Bidspirit auction | Palestine Album - With Folding

Palestine Album - With Folding Map and Panoramic Picture of Jerusalem - 1868 - Palästina: New Album of the Holy Land, 50 views of important places mentioned in Scripture. drawn from nature by J. M. Gernatz and other artists. Stuttgart: J. F. Steinkopf, 1868. The book includes 50 plates of hand-painted lithographs, each plate protected by parchment paper. One of the plates is a panoramic image of Jerusalem. At the end of the book is a folding map of Palestine (51X42 cm). Luxurious cover with gilded relief. English, French and German, 22X29 cm. The cover is in fair-good condition with tears in the spine. The pages of the book have many stains throughout. The map is in good condition.