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The Land of Gilead by Laurence Oliphant - First Edition - 1880 - The Land of Gilead with Excursions in the Lebanon. by: Laurence Oliphant. William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1880. First edition. Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) was, among others, a Member of Parliament, author, intelligence agent, mystic and Christian Zionist. Around 1878, Oliphant devised the Gilead Plan, which aimed to develop a Jewish agricultural colony in Palestine. In 1879 he sailed to investigate the conditions for the establishment of the settlement, and accumulated funding for the purchase of land and the settling of Jewish refugees in the Galilee region. Includes nine illustrations and a large, folding color map at the end of the book. Beautiful cover with ornaments in gold and silver. English, 538 pages, 23X15 cm. Good-fair overall condition: wear and tears on the cover; tear on the folding map.