Alte Denkmäler aus Syrien, Palastina und Westarabien [Ancient Monuments in Syria, Palestine and Western Arabia], by Ahmed Djemal Pasha [and Theodor Wiegand]. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1918. Ottoman-Turkish and German.
A study accompanied by photograph plates depicting sites in Palestine, in Syria and Arabia, including Jerusalem , Tiberias, Bethlehem, Damascus, Baalbek and more. Preceding each photograph plate appears a sheet with a text in German and Ottoman-Turkish.
The archaeologist Theodor Wiegand was famous for his study in Asia Minor. In World War I he was drafted to the German army in Asia and was employed as supervisor of antiquities in Syria, Palestine and Arabia on behalf of Ahmed Djemal Pasha. As part of his position he conducted studies about archaeology and antiquities in the region and these studies were later published as a series of books. This book was commissioned by Ahmed Djemal Pasha (who wrote the book's introduction) and published shortly before the defeat of the "Central Powers" in World War I, after which the Ottoman Empire lost control of the territories mentioned in the book.
[1] leaf, [7] pp, [100] leaves + 100 photograph plates, 34.5 cm. Good condition. One detached gathering. Defects to binding. Unraveled spine, worn and partly detached.