Collection of lithographs woodcuts and engravings from books, depicting biblical scenes, Jewish customs, views and sites in Eretz Israel and the vicinity, and more. [17th - 19th centuries].
Among them: • Leaves from the book "Figures des Histoires de la Saincte Bible" (17th century) - fine woodcuts, including one which depicts the Prophet Jonah in Ninve. • Leaves from Bernard Picart's book about religious ceremonies and customs of people around the world - engravings depicting Jewish customs: Yom Kippur, wedding, Simhat Torah, circumcision, and more. • Lithographs - views and sites in Eretz Israel and the vicinity (most of them b/w): Yehoshafat Valley, Tiberias, Jordan river, Mount Tabor, Beth Lehem, Jerusalem, Damascus, and more. Lot of about 60 leaves (most of them lithographs; the rest are engravings and woodcuts). Sizes and conditions vary. Stains and tears. Some are pasted to paper leaves.

The Holy Land, After Lithographs by Louis Haghe. From Original Drawings by David Roberts, R.A. With Historical Descriptions by The Rev. George Croly, LL.D. London-Paris-New-York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [ca. 1880]. Three volumes. English.
119 illustration plates. Part one: Jerusalem and the Galilee. Part two: Jordan and Bethlehem. Part three: Edom and Petra. Three volumes, 32.5 cm. Plates in good condition. Stains, mainly on first and last leaves. Original bindings, worn, with leather spines and corners. Back cover of first volume is detached. Gilt edges.

Cities of Palestine. London- Edinburgh - New-York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1856. English. First edition.
Depiction of various cities in Eretz Israel, accompanied by a dozen illustration plates in color portraying the cities of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus, Nazareth, Tiberias, and more, as well as two maps: map of Eretz Israel and map of Jerusalem. [1], 30 pp + [14] plates, 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor tears. Detached leaves. Minor damages to binding. Handwritten dedication (English) on the endpaper, dated 1857.

Sefer G'vulei Zion, general view on the borders of Eretz Israel as explained on the second title page accompanied by a map of the Holy Land. By Shabtai Ya'akov of Etzkowitz. Printed by Avraham Zvi Katzenelenbogen. Vilnius, 1889. Hebrew.
A map in color (lithographic printing) appears at the end of the book - "Map of the Holy Land with all of the sites surrounding it" (Hebrew and Russian). [1] leaf, 48 pp + [1] map. 24 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor tears. Several loose leaves. Damaged and loose covers (tears to spine). Ex-library copy.

Three volumes containing research by Alois Musil (1868-1944), Austro-Czech researcher, orientalist and theologist who mastered 35 dialects of Arabic. Musil started his studies in the Dominican Biblical School in Jerusalem when it opened in 1890, but left the institute after 14 months and started his journeys in the Middle East and the Arab world.
In 1902 Musil was appointed Professor of Theology in the University of Olomouc (Czechoslovakia) and in 1909 Professor of Theology in the University of Vienna. He toured the Negev in 1901 and later published a detailed mapping of the area, as well as written reports and photographs that served for many years as references regarding the Negev. In 1920 was appointed professor by Karl University in Prague. In cooperation with the American industrialist Charles Richard Crane, Musil published his works in English in the 1920s. Presented here are three volumes from this edition, published by the American Geographical Society, Oriental Explorations and Studies:
No. 2 - Arabia Deserta. New-York, 1927.
No. 4 - Palmyrena. New-York, 1928.
No. 5 - Northern Neğd. New-York, 1928.
An original set of maps is included - "Musil: Map of Northern Arabia" - which consists of four maps. Good to very good condition, ink stamps and ownership inscription.