A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon, Thomas Fuller. Printed by M.F. for John Williams, London, 1650. English.
A comprehensive study about Palestine and its history, according to the Old and New Testament, by the English clergyman, historian and author Thomas Fuller (1608-1661). Accompanied by 29 engraved plates: twenty eight double engravings - maps of Palestine, Jerusalem and the territories of the tribes, sketches of the Temple and more; and one engraving at the beginning of the book. One engraving is missing.
[1] leaf (illustrated title page), [8], 434, [1] (more than 434 pp, faulty pagination), 202, [17] pp. [29] plates (one missing). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Defects to margins of last leaves. Handwritten inscription on a number of pages. Title engraving, title page and some of the engravings are detached and apparently were replaced by engravings from other copies. Some engravings in fair condition, with dark margins, tears and open tears at margins. Open tears (repaired) in two engravings. Original leather binding, with defects and wear. Front binding partly detached.
Enclosed: double-spread (pp. 313-316), the map Ierusalem Qualis (Ut Plurimum) Extitit Aetate Solomonis and three paper clippings (from title page and title engraving) from another copy.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.

Naukeurige Beschryving van Gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant, by Olfert Dapper. Amsterdam: Jacob Van Meurs, 1677. Dutch. Two parts in one volume.
Comprehensive study of Syria and Palestine, by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689) - Dutch writer, historian and geographer.
Includes an engraved frontispiece, 39 engraved plates (most double-spread or folded) and engravings incorporated in the text. These include maps and engravings that depict Syria, Damascus and Tripoli; maps of Palestine, showing the territories of the 12 Tribes of Israel; maps and illustrations of Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives and Bethlehem; a depiction of Jaffa viewed from the sea, and more.
[5] leaves, 262, [8], 312, 321-344, 337-581, [7] pp + [40] engraved plates, 32 cm. Good overall condition. Stains (a number of dark leaves). Tears to margins of several leaves, and to some of the folded plates (most of the plates are in good condition). Leather binding from the period, with decorations on spine. Defects and light stains to binding and a tear to upper part of spine.
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Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.

Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata, by Hadriani Relandi [Adriaan Reland / Reelant]. Utrecht (Trajecti Batavorum), 1714. Latin, some Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two volumes. First edition.
Study of Palestine. Contains 16 engraved plates (of which nine are folded), including a portrait of the author, maps and plans, an engraved frontispiece and a number of additional small engravings in the text.
Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaan Reelant / Hadriani Relandi, 1676-1718) was a Dutch geographer, cartographer and philologist and one of the first Orientalists. Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Utrecht from 1701 and lecturer on the history of the Jewish people. In 1695, Reland was sent to Palestine, where he conducted an exhaustive geographical survey of biblical Palestine, visiting 2,500 sites mentioned in the Bible, Mishnah and Talmud. The results of his survey were recorded in this book.
Vol. I: [5] leaves, 511, [1] pp + [15] engraved plates. Vol. II: [2] leaves, [515]-1068 pp, [47] leaves + [1] engraved plate, 19 cm. Good overall condition. Stains to some leaves and plates. Tears to folded engraved plates (coarse tears to one of the folded plates at the beginning of the book - a large map of Palestine). Slightly trimmed margins to some of the engraved plates. Fine vellum bindings, with stains and slight defects. Binding of second volume is partly detached.
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Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.

Voyage au Levant, c’est-à-dire, dans les Principaux Endroits de l’Asie Mineure, dans les Isles de Chio, Rhodes, et Chypre & c. De meme que dans les plus Considerables Villes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et de la Terre Sainte [A Voyage to the Levant; or, Travels in the principal parts of Asia Minor, the islands of Scio, Rhodes, Cyprus, &c. with an account of the most considerable cities of Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land], by Cornelius de Bruyn (Cornelis de Bruijn). Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. French.
The Dutch traveller and painter Cornelius de Bruyn (1652-1726/7) left his native city, The Hague, in 1674. After some years in Italy he embarked on a voyage during which he visited Rhodes, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, Palestine and other places. In 1693 he returned to The Hague, and in 1698 his book "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de Vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia" was published, containing his impressions from this voyage along with engravings executed after his paintings. Some of his paintings depicting sites in the Near East are considered the first graphic documentation of those sites.
The present volume is a French edition of the book containing 100 engraved plates - a frontispice, a portrait of de Bruyn and 98 engraved plates after de Bruyn's paintings. Some additional engravings are incorporated in the text.
The engravings include: a map of the Mediterranean basin; engravings showing various cities and sites in Palestine (Mount Tabor, Tiberias, Jaffa, Tomb of Zechariah, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and more); engravings depicting cities and sites in Egypt and Syria, including an engraving depicting the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza; engravings depicting the residents of the various cities de Bruyn visited, dressed in traditional garments (including several Jewish figures); a number of panoramic engravings (folded), depicting views of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Izmir, Constantinople, Alexandria, Aleppo, and more; and additional engravings.
[11], 408, [6] pp + [100] engraved plates, 40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original fine leather binding, with gilt decorations on spine (slightly damaged).
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.

Collection of study books, research books and travel books concerning Jerusalem, by various researchers and travelers. The books are accompanied by drawings, illustrations, photographs and maps. English, French and Latin.
1. Urbis Hierosolymae quemad modum ea Christi tempore floruit et suburbanorum ejus brevis descriptio, by Christian van Adrichem. Cologne: Officina Birckmannica, Sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1592.
2. The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem as connected with the Scripture Prophecies, by George Wilkins. Nottingham: G. Stretton, 1816.
3. Introduction au Plan de Jérusalem et de ses faubourgs by André Dupuis. Published by Édouard Proux et Ce, Paris, Charpentier Pére et fils, Nantes, 1841.
4. An Essay on the Ancient Topography of Jerusalem, by James Fergusson, London: John Weale, 1847.
5. Contributions towards an Index of Passages bearing upon the Topography of Jerusalem from writings prior to the eleventh century, by Alexander Bennett M'Grigor. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1876.
6. Jérusalem by Félicien de Saulcy. Paris: VveA. Morel et Cie, 1882.
7. The Holy Places of Jerusalem, by T. Hayter Lewish. London: John Murray, 1888.
8. Jerusalem, The Holy Land, by Colonel Sir Charles W. Wilson. London: J.S. Virtue & Co., 1889.
9. A Modern Pilgrim in Jerusalem, by John Rooker. London: Skeffington and Son, 1895.
10. Jérusalem sous terre, les récentes fouilles d'Ophel [by Louis-Hugues Vincent]. London: Horace Cox, 1911.
11. Jérusalem, recherches de topographie, d'archéologie et d'histoire, tome premier, Jérusalem Antique, by P. Hugues Vincent. Paris: J. Gabalda, 1912. Enclosed is a portfolio with maps, photographs and drawings.
12. Jerusalem 1918-1920, Being the Records of the Pro-Jerusalem Council during the period of the British Military Administration, editor: C. R. Ashbee. London: The Council of the Pro-Jerusalem Society, 1921.
Enclosed is a booklet: The Pro-Jerusalem Society Quarterly Bulletin, March 1922.
Total of 12 books. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.