Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim

Pictorial Geography of the Holy Land – Bath, 1851 – Engravings

Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
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Pictorial Geography of the Holy Land, by Rev. J. T. Bannister. Bath: Binns and Goodwin, [ca. 1851]. English.
A geographic-historical description of the Land of Israel, intended to clarify Biblical imagery and demonstrate the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies concerning the People of Israel. Accompanied by six engraved plates (woodcuts, hand-colored in various shades), and additional engravings incorporated in the text, depicting landscapes and sites of the Holy Land. Every page within decorative printed borders in various patterns and colors.

[1] engraved frontispiece, [9]-372, [12] pages + [6] engraved plates. Lacking pages 1-8 (introduction at beginning). Approx. 25 cm. Gilt edges. Stains and minor blemishes. Original gilt-stamped binding, stained, worn and torn along edges and spine.
Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas
Travelogues, Maps, Engravings and Panoramas