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Historische und geographische Beschreibung von Palästina nach seinem ehemaligen und gegenwärtingen zustande [Historical and Geographical Description of Palestine…], by Willem Albert Bachiene. Kleve and Leipzig: G.C.B. Hofmann, 1766-1775. First edition. Complete in six volumes. German.
A study of the geography of Palestine. With twelve folding engraved maps, most of them hand-colored: Map of Canaan; map of Palestine, delineating the territories of the Twelve Tribes; map of the United Kingdom of Israel; map of Palestine as it was in the lifetime of the author; two maps of Jerusalem and the vicinity, and more.
Six volumes: • Part I, Vol. I (1766): [16] ff., 439, [6] pp. + [1] map. • Part I, Vol. II (1768): [1] f., 443, [9] pp. + [2] maps. • Part I, Vol. III (1769): [3] ff., 506, [4] pp. + [4] maps. • Part II, Vol. I (1770); bound with Part II, vol. II (1771): XXXII, 452, [4] pp. + [2] maps; [1] f., 410, [4] pp. • Part II, Vol. III (1773): [1] f., 470, [4] pp. • Part II, Vol. IV (1775): [1] f., 403, [51] pp. + [3] maps. Approx. 19.5 cm. Overall good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Tears to edges of some maps. A few leaves loose or detached. Four volumes in contemporary leather covered bindings; two volumes in non-original bindings (with cloth spines).
A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red Sea, on the Coast of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route through the Deserts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the year MDCCLXXVII, in Letters to a Lady, by Eyles Irwin. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, London, 1780. English. First edition.
An account of an adventure-filled voyage from India to England, through the Red Sea and Egypt, by Irish poet and writer Eyles Irwin (1751-1817). Illustrated with six engraved plates, including three folding maps showing the route of the voyage (map of the Red Sea and two maps of the Nile).
XV, [1], 400 pp. + [6] plates, approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Stains (some dark), creases and wear. Tears, including minor open tears to edges of a few leaves and one folding map, not affecting text or illustration. Front endpaper torn and partially detached. Inked stamps. Bookplate to inside front board. Leather covered binding, worn and damaged. Front board partially detached. Strip of cloth on spine, for restoration (a piece of leather with title mounted to cloth).
La Géographie Sacrée, et les monuments de l'Histoire Sainte, by Joseph Romain Joly. Paris: Alexandre Jombert, 1784. French.
Work by Joseph Romain Joly (1715-1805), on the geography, history, fauna and flora of Palestine. Illustrated with 20 engraved plates (most of them folding): map showing the route of the Israelites from Egypt, with a map showing the passage of the Jews through the Red Sea (Laor 383); map of Canaan before the conquest by Joshua (Laor 384); map of Palestine divided among the Twelve Tribes (Laor 385); illustrations of the Tower of Babel, the Temple, musical instruments, biblical flowers and animals; and more.
IX, [3], 389, [3] pp. + [10], X plates, approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Some marginal tears to pages and plates (partially repaired tears to title page). New binding and endpapers. Binding slightly worn; gilt title on spine.
Illustrated with a woodburytype frontispiece (the author and his Baluch servant), 11 prints (ten plates, one in-text) depicting various views and sites, and a folding map (printed in color), showing the author's route.
[1] f., XVII, [2], 507 pp. (including 7 pages with prints) + [4] plates + [1] frontispiece + [1] folding map, 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears to folding map. Minor blemishes. Stains and blemishes to binding. Spine torn (with much loss) and crumbling. Front board and several gatherings detached.
La Syrie d'aujourd'hui, Voyages dans la Phénicie, le Liban et la Judée, 1875-1880, by Dr. Lortet [Louis Charles Émile Lortet]. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. French. First edition.
"Syria of Today, Voyages in Phoenecia, Lebanon and Judaea, 1875-1880", work by French physician, botanist and zoologist Louis Lortet (1836-1909), director of the natural history museum in Lyon. Illustrated with hundreds of wood engravings (some full-page and some in-text) – engravings depicting sites visited by Lortet, local residents in traditional attire, flora and fauna, archeological sites, and more; and several maps. A large, folding map of Palestine bound at the end.
[2] ff, 675 pp + [1] folding map, approx. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Worming (small, in the margins). Tears to map (at edges and fold lines). Binding with leather spine, worn.
Palästina in Bild und Wort, Nebst der Sinaihalbinsel und dem Lande Gosen [Palestine in Picture and Word. Including the Sinai Peninsula and The Land of Goshen (Egypt)], edited based on the English edition by Georg Ebers and Hermann Guthe. Stuttgart and Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, [ca. 1883-1884]. Two volumes (complete set). German.
A German edition of the book Picturesque Palestine (New York and London, 1881-1884), edited by Egyptologist and novelist George Ebers and scholar Hermann Guthe.
A comprehensive collection of articles about the history, geography and archeology of Palestine and its surroundings, and about the Jewish, Muslim and Christian residents of the area, written by renowned British scholars (such as Charles Wilson, Henry Baker Tristram, Charles Warren and others). The articles are accompanied by two (steel) engraved plates, three large color maps (a map of Jerusalem, a map of Palestine and a map of Sinai and Egypt) and more than 500 in-text illustrations (wood engravings). The engravings, depicting the views and inhabitants of Palestine and its surroundings, were made after works by Harry Fenn and John Douglas Woodward.
Fine, gilt-decorated bindings.
Vol. I: VIII, 520 pp. + [1] engraved plate and [2] maps (double-spread plates); Vol. II: [III]-VI, 474 pp. + [1] engraved plate and [1] map (double-spread plate). Missing blank leaf at the beginning of Vol. II. 37.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Wear and minor tears to bindings.
![Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Charles W. Wilson. London, [ca. 1880-1884]. Four volumes (complete set).](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/204.jpg "Picturesque Palestine – Extensive Research on Palestine – London, 1880")
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Charles W. Wilson. London, [ca. 1880-1884]. Four volumes (complete set).
A comprehensive collection of articles about the history, geography and archeology of Palestine and its surroundings, and about the Jewish, Muslim and Christian residents of the area, written by renowned British scholars (such as Charles Wilson, Henry Baker Tristram, Charles Warren and others). The articles are accompanied by 42 engraved plates (steel engravings; including engraved title pages), two large color maps (a map of Palestine and a map of Sinai and Egypt) and hundreds of in-text illustrations (woodcuts).
The engravings, depicting the views and inhabitants of Palestine and its surroundings, were made after works by Harry Fenn and John Douglas Woodward.
Volume I: X, 240 pp. [2] ff. + [10] plates. Volume II: VI, 240 pp. [2] ff. + [12] plates. Volume III: VI, 240 pp. [2] ff. + [11] plates and [1] map (double-spread plate). Volume IV: VI, 236 pp. [2] ff. + [9] plates and [1] map (double-spread plate). 32 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes and stains. Minor blemishes, tears and abrasions to bindings (to spines and edges of boards).
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, after lithographs by Louise Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. London: Day & Son, 1855. English. Four of six parts, in two volumes. First quarto edition.
David Roberts's monumental work, The Holy Land. Parts I-IV (of six), with 167 lithographs after drawings by Roberts and an engraved map delineating the route of Roberts's journey in the Middle East. With descriptions by George Croly and William Brockedon.
The lithographs depict edifices, towns, landscapes and sites sacred to the different religions throughout Palestine and the vicinity, documentation of the journeys taken by Roberts in 1839-1840.
Parts I-IV in two volumes. The prints are numbered consecutively throughout the volumes. Gild-decorated, half-leather bindings. Gilt edges.
Volome I (Parts I-II): [3] ff., 35 pp. [23] ff. + 1-44 plates; [1] f., 3 pp. [22] ff. + 45-87 plates. Volume II (Parts III-IV): [1], 3 pp. [19] ff. + 88-125 plates; [1] f., 9 pp. [22] ff. + 126-168 plates. 29 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Foxing to most leaves. Most leaves detached. Binding of Vol. I detached. Minor marginal tears to some leaves, not affecting text or prints. Handwritten notation on front endpaper of Vol. I. Wear and minor abrasions to bindings (to spines and edges of boards).
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_1.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_2.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_3.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_4.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_5.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_6.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_7.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_8.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley / H. Graves, 1843 and 1846. English.
1. Sir David Wilkie's Sketches in Turkey, Syria & Egypt, 1840 & 1841. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley, 1843.
Among the lithographs: Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I; Persian Prince Halakoo Mirza; inhabitants of various towns in the Ottoman Empire, including Jews in Jerusalem (woman with a child, group of women reading the scriptures); figures near the Ecce Homo arch; A Turkish courier announcing the occupation of Acre; and more.
[26] plates of lithographs (including lithographed title) + [1] f.
2. Sir David Wilkie's sketches, Spanish & Oriental. [London]: H. Graves, 1846.
Among the lithographs: Napoleon and the Pope at Fontainebleau; Mrs. Young, wife of William Tanner Young, British Consul in Jerusalem; Jewish lady at Pera, Istanbul; and more.
[26] plates of lithographs (including lithographed title) + [3] ff.
The lithographs are titled and signed in the plate; some are dated. Original bindings, with leather spines; gilt design to front.
Approx. 54 cm. Fair-good condition. All leaves loose, detached from bindings. Many stains, some dark. Minor marginal tears and blemishes. Long tears to endpapers of first volume. Bookplates inside front boards. Wear and blemishes to bindings.
The painter David Wilkie (1785-1841) was born in Scotland and studied art in London. In 1811 Wilkie was elected an associate of the Royal Academy of Art, and in 1830 was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King. In 1840, he embarked on a journey to the Middle East, to gather material for Biblical-themed works. During his jurney, Wilkie created many portrait-drawings, including a portrait of the Ottoman Sultan. In 1841, while on his way back to London, he fell sick and died on board of a ship near the shores of Gibraltar.
Seven color lithographs: "A View of Jerusalem from the North-West"; A Jew and Jewess, Natives of Jerusalem"; "Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb"; "Bedouin Arabs, from the Plains of Jordan"; "Hebron and Machpelah"; "The Samaritan Priest and His Family, at Nablous"; "View of Jerusalem from Mount Olivet". Some lithographs signed in print: "W. Simpson" [William Simpson]. Title printed in red and blue.
[1] title page + [7] lithographic plates, approx. 27.5X38 cm. Good-fair condition. Significant foxing. Original, cloth-covered boards. Binding worn and partially detached. Tears to spine.
Composite atlas of 89 engraved and hand-colored maps published by Homann Heirs. Nuremberg, ca. 1728-1759.
A bound volume of maps from various atlases published by Homann Heirs, including Große Atlas über die ganze Welt and Major Atlas Scholasticus. Many of the maps are decorated with elaborate cartouches; all are hand-colored.
Volume includes: many maps of Germany, maps of Austria, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain, Scandinavia, Denmark, and more; a map of Asia (1744); two maps of America (1746, 1756); world map (1746); "Schematismus Geographiae Mathematicae" (1753); distance chart (1731); map of the Persian Empire; map of Africa; map of the Ottoman Empire; and a map of Palestine ("Palaestina in XII Tribus divisa cum Terris Adiacentibus", 1750).
The maps are numbered by hand on verso. A handwritten list of maps is bound at the end, listing 70 maps only (some of the listed maps are missing from the volume).
89 maps (double-spread sheets), bound together. Maps (when open): approx. 58.5X49.5 cm. volume: approx. 50 cm. Condition varies. Creases and stains. Closed and open tears to edges and folds (damaging some maps). Strips of paper to verso of some maps. Edges of some maps trimmed. Some maps loose or detached. Leather boards, worn. Abrasions and tears (including open tears; mostly to spine) to binding. Binding almost completely detached.
Mounted on linen, folded and placed in a card cover (cover detached from map). "Plan de Jerusalem 1861" gilt lettered on front board; see Laor 1095, where the map is dated 1860.
Approx. 97X64.5 cm. Mounted on linen and folded. Good overall condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Cover of map detached and damaged.