript by Dov Biegun. A collection of five essays published as a supplement to the Zionist Bulletin "Taamula" Propaganda. Prague, Zionistische Propagandastelle, 1936. unknown
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Tobler Titus Editor. S. Willibaldus; Bernardus Monachus; Johannes Wirziburgensis; Johannes Poloner.
Descriptiones Terrae Sanctae. Ex saeculo VIII IX XII et XV. S. Willibaldus. Commemoratorium de casis Dei. Bernardus Monachus. Innominatus VII. Johannes Wirziburgensis. Innominatus VIII. La Citez de Iherusalem. Johannes Poloner.
Leipzig Hinrichs 1874. . Octavo. Pp. 539 1 errata. Plus a fold-out lithograph map "Tabula geographica Marini Sanuti" bound at end. Hardcover bound in contemporary diaper-grain half cloth and marbled boards spine with decorated gilt morocco label and two small round paper labels one rubbed and partly removed old institutional bookplate and stamps to front paste-down some annotations in a very neat contemporary hand to title and elsewhere some browning and spotting. In about fine condition. Attractive copy very well preserved. ~ First edition. In this book Tobler studies edits and prepares for publication an 8th-century manuscript by S. Willibaldus; the 9th-century Commemoratorium de casis Dei and a manuscript by Bernardus Monachus; the 12th-century Innominatus VII and VIII a manuscript by Johannes Wirziburgensis and the La Citez de Iherusalem; and a 15th-century manuscript by Johannes Poloner. They are published here in the original Latin. The second part of the book is Tobler's commentary in German. Born in 1806 Tobler studied medicine in Zurich Vienna and Paris. Worked as a practising physician. In 1835 he visited Palestine for the first time and published his travelogue in "Lustreise in Morgenland". In 1845 1857 and 1865 made further journeys to Palestine. Beside his own travelogues he edited older travel descriptions of Palestine and published a bibliography of the Palestine literature. He died in 1877. Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1874. hardcover
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Schumacher Gottlieb. With Additions by Laurence Oliphant and Guy le Strange.
Across the Jordan: Being an Exploration and Survey of Part of Hauran and Jaulan.
London Bentley 1886. Crown octavo. Pp. xvi 342 2 catalogue. Folding partly coloured engraved map of Western Hauran & Eastern Jaulan by Schumacher as frontispiece. Plus 5 other folding engraved maps some coloured tipped-in. With a total of 157 engraved illustrations some full page throughout the text. Index in English and Arabic footnotes. Hardcover bound in the original publisher's full mustard-colour cloth gilt-embossed illustration on upper cover lettering embossed in black spine lettered in black spine ends slightly bumped. Foliage green chalked endpapers; top edge roughly trimmed. In about fine condition contemporary institutional label pasted inside cover with small blemish to front endpaper stamp on blank endpaper old signature. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition. Schumacher was the first explorer to survey the region lying between Damascus and Haifa. His minute and thorough scientific observations notes maps drawings and sketches were prepared for publication at the request of the Palestine Exploration Fund by his friend the explorer Guy le Strange. They were published here for the first time. The papers of le Strange and Laurence Oliphant "A Ride Through Ajlun and the Belka During the Autumn of 1884" and "A Trip to the North-East of Lake Tiberias in Jaulan" respectively were published before but appear here for the first time in a book form. Gottlieb Schumacher 1857 settled at a very young age with his family in Haifa where his father a member of the "Temple Association" designed most of the buildings of the German Colony. Following the completion of his engineering studies in Stuttgart he returned to Haifa and was appointed Chief Engineer for the Province of Akko. He designed many buildings and was a leading figure in civil engineering. One of his most important projects was the survey of the Golan Hauran and the Ajlun districts in preparation for the construction of the Damascus-Haifa railway. In the course of this survey he produced the first accurate maps of these regions along with detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains and the present villages. He published many other reports and books on his discoveries supported by the Palestine Exploration Fund. With the outbreak of World War I the Templar community left for Germany. Schumacher returned in 1924 to his home on the Carmel where he died a year later. Although he was born in Ohio U.S.A. Gottlieb was brought-up and educated as a German. "I beg to throw myself on the indulgence of my readers for the defects of style" he once wrote "for my work has been perforce written in a language which though familiar to me is not my own." Descriptive text Copyright © Librarium The Hague London, Bentley, 1886. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2120
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Hollandre Jean Baptiste Antoine.
La Terre Sainte ou description des lieux les plus célèbres de la Palestine accompagnée du texte de l'Ecriture-Sainte relatif à chaque monument.
Louvain Vanlinthout et Vandenzande 1824. Royal octavo. Two parts in one volume paginated continuously. Pp. ii 90; 91-356. Letterpress device to title-page Imprimatur dated 1824 on verso; half-title with Approbation dated 1818 on verso. List of subscribers; footnotes. Original printed wrappers slightly edge frayed. In a very good condition with contemporary Prize label in manuscript. ~ Travel account to the Holy land. This edition not in Tobler who lists the 1819 edition and the 1860 edition only. Louvain, Vanlinthout et Vandenzande, 1824. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2118
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Wirsing Giselher.
Engländer Juden Araber in Palästina Palaestina.
Jena Eugen Diederichs 1938. Octavo. Pp. 280. Plus frontispiece and 11 other halftone photographic plates printed on different paper bound in. With 6 letterpress maps to the text some full-page. Notes index. Hardcover original off-white cloth lettered in green. In a very good condition. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition first printing 1st to 3rd Thousand. Displaying a nice collection of historical portraits many of which original. Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1938. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0829
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Procksch Otto.
Die Völker Altpalästinas. Das Land der Bibel Band I Heft 2.
Leipzig Hinrichs 1914. . Octavo. Pp. 42. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition old ownership signature; wraps lightly foxed. ~ First edition. Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1914. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0716
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Slekow Ria.
Flammen in Palästina Palaestina: Eine Urenkelin der Katharina von Bora zwischen Arabern und Juden.
Haag Van Stockum 1936. Crown octavo. Pp. viii 178. Plus a number of halftone illustrations printed on different paper bound in. Hardcover original pale yellow boards printed in green embossed endpapers with dust-jacket this defective; small rust stain to fore-edge of few consecutive leaves. Book is in a very good condition. ~ First edition. Haag, Van Stockum, 1936. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1068
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Looman T. M.
Gids voor den Bijbellezer.
Amsterdam Höveker 1887. Crown octavo. Pp. xx 491. Plus five coloured lithographed maps four of which folding one as frontispiece. Appendix glossary. Hardcover contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with original cover laid down. In a very good condition some notations to one table marginal tear to one leaf signature clipped out of half-title. Overall nice well preserved copy. ~ Sixth edition. With the following maps: Kanaän of het Heilige Land; De oude wereld; Tocht der Israeliten uit Egypte naar Kanaän; de Profeten des Ouden Testaments aanduidende de vier Wereldrijken; de reizen van Paulus in Europa en Azië. Amsterdam, Höveker, 1887. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0847
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Damas R. P. de.
Voyages en Orient: La Galilée.
Paris Delhomme et Briguet ca. 1870. Octavo. Pp. 378. Hardcover contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards manuscript labels to spine. In fine condition old institutional stamps and label to prelims. Excellent practically unused copy fresh and bright. ~ New edition with an extended appendix of notes and related information. Tobler 190 earlier editions. Paris, Delhomme et Briguet, ca. 1870. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0862
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Wiener Alfred.
Kritische Reise durch Palästina Palaestina.
Berlin Philo 1927. Royal octavo. Pp. 156. With 13 maps and illustrations to the text; footnotes appendices indices. Original decorated cloth embossed. In a very good condition. Bookplate institutional stamp on blank verso of prelim sporadic light underlining in pencil. Else a fine copy. ~ Second edition. Berlin, Philo, 1927. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0738
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Miller William.
The Least of All Lands: Seven Chapters on the Topography of Palestine in Relation to its History.
London Blackie & Son 1888. Crown octavo. Pp. 248 32 publisher's catalogue. With 4 single-page maps; footnotes. Hardcover original turquoise cloth decorated in black spine gilt lettered bit rubbed. In a very good condition bookplate stamp sporadic pencil underlining. Handsome copy. ~ First edition. "When I visited Palestine I had no thought of writing a book about it" Opens Miller Principle of the Madras Christian College and Fellow of the University of Madras his foreword to the book. "I found somewhat to my surprise that . an ordinary visitor who tries to observe for himself can still do something to promote a better understanding of its topography and history." In his excellent study he concentrates on the Biblical places Michmash Elah Gilboa and Shiloh and the rich history that is connected with them. London, Blackie & Son, 1888. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0786
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Dussaud Rene.
Les découvertes de Ras Shamra Ugarit et l'Ancien Testament.
Paris Geuthner 1937. Crown 4to. Pp. 128. With numerous illustrations to the text; footnotes index. Original illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. Good condition. Wraps rather dust-soiled shelf label to cover with remains of another removed institutional stamps and marks to half-title. Internally very good clean partly unopened. ~ First edition. Paris, Geuthner, 1937. paperback
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Bachiene Willem Albert. Engraved by O. Lindeman.
Atlas van het Heilige Land De Iste Landkaart of Afbeelding van de Natuurlyke Gesteldheid des Lands Kanaan waar in de Zeën rivieren beeken gelyk ook de bergen dalen en vlakten de woestynen enz. dezes lands die in de H. Schrift genoemt zyn worden aangewezen. Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land etc. etc. ORIGINAL 18th CENTURY COPPERPLATE MAP OF THE HOLY LAND.
Utrecht Paddenburg 1757. Original single-sheet map in copperplate engraving of fine quality. Overall size ca. 400 x 510 mm. Plate mark ca. 365 x 445 mm. Image size ca. 340 x 420 mm. Engraved illustration at lower right corner. Handsome illustrated cartouche encloses engraved title and colophon. Scale within illustrated frame. Fine strong impression on heavy handmade paper with ample margins all round. First original state unaltered by later colouration. Preserved flat in acid-free pH-balanced buffered archival paper. In fine condition. A touch of browning to centrefold. ~ First edition. Willem Albert Bachiene 1712-1783 Dutch clergyman later a professor of geography and astronomy at the Illustere School Maastricht. Well known cartographer. The 3-volume "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land alsmede andere landen in de H. Schrift voorkomende" is considered among his most important works. It was published in Utrecht between 1763-1768 and included a suite of 12 fine geographical maps of the Holy Land and its neighbouring lands which Bachiene made during a period of ten years the first in as early as 1758. The map offered herewith is taken from this suite. Other important cartographic works of the Holy Land by Bachiene were included in the so-called "Jehovah Bible" i.e. "De Gansche H. Schrift Vervattende alle de regelmatige Boeken des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments . Gods Gedenk-Naam Jehovah onvertaald gehouden" published in 1762 by N. Goetzee of Gorinchem shortly before the present map first appeared in book form. Whereas other single-sheet maps by Bachiene are in relative abundance the works from "Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land" are very scarce seldom found in any state practically unavailable in their original uncoloured state. Utrecht, Paddenburg, 1757. unknown
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Guthe H. After the cartographic works of Richard Kiepert; G. Schumacher; R. E. Brunnow; Al. Musil; Hans Fischer.
Palestine - The Holy Land Palästina zur Zeit Sauls. COLOUR LITHOGRAPH MAP CARTA CARTE KAART KARTE MAPA.
Leipzig Geographische Anstalt Wagner & Debes 1911. Original single-sheet colour lithograph map of fine quality. Overall size 440 x 280 mm. Fine impression on heavy paper with ample margins all round. In fine condition. First edition. Scale 1:400000. With inset: Die Reiche Isboseths und Davids scale 1:2800000; legend. Excellent cartographic representation of ancient Palestine the Holy Land and neighbouring Middle East. The Leipzig Geographical Institute of Wagner & Debes was the foremost German cartographic printer and publisher of cartographic work in the 19th- and early 20th century. Established in 1835 as a lithographic press by Eduard Wagner it enjoyed a continuous stream of orders from the famous cartography publisher Karl Baedeker. In 1872 the son Heinrich Wagner took over moved the presses to Leipzig and established his own publishing firm in collaboration with Ernst Debes. Leipzig, Geographische Anstalt Wagner & Debes, 1911. unknown
Bookseller reference : 1431
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Borchsenius Poul.
And it was Morning: The Story of the Jews in our Time.
London George Allen & Unwin 1962. Octavo. Pp. 218 6 publisher's catalogue. Plus 12 plates with numerous halftone photographic illustrations printed on different paper bound in. With one map index. Hardcover original decorated red cloth spine gilt. In fine condition. ~ First English edition. Translated from the Danish by Reginald Spink. With a nice collection of historic photographs several from the Sinai Campaign. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0818
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Huttenmeister Frowald and Gottfried Reeg.
Die antiken Synagogen in Israel. Volume I: Die jüdischen Synagogen Lehrhäuser und Gerichtshöfe; Volume II: Die samaritanischen Synagogen. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients.
Wiesbaden Ludwig Reichert 1977. Two volumes. Royal octavo. Paginated consecutively. Pp. xxii 528; 533-724 4. Plus 4 folding maps bound at rear of volume II. Index. English summary; a foreword in Hebrew. Uniformly bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. Wiesbaden, Ludwig Reichert, 1977. unknown
Bookseller reference : 1411
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Enault Louis.
La Terre-Sainte: Voyage des quarante Pèlerins de 1853. Avec une carte de la Palestine et le panorama de Jerusalem.
Paris Maison 1854. Crown octavo. Pp. ii 422 2. With a folding lithograph map of Palestine and a folding lithograph plan of Jerusalem trimmed loosely inserted. Hardcover later red three-quarter cloth and marbled boards spine gilt. In good condition light dampmark to bottom of leaves spotting. Old institutional bookplate and stamp very neat contemporary inscription some penciling. A very nice copy in handsome binding. ~ First edition. Tobler 186: "Dieser feiner gebildete mann schreibt sehr fliessend und anziehend." Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate pasted onto front paste-down. Paris, Maison, 1854. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0795
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Hechaluz Deutscher Landesverband.
Arbeiterinnen Erzählen: Kampf und Leben in Erez Jisrael.
Berlin Kedem 1935. Royal octavo. Pp. xii 323. Plus folding map bound at rear. Footnotes glossary. Hardcover original buckram printed in brown. In a very good condition internally bright. ~ First edition. Berlin, Kedem, 1935. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1077
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Hanotaux Gabriel.
Regards sur l'Egypte et la Palestine.
Paris Plon 1929. Crown 8vo. Pp. 282. Plus 27 halftone photographic illustrations printed on different paper bound in. With 6 illustrations to the text. Hardcover half cloth and marbled boards with original cover and spine laid down. Very good condition. Overall light tanning due to paper quality; old institutional bookplate stamp minor pencil marking to few leaves. ~ First edition. A nice collection of travel photographs views touristic sites. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate pasted onto front paste-down. Paris, Plon, 1929. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0843
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Luth Erich.
Israel: Heimat für Juden und Araber.
Hamburg Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit 1958. Crown octavo. Pp. 72. Plus 8 plates with 16 halftone photographic illustrations printed on different paper. Original plain wrappers. In good condition. ~ First edition. Displaying historic photographs the building of towns soldiers in parade the young Moshe Dayan industry etc. Hamburg, Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit, 1958. unknown
Bookseller reference : 0764
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Simons J. Jan Jozef.
Opgravingen in Palestina: Tot aan de Ballingschap 586 v. Chr. Bijbelsche Monographieën.
Roermond-Masseik J. Romen 1935. Royal 8vo. Pp. 412. Footnotes bibliography indices. Plus folding map and 48 halftone photographic plates printed on different paper bound in. With a total of 113 halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Hardcover half cloth and marbled boards with original cover and spine laid down. Very good condition. Small stain to fore-edge of some consecutive leaves remnants of small label to title-page. Good clean copy. ~ First edition. With a remarkably rich collection of photographs of excavation sites and artifacts. Roermond-Masseik, J. Romen, 1935. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0811
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Tweedie W. K.
The Lakes and Rivers of the Bible.
London T. Nelson 1864. Small octavo. Pp. viii 9-288. Tinted lithograph frontispiece. Plus 14 other tinted lithographs on 9 plates some full-page. Ornamental head- and tail pieces. Hardcover bound in the original decorated blue pebble-grain cloth gilt ornament and lettering stamped within triple-rule gilt border spine illustrated in gilt all edges gilt crack to inner hinge some wear to spine ends front flyleaf incised. In a very good condition. Nice copy of a charming book with a lovely set of plates. ~ First edition. The chief interest of many of the events recorded in the Bible gathers round its rivers and lakes and this book attempts to link the explanation of the Scripture with the description of the scenes which are visited. It draws on many sources namely Robinson's "Researches in Palestine" Lynch's "Narrative of the American Exploring Expedition to the Jordan and the Dead Sea" Stanley's "Sinai and Palestine" and several others. Of particular value are the charming plates a set of delicate pen-and-ink lithographs known as "Nelson Prints". The image of each plate is first printed from a lithograph stone in a purplish ink. The plate is then coloured in pale blue and fawn from separate relief wood blocks. Not in Tobler who refers 225 only to Tweedie's earlier work "Jerusalem and its Environs" 1860. London, T. Nelson, 1864. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0803
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Leete Frederick de Land.
Palestine: Its Scenery Peoples and History.
London Skeffington 1933. Royal 8vo. Pp. 256. Plus frontispiece and other 15 halftone photographic plates printed on different paper bound in. Appendix index. Hardcover original blue cloth decorated in gilt. Very good condition. Upper cover bit sunned unobtrusive shelf number in manuscript to spine. Excellent copy bright and fresh. ~ First edition. Includes a special appendix for travellers to Palestine titled "A Story of Guides". London, Skeffington, 1933. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0808
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Bolitho Hector.
Beside Galilee: A Diary in Palestine.
London Cobden-Sanderson 1933. 8vo. Pp. 183. Frontispiece. Plus eight halftone plates bound in. Hardcover original green cloth. Very good condition. Cloth faded numbers painted to spine. Internally bright. ~ First edition. London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1933. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0895
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