SCHWARZ, JOSEPH. Das Heilige Land

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

J. Kaufmann

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1852

Description

FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of the author, tinted illustrated plates of the Western Wall and Bethlehem (opposite p. 217), the Cave of Machpelah (opposite p. 240), folding panoramic view of Jerusalem, and folding map of the Holy Land prepared by the Author. German text with extensive use of Hebrew.

references

Freimann 171; not in Blackmer

summary

German translation of Tevuath Ha’aretz (1845) prepared by the author’s nephew, Israel Schwarz. The book deals with the borders and division of the Holy Land (according to both biblical and rabbinic tradition), its topography, history, genealogy of inhabitants, botany, and climate - including incidents of earthquakes through history

pp. 19, (1, blank), 452,20, (2). lightly foxed in places. Contemporary boards, spine distressed. 8vo

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