Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
La Terre-Sainte – Travelogue to the Holy Land by Jean-Jacques Bourassé – Tours, 1860 – First Edition, with Printed Illustrations
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
La Terre-Sainte: voyage dans l'Arabie pétrée, la Judée, la Samarie, la Galilée et la Syrie, by Jean-Jacques Bourassé. Tours (France): A. Mame et Cie, 1860. First edition. French.
Account of a journey to the Holy Land by Jean-Jacques Bourassé, a priest from Tours, with archaeological and historical descriptions of the region, the holy sites, and the natural landscape.
Illustrated with 32 plates depicting views and sites in Jerusalem, Galilee, Judea and Samaria, Ramla, Jaffa, Syria, and more, after drawings by Swiss painter Karl Girardet (1813-1871) and others.
[1] leaf, 508 pages + [32] plates. 24 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Fine binding. Minor wear to binding.
Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas
Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas