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Hull, Edward - Memoir on the Geology and Geography of Arabia Petraea, Palestine and Adjoining Districts, with Special Reference to the Mode of Formation of the Jordan-Arabah Depression and the Dead Sea
Lond, Richard Bentle & Son for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1886. First Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Published in London by Richard Bentley & Son, for The Committee of the Palestine Exploration, 1886, Good condition overall. Brownish burgundy cloth covers, blind-stamped edges and borders, gilt-stamped lettering (saying Western Palestine) and illustrations to cover, still sharp and distinct, with heavily rubbed gilt lettering and illustration to spine, being the official logo of the Palestine Exploration Fund). Bookplate from the New-Church Theological School inside front flap, their ink-stamp at title page. Hand-colored map, four-paneled, also at frontis, one fold split, creased, outlining the Geological map of Lower Egypt, Arabia Petraea and Palestine, drawn by the author. Eight-paneled map bound in inside rear flap, titled â€oeMap of the Wady el Arabah from the surveys of Major Kitchener,” and then reduced by Major George Armstrong. Several other folding maps bound in at rear, only very mildly worn or soiled, though one of them shows a split and is detached in two halves. viii + 2 + [3]-145 pp., including index, with frontis illustration and a folding map, and several additional folding maps sewn in at rear. The Palestine Exploration Fund exists to this day, being a British society based in London but that founded back in 1865, shortly after the completion of a key ordnance survey of Jerusalem. A The P.E.F. is apparently the oldest known organization in the world that was founded so as to study the â€oeLevant,” a.k.a. Palestine.Scarcely available to the trade, there being currently no copies available on-line, and only scattered copies available in academic libraries.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.5] Booknumber: 345325
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USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.5] Booknumber: 345325
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