Van de Velde, C[arel] W[illem] M[eredith]. Le Pays d’Israel: Collection de cent vues prises d’après nature dans la Syrie et la Palestine [“The Land of Israel: Collection of one hundred views taken from nature in Syria and Palestine.”]

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Lot 177

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Van de Velde, C[arel] W[illem] M[eredith]. Le Pays d’Israel: Collection de cent vues prises d’après nature dans la Syrie et la Palestine [“The Land of Israel: Collection of one hundred views taken from nature in Syria and Palestine.”]

Tinted lithograph additional title and 99 tinted lithographed or chromolithographed plates, a few finished by hand, and a map (pl. 100) pp. 88 + ff. (100) plates. (Note that plate 74 serves as frontispiece.) Some plates foxed; most in fine condition. Gutter split, original gilt boards and spine separated (but may comfortably be restored). Elephant folio Laor, no. 779; Blackmer 1721; Colas 2977; Tobler, p. 154; Röhricht 2275

Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, Fils 1857

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $11,000

Complete Collection of Visually Stunning Plates of the Land of Israel Van de Velde, a Dutch naval lieutenant and surveyor, made two visits to the Middle East. After the first in 1851, he published the present work which contain magnificent views of the Biblical Land of Israel