Narrative of the United States’s Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $300

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author

LYNCH, W. F.

printer

Lea and Blanchard

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1849

Description

Revised Edition. Fold-out maps and plates

references

Rosenbach 653; Blackmer 1043; Tobler p.176.

summary

Entertaining travelogue of the Holy Land, with a stop along the way in Smyrna. The writer describes the dress and demeanor of the various inhabitants: Christians, Jews and Muslims. Detailed maps of the topography with a focus on the Dead Sea region. The scientific survey was undertaken at the behest of the United States Navy.

pp. 20, 13-509 + ads. Some light browning. Original gilt-stamped boards, rubbed. 4to.

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