Sketchbook containing two very finely drawn maps of the Holy Land: Palestine before the Conquest and Tribal Divisions (in two parts).

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $900

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

circa

Place

(Likely English)

Publication

1900

Description

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Locations captioned in English.

summary

The skill of the artist can be seen in the color-coded cities of the Pre-Conquest map and in the second, topographical, hand-colored map which includes Arabic names of cities and regions, heights of mountains and sea levels.

All other pages blank. Sketchbook. 4to.

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