‎Moyen orient‎

‎Lowenstein Fritz.‎

‎Das juedische Palaestina Das jüdische Palästina. FIRST EDITION.‎

‎Jerusalem Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael & Keren Hajessod 1927. Small octavo. Pp. 51 1 commercial ad. Includes an unsigned preface apparently by the author. With 7 photo-plates including a map of Palestine and a map of Emek Yisrael. Appendix. Original plain wrappers lettered in brown. In a very good condition. ~ The rare first edition. In the second edition Löwenstein is no longer identified himself as the author. He was the director of the Zionist Information Office for Tourists in Palestine. 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. The appendix brings a financial report of the Fund's activities. The cover states the publisher's price of 3 Piaster - 60 Pfennig. Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael & Keren Hajessod, 1927. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 5279

‎Neil Rev. James.‎

‎Palestine Re-Peopled or Scattered Israel's Gathering: A Sign of the Times.‎

‎London James Nisbet 1877. Crown octavo. Pp. vii 194. Appendices indices footnotes. Hardcover bound in the original green cloth lettered in gilt. In a very good condition. ~ Sixth edition. "Palestine is awakening to new life and Israel actually returning to its shores" opens the book which celebrates "the restoration of the Jews" as a sign that "the mystery of God is about to finish." With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine the scenery of the land the Papal railway the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. A small flower has been dry pressed between two leaves of this copy and is still preserved. It would be appropriate to assume that it has been picked at one time or another in the hillsides of Palestine. London, James Nisbet, 1877. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5248

‎Neil Rev. James.‎

‎Palestine Re-Peopled or Scattered Israel's Gathering: A Sign of the Times. PRESENTATION COPY.‎

‎London James Nisbet 1894. Crown octavo. Pp. x 194 8 Publisher's ads. Appendices indices footnotes and extended Preface. Hardcover bound in the original illustrated blue cloth spine discoloured. In good condition. ~ SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. With a presentation inscription in the Author's hand "To E. Taylor in memory of the Palestine lectures . September 1895 James Neil". Eleventh edition. This edition is printed throughout on exceptionally heavy paper actually card uncommon in small octavo. Also the cover differs from the plain leaf-green cloth of previous editions and displays now illustration of an orthodox Jew reading from the Torah. With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine the scenery of the land the Papal railway the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. London, James Nisbet, 1894. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5250

‎Wagenvoort Maurits.‎

‎Van Rome naar Jerusalem.‎

‎'s-Gravenhage Loman & Funke ca. 1898. Octavo. Pp. 218. Hardcover bound in the original full buckram cover printed in blue bevelled edges back cover slightly soiled. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Rare. Not in OCLC KVK. Not in Royal Library of the Netherlands. Maurits Wagenvoort 1859-1945 a travelling correspondent for the "Handelsblad" newspaper. Wrote also under the pseudonym Vosmeer de Spie. 's-Gravenhage, Loman & Funke, ca. 1898. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1060

‎Elst J. van der Jan Wiegman Dubois.‎

‎Dubois Cours de langue française. AND: Hulpboekje behoorende bij Dubois . Première année A Deuxième édition. Revu par J. van der Elst illustré par Jan Wiegman. TWO VOLUMES.‎

‎Wageningen Robijns ca 1920. Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. ix 103; 18. With numerous illustrations. Original publisher's printed wrappers spine of volume I worn old signatures to title-page one crossed-out. In a very good condition. ~ Second edition. Wageningen, Robijns, ca, 1920. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 4597

‎Wright G. R. H. J. E. van Lohuizen de Leeuw.‎

‎Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine. I. Text; II. Illustrations. Handbuch der Orientalistik 7: Kunst und Archälogie. I. Der Alte Vordere Orinet 2: Die Denkmäler. Vorderasien. TWO VOLUMES.‎

‎Leiden Köln Brill 1985. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xxiii 539; xv and 367 illustrations accompanied by explanatory text unpaginated. Includes the Errata slip for both volumes. Hardcover uniformly bound in the original publisher's lime-green cloth gilt covers and spines. In mint condition. ~ First edition. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Siebente Abteilung: Kunst und Archäologie. Erster Band. Der Alte Vordere Orient. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Denkmäler. B - Vorderasien. Lieferung 3 I-II. Edited by J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. ISBN 9004070915 9004071709. Leiden, Köln, Brill, 1985. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3805 ISBN : 9004070915 9789004070912

‎Alexander Wilhelm.‎

‎Die Gesellschaftsreise nach Palästina im Jahre 5670 - 1910.‎

‎Sátoraljaújhely W. Alexander 1910. Small octavo. Pp. 288. Portrait frontispiece and another plate. Some text ornaments. List of participants. Hardcover bound in the original publisher's grained crimson cloth small plate of Jerusalem mounted on upper cover black lettering floral endpapers apparently lacking free endpaper cloth bit faded and marked slight wear at spine ends. Bit shaken opens stiff but nevertheless a lovely copy. ~ The travelogue of Wilhelm Alexander describes the pilgrimage in 1910 of 68 Jews predominantly Hungarian from Budapest to Palestine. They first travelled to Triest where they embarked on the "Elektra" sailing to Alexandria. From Alexandria via Cairo and Port Said they arrived at Jaffa. Alexander's report is a remarkable account. It combines his critical sometime painful observations detailed descriptions of meetings with the local community and dignitaries with a travelogues of pilgrimages to the holy places interweaved with prayers and words of praise which he brings in Hebrew. Very rare. OCLC locates copies in University of Amsterdam Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Jewish National & University Library Jewish Theological Seminary New York Public Library and University of Pennsylvania only. Sátoraljaújhely, W. Alexander, 1910. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3690

‎Schonhak Joseph Yosef ben Benyamin Dov Shenhak.‎

‎Toldath Haaretz. Sefer Toledot ha-Arez. Toledoth Toldot Toldos Toldoth Toldas harec ha-Aretz ha-arets Haarez Ha'arez Ha'aretz Ha'arets. Historya Historia Naturalna Botanika; Mineralogia I-III. THREE VOLUMES.‎

‎Warsaw H. Bomberg Zvi Tsevi Ya'akov; Warszawie Drukarni J. Lebensona 1841-59. Three volumes bound in one. Octavo. Pp. 359; 96; 40. Three title-pages present. Handsome vignette illustration at end of approbations and introduction. Contemporary ownership inscriptions stamps; browned occasionally stained in places. Hardcover bound in contemporary quarter calf and brown cloth gilt lettering-piece to spine cloth inner hinges. A moderately worn copy overall good. ~ First edition. Written in Hebrew mostly in Rashi script. The second volume on botany includes many Latin names. Joseph Schönhak was born at Tiktin 1812; died at Suwalki 1870. He led a retired life devoting his time to writing and study. He was the author of "Ha-Mashbir" or "Aruk he-Hadash" Warsaw 1858. His "Toldath Haaretz" Toledot ha-Arez is a natural history in three volumes. The subjects are arranged and classified and a full description of each is given as to color form and habitat. Those that are mentioned in the Bible are given book chapter and verse; and so with those mentioned in the Talmud. The "Ha-Masbir" is an Aramaic-German rabbinical dictionary based on Nathan ben Jehiel's "Aruk" "Hamiluim oder Masbir Hachadasch. Aramäisch-rabinisch-deutsches Wörterbuch Ergenzung zu dem Hamasbir oder Aruch" Warsaw 1869. His "Sefer ha-Milluim" was published in Warsaw in 1869 "Sefer Ha-Miluim Le-Aruch: A dictionary to the Talmud and Midrashim based on the order of the Aruch with clarification of readings and sources from the Babylonian and Palestian Talmuds the Tannaitic Midrahsim ." was reprinted 1978 Jerusalem Makor. Bibliography: Ha-Maggid 1870 No. 49; Fuenn Keneset Yisrael 1866. See also Isidore Singer and Julius Gottlieb: The Jewish Encyclopedia. Rare. Warsaw, H. Bomberg (Zvi [Tsevi] Ya'akov); Warszawie, Drukarni J. Lebensona, 1841-59. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3689

‎Wasserman James‎

‎THE TEMPLARS AND THE ASSASSINS The Militia of Heaven‎

‎VT: Inner Traditions. Very Good. 2001. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Softcover. 089281859X . Light corner wear a little corner curling. Internal pages are clean & tight but do have several large earmarks. B/w illus. 318 pages. Book Description: � An examination of the interactions of the Christian Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts the Assassins and of the profound changes in Western society that resulted. � Restores the reputation of the secret Muslim order of the Assassins disparaged as the world's first terrorist group. � Dispels many myths about the Knights Templar and provides the most incisive portrait of them to date. A thousand years ago Christian battled Muslim for possession of a strip of land upon which both their religions were founded. These Crusades changed the course of Western history but less known is the fact that they also were the meeting ground for two legendary secret societies: The Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts the Assassins. 400 Noto ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Inner Traditions paperback‎

Référence libraire : 8964 ISBN : 089281859X 9780892818594

‎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

Référence libraire : 0844

‎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

Référence libraire : 0773

‎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

Référence libraire : 0692

‎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

Référence libraire : 2299

‎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

Référence libraire : 2141

‎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

Référence libraire : 2189

‎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

Référence libraire : 2186

‎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

Référence libraire : 0769

‎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

Référence libraire : 0880

‎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

Référence libraire : 0767

‎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

Référence libraire : 1355

‎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

Référence libraire : 0794

‎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

Référence libraire : 0839

‎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

Référence libraire : 1665

‎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

Référence libraire : 2120

‎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

Référence libraire : 0829