Bidspirit auction | Picturesque Palestine Sinai and Egypt

Picturesque Palestine Sinai and Egypt - Four Volumes - London 1880 - Edited by Sir Charles Wilson with Numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood. London, J. S. Virtue and Co. Circa 1880. The four volumes of Picturesque Palestine, which together include hundreds of beautiful illustrations and plates of engravings. By Sir Charles William Wilson (1836-1905) who was an officer in the British Army, archaeologist and geographer. The illustrations and engravings were made based on paintings by Harry Fenn and John Douglas Woodward. Nice covers with gold decorations, gilded page edges. English, 240 + 240 + 240 + 236 pp., 33X26 cm. Overall good condition: light wear and tears on the covers, some rust stains.