SCHWARZ, JOSEPH. Das Heilige Land. German translation of Tevuath Ha’aretz

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 173
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

SCHWARZ, JOSEPH. Das Heilige Land. German translation of Tevuath Ha’aretz

FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of the author, tinted illustrated plates of the Western Wall and Bethlehem (opposite p. 217), the Cave of Machpelah (opposite p. 241), folding panoramic view of Jerusalem (opposite p. 189). German text with extensive use of Hebrew pp. 19, (1 blank), 452, 20. (Some copies have an additional ff.2 at the end of the book). Foxed, lacking folding map. Contemporary half-calf, spine detached. 4to

Frankfurt a/Main: J. Kaufmann 1852

Est: $300 - $500