Conder, C.R. and Kitchener, H.H. Map of Western Palestine in 26 sheets from surveys conducted for the Palestine Exploration Fund…during the years 1872-77.

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$1,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Place

London

Publication

1880

Description

Photozincographed. Multicolor.

references

Laor 217

summary

The English archeologist, cartographer and surveyor Claude Reignier Conder (1848-1910), was the British army officer in charge of the survey of Western Palestine on behalf of the Palestine Exporation Fund. In 1874 he was assisted by Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), British Field Marshal and imperial administrator. Theirs was the first successful mapping of the entire region since Napoleon’s attempt, making this the first scientifically accurate map of the Holy Land. The Land is broken down into regions, each large sheet addressing a different area in great detail.

Sheets 23 x 27 inches. Original portfolio, detached and rubbed. Extreme edges of few sheets chipped. Double elephant folio, broken.

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