Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855

AUCTION 28 | Tuesday, April 05th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: The Library of the late Professor Abraham J. Karp.

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Lot 51

BENJAMIN, ISRAEL JOSEPH

Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855

Second English edition. Some Hebrew text. Numerous illustrations of Holy Land sites. At conclusion, folding map of author’s travels. pp. 22, 376, (2). Recent endpapers and boards. 4to

Hanover: Published by the Author 1863

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $600

Benjamin’s reports earned the praise of the German scholar Alexander von Humboldt. However Benjamin died in London in abject poverty while making preparations for a second journey to the Orient. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 526-7