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Comprehensive Study of Eretz Israel and the Vicinity – Charles Wilson – Engravings
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Comprehensive Study of Eretz Israel and the Vicinity – Charles Wilson – Engravings
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, Edited by Colonel Sir Charles W. Wilson. London: J.S. Virtue and Co. [ca. 1880]. English. Four volumes.
A comprehensive and detailed guide for Eretz Israel and the vicinity, composed by several scholars. Each volume focuses on a different area: Jerusalem and the vicinity, Jaffa, Hebron, Damascus, Sinai and Egypt and is accompanied by detailed engravings depicting views of the area, costumes of inhabitants, customs and more. Engravings are after drawings by John Douglas Woodward and Harry Fenn. In one of the volumes appears an engraving in color with a map of Eretz Israel.
An additional composition appears in volume four: Social Life in Egypt, a Description of the Country and its People, by Stanley Lane-Poole, with numerous engravings depicting the country and its inhabitants.
Vol. I : x, 240 pp + [10] engraving plates.
Vol. II : vi, 240 pp + [11] engraving plates.
Vol. III: vi, 240 + [11] engraving plates, [1] folding plate – map of Eretz Israel.
Vol. IV: vi, 236 + [9] engraving plates, [1] folding plate, map of Sinai and Egypt; [1], 48 pp, + [1] engraving plate.
32 cm. Good condition. Stains. One detached plate. Damage to binding.
