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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Map of the Holy Land constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde, engraved by Eberhardt and Stichardt. Gotha (Germany): Justus Perthes, 1858. First edition.
Map of Palestine by Charles William Meredith van de Velde. Printed on eight separate, linen-backed sheets and placed in the original portfolio.
The map, in a scale of 1:315,000, is based on measurements taken by Van de Velde himself during his 1851-1852 journey through Palestine, measurements and mapping of the Royal Engineers and various studies and travelogues by previous explorers.
Two small inset maps – map of the environs of Jerusalem (on the sixth section of the map) and a plan of Jerusalem (on the eighth section of the map).
Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), a Dutch naval officer, acquired his cartographical experience working at the Dutch Royal Hydrographer's office in Batavia (today, Jakarta, Indonesia) from 1839 to 1841. Being a devout Protestant, he wanted to contribute his talents to the exploration of the Holy Land and to creating a precise and detailed map of the country. He made two trips to Palestine, once in 1851-1852 and again in the early 1860s, during which he took measurements and drew views of the country. Since he could not carry all the equipment required for the measurements nor had a team to assist him in the task of mapping the land (as he himself indicated in the introduction to the book he published alongside the map of Palestine – "Memoir to accompany the map of the Holy Land"), Van de Velde used existing maps and information collected from various studies and accounts. Alongside this map, his journeys also yielded a map of Jerusalem, a travelogue and many watercolor paintings.
Eight linen-backed paper plates, 37X45.5 cm each. Placed in the original half-leather portfolio, gilt-embossed: "Map of the Holy Land constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde – 1858". Good condition. Stains. Fold line to corner of eighth plate (minute tears to paper along fold line). Stains to portfolio. Scuffs and minor blemishes to corners and spine of portfolio. Missing all ribbon ties except one.
Laor 778.
Enclosed: C.W.M van de Velde's Journey to the Land of Israel (1852), by Eliyahu Hacohen. Ariel Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2018 (Hebrew; limited edition).
Literature: The Land of Israel in Maps from Madaba up to the Satellite (Hebrew), edited by Ariel Tishbi. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2002. p. 164.
Map of Palestine by Charles William Meredith van de Velde. Printed on eight separate, linen-backed sheets and placed in the original portfolio.
The map, in a scale of 1:315,000, is based on measurements taken by Van de Velde himself during his 1851-1852 journey through Palestine, measurements and mapping of the Royal Engineers and various studies and travelogues by previous explorers.
Two small inset maps – map of the environs of Jerusalem (on the sixth section of the map) and a plan of Jerusalem (on the eighth section of the map).
Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), a Dutch naval officer, acquired his cartographical experience working at the Dutch Royal Hydrographer's office in Batavia (today, Jakarta, Indonesia) from 1839 to 1841. Being a devout Protestant, he wanted to contribute his talents to the exploration of the Holy Land and to creating a precise and detailed map of the country. He made two trips to Palestine, once in 1851-1852 and again in the early 1860s, during which he took measurements and drew views of the country. Since he could not carry all the equipment required for the measurements nor had a team to assist him in the task of mapping the land (as he himself indicated in the introduction to the book he published alongside the map of Palestine – "Memoir to accompany the map of the Holy Land"), Van de Velde used existing maps and information collected from various studies and accounts. Alongside this map, his journeys also yielded a map of Jerusalem, a travelogue and many watercolor paintings.
Eight linen-backed paper plates, 37X45.5 cm each. Placed in the original half-leather portfolio, gilt-embossed: "Map of the Holy Land constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde – 1858". Good condition. Stains. Fold line to corner of eighth plate (minute tears to paper along fold line). Stains to portfolio. Scuffs and minor blemishes to corners and spine of portfolio. Missing all ribbon ties except one.
Laor 778.
Enclosed: C.W.M van de Velde's Journey to the Land of Israel (1852), by Eliyahu Hacohen. Ariel Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2018 (Hebrew; limited edition).
Literature: The Land of Israel in Maps from Madaba up to the Satellite (Hebrew), edited by Ariel Tishbi. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2002. p. 164.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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A Map of Arabia Petraea, The Holy Land, and Part Of Egypt, Ancient and Modern…, an engraving by Richard Palmer, partly hand-colored. London: Edward Stanford, 1858. English. "New Edition".
A map of Palestine and its surroundings, delineating the territories of the Twelve Tribes and the route of the Israelites through the desert. With geological notes and data about the area.
A large folding engraved map, linen-backed and slipcased. Two handbills advertising other maps published by Edward Stanford are mounted on verso. Printed paper label on the front of the slipcase: "Map of Palestine (Modern)".
97X133 cm (in 32 panels), linen-backed, folded and placed in the original slipcase. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. A tear to bottom (approx. 4 cm, where two panels connect). Handwritten notations to paper label on the front of the slipcase and to leaflets on verso of map. Tears and blemishes to slipcase.
This edition of the map is not recorded in OCLC.
A map of Palestine and its surroundings, delineating the territories of the Twelve Tribes and the route of the Israelites through the desert. With geological notes and data about the area.
A large folding engraved map, linen-backed and slipcased. Two handbills advertising other maps published by Edward Stanford are mounted on verso. Printed paper label on the front of the slipcase: "Map of Palestine (Modern)".
97X133 cm (in 32 panels), linen-backed, folded and placed in the original slipcase. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. A tear to bottom (approx. 4 cm, where two panels connect). Handwritten notations to paper label on the front of the slipcase and to leaflets on verso of map. Tears and blemishes to slipcase.
This edition of the map is not recorded in OCLC.
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![Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch [Biblical Names and Chronicle] / Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands [Travel Book of the Holy Land] –](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/80_1.jpg "Onomasticon by Theologian Johann Heyden / Collection of Travelogues to")
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch [Biblical Names and Chronicle] / Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands [Travel Book of the Holy Land] – two books bound together. Frankfurt am Mein, 1570s-1580s. German. First editions.
1. Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch, by Johann Heyden. Frankfurt am Mein: [Johannis Feyrabendt], 1579. German.
Onomasticon by German theologian and philologist Johann Heyden (1530-1583), listing Biblical names, places, nations, and characters. Ends with a biblical chronicle and calendar.
[129] leaves. Missing colophon leaf at the end.
2. [Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands by Sigmund Feyerabend. Frankfurt am Mein: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1584]. German.
A collection of eighteen works: sixteen reports of travels to Palestine and its surroundings, an account of the first crusade and a guide for pilgrims. The works were written by pilgrims, churchmen, nobles and merchants, dating from 12th century to the days of Feyerabend, one of the most prominent Protestant publishers of his time. Some of the works were reprinted while others were first published in this book. In his introduction, Feyerabend urges his readers to liberate the Christians of the Holy Land from the rule of the Turks.
The book opens with two woodcuts (by Jost Amman?), depicting a coat of arms and a maritime battle.
[5], 466, [4] leaves. Missing two leaves: title page and an indices and colophon leaf at the end of the book. Contents leaf trimmed and laid down facing first page. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains and ink stains). Some creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to several leaves (some with paper replacements). Several early notations. Leather-covered card boards, with minor blemishes.
1. Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch, by Johann Heyden. Frankfurt am Mein: [Johannis Feyrabendt], 1579. German.
Onomasticon by German theologian and philologist Johann Heyden (1530-1583), listing Biblical names, places, nations, and characters. Ends with a biblical chronicle and calendar.
[129] leaves. Missing colophon leaf at the end.
2. [Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands by Sigmund Feyerabend. Frankfurt am Mein: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1584]. German.
A collection of eighteen works: sixteen reports of travels to Palestine and its surroundings, an account of the first crusade and a guide for pilgrims. The works were written by pilgrims, churchmen, nobles and merchants, dating from 12th century to the days of Feyerabend, one of the most prominent Protestant publishers of his time. Some of the works were reprinted while others were first published in this book. In his introduction, Feyerabend urges his readers to liberate the Christians of the Holy Land from the rule of the Turks.
The book opens with two woodcuts (by Jost Amman?), depicting a coat of arms and a maritime battle.
[5], 466, [4] leaves. Missing two leaves: title page and an indices and colophon leaf at the end of the book. Contents leaf trimmed and laid down facing first page. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains and ink stains). Some creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to several leaves (some with paper replacements). Several early notations. Leather-covered card boards, with minor blemishes.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $5,000
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Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum, by Christian van Adrichem. Köln: Birckmannica, 1593 (imprint from colophon). Latin. Second edition.
The influential work of Catholic priest Christian van Adrichom (1533-1585), considered one of the most important works on the geography of Palestine in the Modern Era. The book, compiled over close to thirty years, was published posthumously, and for the following two hundred years served as the basis for maps by numerous cartographers.
The book contains twelve engraved plates: nine maps of the territories of the Tribes of Israel, a map of the Desert of Paran (showing the stations of the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to Palestine) and two larger maps (folding) of particular significance – a map of Jerusalem (showing the gates and the central sites; the first map to depict the 14 stations of the Via Dolorosa), and a map of Palestine (after which famous cartographers such as Thomas Fuller, Jan Jannson and Nicholas Visscher modeled their maps).
[6] leaves, 286, [29] pp + [12] engraved maps, 39.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Creases. Tears, some open, to margins, affecting the title page engraving (mostly small). Worming throughout the book (mostly small wormholes, with negligible damage to the engravings. The book was fumigated). One plate trimmed at margins, with minor damage to engraving. The map of Jerusalem is in fair-poor condition, with a long, inexpertly restored tear, with adhesion to layers in one fold due to restoration. Two plates slightly browned and smaller than the leaves of the book. Handwritten notations to several pages. Vellum-covered boards, damaged and worn.
The influential work of Catholic priest Christian van Adrichom (1533-1585), considered one of the most important works on the geography of Palestine in the Modern Era. The book, compiled over close to thirty years, was published posthumously, and for the following two hundred years served as the basis for maps by numerous cartographers.
The book contains twelve engraved plates: nine maps of the territories of the Tribes of Israel, a map of the Desert of Paran (showing the stations of the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to Palestine) and two larger maps (folding) of particular significance – a map of Jerusalem (showing the gates and the central sites; the first map to depict the 14 stations of the Via Dolorosa), and a map of Palestine (after which famous cartographers such as Thomas Fuller, Jan Jannson and Nicholas Visscher modeled their maps).
[6] leaves, 286, [29] pp + [12] engraved maps, 39.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Creases. Tears, some open, to margins, affecting the title page engraving (mostly small). Worming throughout the book (mostly small wormholes, with negligible damage to the engravings. The book was fumigated). One plate trimmed at margins, with minor damage to engraving. The map of Jerusalem is in fair-poor condition, with a long, inexpertly restored tear, with adhesion to layers in one fold due to restoration. Two plates slightly browned and smaller than the leaves of the book. Handwritten notations to several pages. Vellum-covered boards, damaged and worn.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon, by Thomas Fuller. London: printed by J.F, for John Williams, 1650. English and some Latin.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, by English churchman and historian Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engraved plates (most of them double-spread): an engraved title page and an engraving depicting coats of arms; a large, folding map of Palestine; a map of Jerusalem and maps delineating the territories of the 12 Tribes; and plans and illustrations of the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several closed and open tears to margins (mostly small. Several tears repaired with paper). Worming, slightly affecting text and engravings (the book was fumigated). Ink corrosion to several leaves. Tears to folding map of Palestine (mounted on thick paper for restoration). One of the engraved plates was bound upside down. Bookplate to inside front board. New, leather-covered boards, slightly worn.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, by English churchman and historian Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engraved plates (most of them double-spread): an engraved title page and an engraving depicting coats of arms; a large, folding map of Palestine; a map of Jerusalem and maps delineating the territories of the 12 Tribes; and plans and illustrations of the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several closed and open tears to margins (mostly small. Several tears repaired with paper). Worming, slightly affecting text and engravings (the book was fumigated). Ink corrosion to several leaves. Tears to folding map of Palestine (mounted on thick paper for restoration). One of the engraved plates was bound upside down. Bookplate to inside front board. New, leather-covered boards, slightly worn.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
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Samuelis Bocharti Opera Omnia / Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan [The Complete Works of Samuel Bochart / Sacred Geography, or Peleg and Canaan]. Leiden: Cornelium Boutesteyn & Jordanum Luchtmans, 1692. Latin with some Hebrew, Arabic in Hebrew characters and Greek.
An important work by French theologian, geographer and Orientalist Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), dealing with the history of the nations of the world and their languages, according to the Bible and other sources. The first part of the book describes the various nations descended from Noah and their scattering after the fall of the Tower of Babel and the confounding of languages. The second part deals with the Phoenician nations.
The book contains thirteen maps (four of them double-spread): countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Syria and Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Asia and Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea, Italy, Sicily, Cyprus, Spain, Sri Lanka, and more. With numerous Hebrew titles and place-names, some transcribed into Hebrew from other languages. Engraved title page (depicting Adam naming the animals) and an engraved portrait of the author.
[7] leaves, 36 pp, [6] leaves, 1312 columns (mispagination, less than 1312), [30] leaves + [15] engraved plates. 38 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some ink corrosion. A few open tears to margins. Worming, mainly to margins (slightly affecting text. The book was fumigated). One engraved plate browned. Original vellum boards, with blemishes.
An important work by French theologian, geographer and Orientalist Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), dealing with the history of the nations of the world and their languages, according to the Bible and other sources. The first part of the book describes the various nations descended from Noah and their scattering after the fall of the Tower of Babel and the confounding of languages. The second part deals with the Phoenician nations.
The book contains thirteen maps (four of them double-spread): countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Syria and Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Asia and Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea, Italy, Sicily, Cyprus, Spain, Sri Lanka, and more. With numerous Hebrew titles and place-names, some transcribed into Hebrew from other languages. Engraved title page (depicting Adam naming the animals) and an engraved portrait of the author.
[7] leaves, 36 pp, [6] leaves, 1312 columns (mispagination, less than 1312), [30] leaves + [15] engraved plates. 38 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some ink corrosion. A few open tears to margins. Worming, mainly to margins (slightly affecting text. The book was fumigated). One engraved plate browned. Original vellum boards, with blemishes.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,800
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A description of the East, and Some other Countries, by Richard Pococke. London: W. Bowyer, 1743-1745. Two parts (in three volumes). English.
The English anthropologist and bishop Richard Pococke (1704-1765) visited the Near East in 1737-1741. The present work document his travels. The first volume is dedicated entirely to Egypt, the second to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Crete and the third to Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece and other parts of Europe.
The three volumes contain 178 engraved plates (75 plates in the first volume, 36 plates in the second and 67 plates in the third). These include: maps (a folding map of Palestine and Syria, a folding map of Jerusalem and numerous other maps), plans and sketches, illustrations of important sites, illustrations of local plants, and more. Engraved author's statement in Volume II.
Vol. I: [1] title page, VI, 8, 310 pp. + 75 plates; Vol. II: XI, [1], 268 pp. + 36 plates and [1] engraved statement; Vol. III: VI, [2], 308 pp. + 37-103 plates. Approx. 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Worming, mainly to third volume, slightly affecting text and prints (the volumes were fumigated). Long tears to two engraved plates. Bookplates to inside front boards. Leather covered boards, damaged and slightly worn. Binding of first volume detached (with first two leaves). The bindings of the two other volumes partly detached.
The English anthropologist and bishop Richard Pococke (1704-1765) visited the Near East in 1737-1741. The present work document his travels. The first volume is dedicated entirely to Egypt, the second to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Crete and the third to Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece and other parts of Europe.
The three volumes contain 178 engraved plates (75 plates in the first volume, 36 plates in the second and 67 plates in the third). These include: maps (a folding map of Palestine and Syria, a folding map of Jerusalem and numerous other maps), plans and sketches, illustrations of important sites, illustrations of local plants, and more. Engraved author's statement in Volume II.
Vol. I: [1] title page, VI, 8, 310 pp. + 75 plates; Vol. II: XI, [1], 268 pp. + 36 plates and [1] engraved statement; Vol. III: VI, [2], 308 pp. + 37-103 plates. Approx. 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Worming, mainly to third volume, slightly affecting text and prints (the volumes were fumigated). Long tears to two engraved plates. Bookplates to inside front boards. Leather covered boards, damaged and slightly worn. Binding of first volume detached (with first two leaves). The bindings of the two other volumes partly detached.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Voyage dans la péninsule arabique du Sinaï et l'Égypte moyenne. Histoire, géographie, épigraphie [A Voyage to The Arabian Peninsula, Sinai and Middle Egypt. History, Geography, Epigraphy], by Lottin de Laval. Atlas volume. Paris: Gide et Cie, 1859 [additional title page with the date 1855-1859]. French. First edition.
The atlas volume of the work "A Voyage to The Arabian Peninsula, Sinai and Middle Egypt". Includes a large map of the Sinai Peninsula (double spread); 15 lithographic plates depicting views, sites and locals (by French artists Léon Sabatier and Eugène Cicéri, after de Laval); 17 photolithographic plates depicting archeological findings; and 80 prints of Nabatean inscriptions (on 40 plates, some with smaller illustrations).
Pierre Victor Lottin de Laval (1810-1903) was a French archeologist, writer and painter. Between 1843 and 1851, he participated in three French scientific expeditions to the Near East, creating dozens of drawings, sketches and reports. This atlas documents his third expedition in 1850-1851 in which he attempted to reconstruct the route of the Israelites in the desert. In order to copy the inscriptions and drawing he had discovered, de Laval developed a new technique for creating molds, which is named after him and used to this day – Lottinoplastie (pictures of some of the molds de Laval made during his expedition were printed in this atlas).
This volume was printed to accompany a text volume reviewing the archeological study of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Desert and Middle Egypt.
[3] leaves + [72] plates and [1] map (double-spread), 48.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing throughout the volume. Small wormholes to margins (slightly affecting several prints. The book was fumigated). Quarter-leather with marbled paper sides, damaged and slightly worn.
The atlas volume of the work "A Voyage to The Arabian Peninsula, Sinai and Middle Egypt". Includes a large map of the Sinai Peninsula (double spread); 15 lithographic plates depicting views, sites and locals (by French artists Léon Sabatier and Eugène Cicéri, after de Laval); 17 photolithographic plates depicting archeological findings; and 80 prints of Nabatean inscriptions (on 40 plates, some with smaller illustrations).
Pierre Victor Lottin de Laval (1810-1903) was a French archeologist, writer and painter. Between 1843 and 1851, he participated in three French scientific expeditions to the Near East, creating dozens of drawings, sketches and reports. This atlas documents his third expedition in 1850-1851 in which he attempted to reconstruct the route of the Israelites in the desert. In order to copy the inscriptions and drawing he had discovered, de Laval developed a new technique for creating molds, which is named after him and used to this day – Lottinoplastie (pictures of some of the molds de Laval made during his expedition were printed in this atlas).
This volume was printed to accompany a text volume reviewing the archeological study of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Desert and Middle Egypt.
[3] leaves + [72] plates and [1] map (double-spread), 48.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing throughout the volume. Small wormholes to margins (slightly affecting several prints. The book was fumigated). Quarter-leather with marbled paper sides, damaged and slightly worn.
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![Mission de Phénicie [Mission to Phoenicia], edited by Ernest Renan. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1864. French. Atlas volume](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale73-public/86.jpg "\"Mission to Phoenicia\" by Ernest Renan – Atlas Volume – Paris, 1864")
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Mission de Phénicie [Mission to Phoenicia], edited by Ernest Renan. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1864. French. Atlas volume only.
A large volume with 70 printed plates (some double or folding and some in color) with drawings, sketches and maps, documenting archeological findings discovered by Ernest Renan's expedition to the cities of Phoenicia (Syria and Lebanon).
Ernest Renan (1823-1892), French historian of religion, historian, philologist and archeologist. In 1860, he headed a scientific expedition on behalf of Emperor Napoleon III, which accompanied the French Expeditionary Force to Syria and Lebanon (during the Mount Lebanon civil war and the massacre of Christians by the Druze). The expedition conducted a survey of the historical sites of Phoenicia and its findings were published in the two volumes of "Mission to Phoenicia" – the present atlas volume and a text volume (see Kedem catalog 60, item 47).
[3] leaves + [70] plates. 52 cm. Good condition. Foxing throughout the volume. Worming to inner margins (not affecting plates. The book was fumigated). Binding with leather spine. Blemishes and small tears to binding.
A large volume with 70 printed plates (some double or folding and some in color) with drawings, sketches and maps, documenting archeological findings discovered by Ernest Renan's expedition to the cities of Phoenicia (Syria and Lebanon).
Ernest Renan (1823-1892), French historian of religion, historian, philologist and archeologist. In 1860, he headed a scientific expedition on behalf of Emperor Napoleon III, which accompanied the French Expeditionary Force to Syria and Lebanon (during the Mount Lebanon civil war and the massacre of Christians by the Druze). The expedition conducted a survey of the historical sites of Phoenicia and its findings were published in the two volumes of "Mission to Phoenicia" – the present atlas volume and a text volume (see Kedem catalog 60, item 47).
[3] leaves + [70] plates. 52 cm. Good condition. Foxing throughout the volume. Worming to inner margins (not affecting plates. The book was fumigated). Binding with leather spine. Blemishes and small tears to binding.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, by Charles William Wilson and Henry Spenser Palmer. Southampton (England): Ordnance Survey Office, on the title page: 1869 (the preface is dated 1871). English. Part I (out of three).
Part I of the Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai by Charles William Wilson and Henry Spenser Palmer, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, Director-General of the British Ordnance Survey. The volume contains an account of the survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, the methods of survey and the findings. Twenty plates (some in color) with illustrations, plans and sections. A photograph of Oyun Musa (The springs of Moses, Sinai) is mounted on the title page.
Charles William Wilson (1836-1905) was a British Royal Engineers officer, geographer and archaeologist, a pioneer of the modern survey of Palestine. In 1868, he and the British engineer and officer Henry Spenser Palmer (1838-1893) embarked on an expedition to the Peninsula of Sinai on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The findings of the survey were published in three parts (five volumes): a review of the survey, map portfolio and three photograph portfolios. This is the first part, reviewing the survey and its archeological findings.
One of the participants in the expedition was the scholar and orientalist Eduard Henry Palmer (1840-1882), who headed another expedition to Sinai in 1882 (in the midst of the 'Urabi Revolt against the British involvement in Egypt) and was murdered by Bedouins together with the other members of the expedition.
[3] leaves, 323, [1] pp. + XX plates, approx. 48 cm. Good-fair condition. The leaves are detached. Stains and some creases. Small tears and wormholes to margins of several leaves (the book was fumigated). An ex-library copy (stamps to several leaves; label to inside front board). Detached binding, worn and slightly damaged.
Part I of the Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai by Charles William Wilson and Henry Spenser Palmer, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, Director-General of the British Ordnance Survey. The volume contains an account of the survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, the methods of survey and the findings. Twenty plates (some in color) with illustrations, plans and sections. A photograph of Oyun Musa (The springs of Moses, Sinai) is mounted on the title page.
Charles William Wilson (1836-1905) was a British Royal Engineers officer, geographer and archaeologist, a pioneer of the modern survey of Palestine. In 1868, he and the British engineer and officer Henry Spenser Palmer (1838-1893) embarked on an expedition to the Peninsula of Sinai on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The findings of the survey were published in three parts (five volumes): a review of the survey, map portfolio and three photograph portfolios. This is the first part, reviewing the survey and its archeological findings.
One of the participants in the expedition was the scholar and orientalist Eduard Henry Palmer (1840-1882), who headed another expedition to Sinai in 1882 (in the midst of the 'Urabi Revolt against the British involvement in Egypt) and was murdered by Bedouins together with the other members of the expedition.
[3] leaves, 323, [1] pp. + XX plates, approx. 48 cm. Good-fair condition. The leaves are detached. Stains and some creases. Small tears and wormholes to margins of several leaves (the book was fumigated). An ex-library copy (stamps to several leaves; label to inside front board). Detached binding, worn and slightly damaged.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Jerusalem Explored, Being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with Numerous Illustrations Consisting of Views, Ground plans, and Sections, by Ermete Pierotti… Translated by Thomas George Bonney. London: Bell and Daldy, 1864. English. Two volumes.
English translation of the survey of Jerusalem by Italian engineer and archaeologist Ermete Pierotti. Volume I: text; Volume II: 63 plates, some folding, with lithographic prints of photographs and drawings (the photographs were taken by John Mendel Diness and others) depicting Mount Zion, David's Tomb, the Jewish Hospital Misgav Ladach, the Tomb of Absalom and other sites; includes a large panorama of Jerusalem as seen from the Mount of Olives.
Italian archeologist and engineer Ermete Pierotti worked in Jerusalem between 1854 and 1861. He was employed by the Ottoman governor of Jerusalem to serve as architectural consultant on renovations of religious sites in the city, which were then closed to Western scholars (in particular sites on the Temple Mount) and worked as an architect and engineer in various construction projects. Upon publishing "Jerusalem Exposed" he was accused of plagiarism, one of the reasons being him taking credit for photographs that others had produced.
Vol. I: XII, 339, [1] pp. Vol. II: [4] leaves, [63] pp + LXIII plates. 37.5 cm. Half-leather bindings. Top edges gilt. Good overall condition. Volume I: stains to a few leaves. Creases and some small tears (mostly to margins of first and last leaves). A long tear to one leaf. Several leaves partly detached. Volume II: Stains. Small tears to edges of several leaves. Several leaves and plates detached or loose. Small wormholes to gutters of approx. ten first leaves (slightly affecting the panorama of Jerusalem). The volumes were fumigated. Blemishes and minor wear to bindings. The binding of the second volume is detached.
English translation of the survey of Jerusalem by Italian engineer and archaeologist Ermete Pierotti. Volume I: text; Volume II: 63 plates, some folding, with lithographic prints of photographs and drawings (the photographs were taken by John Mendel Diness and others) depicting Mount Zion, David's Tomb, the Jewish Hospital Misgav Ladach, the Tomb of Absalom and other sites; includes a large panorama of Jerusalem as seen from the Mount of Olives.
Italian archeologist and engineer Ermete Pierotti worked in Jerusalem between 1854 and 1861. He was employed by the Ottoman governor of Jerusalem to serve as architectural consultant on renovations of religious sites in the city, which were then closed to Western scholars (in particular sites on the Temple Mount) and worked as an architect and engineer in various construction projects. Upon publishing "Jerusalem Exposed" he was accused of plagiarism, one of the reasons being him taking credit for photographs that others had produced.
Vol. I: XII, 339, [1] pp. Vol. II: [4] leaves, [63] pp + LXIII plates. 37.5 cm. Half-leather bindings. Top edges gilt. Good overall condition. Volume I: stains to a few leaves. Creases and some small tears (mostly to margins of first and last leaves). A long tear to one leaf. Several leaves partly detached. Volume II: Stains. Small tears to edges of several leaves. Several leaves and plates detached or loose. Small wormholes to gutters of approx. ten first leaves (slightly affecting the panorama of Jerusalem). The volumes were fumigated. Blemishes and minor wear to bindings. The binding of the second volume is detached.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Les fraudes archéologiques en Palestine, suivies de quelques monuments phéniciens apocryphes [Archeological Frauds in Palestine…], by Charles Clermont-Ganneau. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1885. French.
A work on the forgery of antiquities in Palestine, with five illustrated plates and additional in-text illustrations. Two chapters of this work are dedicated to the forgeries of the Jerusalemite collector and antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira (1830-1884). Inscribed on the front endpaper by the author, Charles Clermont-Ganneau.
French archeologist and Orientalist Charles Clermont-Ganneau (1846-1932) was one of the leading researchers of Palestine in the 19th century. Clermont-Ganneau came to Palestine in 1867 and began exploring its archeological sites. During the years 1873-1874, he led the Palestine Exploration Fund's archeological expedition to Palestine. With time, he acquired a reputation as one of the most important scholars of biblical archeology in Palestine. Today, Clermont-Ganneau is remembered due to his exposure of several archeological forgeries, including the forgeries of Moses Wilhelm Shapira – the Moabite collections of pottery and the scrolls allegedly discovered in the Dead Sea area.
357 pp + [5] plates, 17 cm. Fair-poor condition. Torn along spine; loose sections. The first plate is detached. Many pages unopened at upper edge. Creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to cover and spine (including a large open tear to front cover, affecting the text). One tear to back cover reinforced with tape. Small pen notation to back cover. Cover is partly stuck to endpapers.
A work on the forgery of antiquities in Palestine, with five illustrated plates and additional in-text illustrations. Two chapters of this work are dedicated to the forgeries of the Jerusalemite collector and antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira (1830-1884). Inscribed on the front endpaper by the author, Charles Clermont-Ganneau.
French archeologist and Orientalist Charles Clermont-Ganneau (1846-1932) was one of the leading researchers of Palestine in the 19th century. Clermont-Ganneau came to Palestine in 1867 and began exploring its archeological sites. During the years 1873-1874, he led the Palestine Exploration Fund's archeological expedition to Palestine. With time, he acquired a reputation as one of the most important scholars of biblical archeology in Palestine. Today, Clermont-Ganneau is remembered due to his exposure of several archeological forgeries, including the forgeries of Moses Wilhelm Shapira – the Moabite collections of pottery and the scrolls allegedly discovered in the Dead Sea area.
357 pp + [5] plates, 17 cm. Fair-poor condition. Torn along spine; loose sections. The first plate is detached. Many pages unopened at upper edge. Creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to cover and spine (including a large open tear to front cover, affecting the text). One tear to back cover reinforced with tape. Small pen notation to back cover. Cover is partly stuck to endpapers.
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