Narrative of a Journey through Syria and Palestine

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: $300

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author

VAN DE VELDE, CAREL WILLEM MEREDITH.

printer

William Blackwood and Sons

Place

Edinburgh and London

Publication

1854

Description

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Two volumes. Chromolithographed frontispieces, folding map, folding plan of Jerusalem and folding plate of inscriptions

references

Blackmer 1722; Tobler 184; Roehricht 2274

summary

A description of the journey during which van de Velde collected the material for his famous publication of lithographed plates, Le Pays d’Israel (Paris, 1857)

Couple introductory ff. of each volume loose, contemporary cloth, vol. II lacking upper half of backstrip, worn, ex library, 8vo

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