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Lot 90

Travel and Exploration Books about Eretz Israel

Nine travel books to Eretz Israel and the history of Eretz Israel in different periods. Most books contain illustrations and maps:
* Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, by an American by [John L. Stephens]. New-York: Harpers & Brothers, 1840. Second volume only.
* The Nestorians or, the lost tribes containing evidence of their identity by Asahel Grant. New-York: Harpers & Brothers, 1841.
* Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land by [John L. Stephens]. New-York: Harpers & Brothers, 1844. First volume only.
* Observations in the East, chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor, by John P. Durbin. New-York: Harpers & Brothers, 1845. Second volume only.
* The history of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity to the present time by [W. C. Brownlee, Williams Jenks]. Boston: M.A. Berk, 1846.
* Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, by Stephen Olin. New-York: Harpers & Brothers, 1851. Second volume only.
* Palestine, its geography and Bible history, with twenty lithographic maps, by F.G. Hibbard. New-York: Carlton& Porter, 1856. Several leaves are probably lacking.
* The history of Palestine, from the patriarchal age to the present time by John Kitto. New-York: Robert Sears, 1857. Lacking map.
* Sacred geography, and antiquities by E.P. Barrows. New-York: American Tract Society, [1872]. Plates and maps. Most of the spine is lacking.
9 books. Size and condition vary. Significant foxing.
Books were not thoroughly checked and are sold AS IS.