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Livres anciens et modernes

Tristram, H. B.

The Land of Israel; a Journal of Travels in Palestine, Undertaken with Special Reference to its Physical Character

1882

118,44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1882
Lieu d'édition
London. SPCK
Auteur
Tristram, H. B.
Thème
Travel - Asia Middle East Palestine
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 651 pp, 4 fine plates printed in colors, including frontis, 8 other plates, numerous engraved illustrations in text, 2 folding maps (one of Holy Land with the author's routes printed in red, other color map of the Dead Sea), index. original pictorial gilt cloth, spine with elaborate gilt design & gilt title lettering, partly unopened, lightly rubbed at edges, map with crease else near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well illustrated and detailed account of the author's extensive travels in the Holy Land with observations on life, customs, peoples, scenes, buildings, geology, wildlife and nature, including areas which were normally inaccessible in those days, especially in the Dead Sea area and surroundings. The author wrote a number of highly respected books on the area. The first edition was 1865. This edition has index of subjects and geography, index of natural history, index to scripture. Roehricht 2798. Tobler 203.

Edizione: fourth edition, revised.