La Syrie d'aujourd'hui, Voyages dans la Phénicie, le Liban et la Judée, 1875-1880, by Dr. Lortet [Louis Charles Émile Lortet]. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. French. First edition.

"Syria of Today, Voyages in Phoenecia, Lebanon and Judaea, 1875-1880", work by French physician, botanist and zoologist Louis Lortet (1836-1909), director of the natural history museum in Lyon. Illustrated with hundreds of wood engravings (some full-page and some in-text) – engravings depicting sites visited by Lortet, local residents in traditional attire, flora and fauna, archeological sites, and more; and several maps. A large, folding map of Palestine bound at the end.

[2] ff, 675 pp + [1] folding map, approx. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Worming (small, in the margins). Tears to map (at edges and fold lines). Binding with leather spine, worn.