Author: Gerdes, Eduard.
Title: Naar Jeruzalem en het Heilige Land. Een reisverhaal, naar de geachtste en nieuwste bronnen bewerkt. [=TO JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY LAND. A TRAVELOGUE, 1863].
Description: Amsterdam, de Hoogh, 1863-64. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three books in one volume. Octavo. Pp. vii, 343; (2), 310, (1) verso blank; (1) verso blank, 302, (1) verso blank. Three title-pages and three chromolithograph frontispieces with tissue guards, a pair to each book. Plus 10 other chromolithograph plates with facing tissue guards, and two hand-coloured folding lithograph maps, bound-in. Index. HARDCOVER, contemporary tan half calf, corners forest-green, and marbled boards. Spine gilt-stamped, richly decorated. In about fine condition (paper on boards rubbed and dull, endpapers dusty, small stain or two). Overall an excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Tobler, p. 226 (wrongfully dating the edition as 1862). Eduard Gerdes (1821-1898). With charming views of Hebron, Bethlehem, Jaffa, Jericho, Mount of Olives, Sinai, Suez, Damascus, and other locations in the region. A-1 .

Keywords: PALESTINE TRAVEL TRAVELS TRAVELLERS TRAVELERS PILGRIMS PILGRIMAGES EXPLORERS EXPLORATION PALÄSTINA PALESTINA HOLY LAND JEWISH CHRISTIANITY CHRISTENDOM CHRISTIANS ISRAEL ANCIENT EARLY MIDDLE EAST LEVANT HEILIGEN LANDE BIBLE BIBLICAL TESTAMENT ILLUSTRATED L


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