Travels, or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant by Thomas Shaw. "Printed at the Theatre", Oxford, 1738. First edition. English.
A research book about Algiers, Tunisia, Syria, Egypt and Palestine, by the English traveler and cleric Thomas Shaw. Shaw worked in Algiers between 1720 and 1733 and during that time he visited various towns in Africa and the Middle East. This book contains much information about the geography, geology and antiquities in the towns which he visited and is known mainly for its botanical and zoological plates.
The book contains 33 engravings – portrait of the author and 32 additional engravings (printed on 29 plates) with maps (some folding maps), illustrations of plants, animals, and more.
The chapter about Palestine is accompanied by a plan of Jerusalem (folding), a large map (folding) of the Middle East, illustration of Mount Sinai, and more.
On page 357 appears a schematic map of Palestine (names of locations are printed in Hebrew and English) after the map by R. Elia Mizrachi.
* The book is bound with: "A supplement to a book entitled travels or observations & C." by Thomas Shaw. Oxford, 1746.
A supplement to Shaw's book, which was published following criticism by Richard Pococke. The supplement includes two folding engraved plates. One plate depicts the mosaic in the town of Palestrina (Italy) and describes the various peoples and animals that live along the Nile.
[4] leaves, XV, [1], 442, [2], 60, [8]; [2], XVI, 112 pp, 34 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains (some dark). Worming. Tears to some of the plates (long tear to one of the folding plates). Original binding. Damaged and restored (reinforced with cloth strips at joints between binding boards and spine).

1. Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, etc. Illustrated. In a series of views drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett, William Purser, etc. London, Paris and New York: Fisher, Son & Co., [1836-1838]. English. Three parts in two volumes.
The book was published in three parts. The first and second parts are bound together, with a separate title-engraving for each part. 119 engraved plates in the book – two maps and engravings depicting views from the Middles East and Palestine (after drawings by William Henry Bartlett).
Vol. I (first two parts): [2] leaves, 80 pp + [37] engraved plates; 76 pp+ [37] engraved plates. Vol. II (third part): 100 pp, [2] leaves + [48] engraved plates. 27 cm. Gilt edges. Good overall condition. Stains. Tissue guards are lacking. Pen- inscriptions on endpapers. Original bindings. Defects and tears to bindings. Spine of first volume is torn (open tears) and partly detached. Front binding of first volume is loose. Open tears to spine of second volume.
2. The Christian in Palestine, or, Scenes of Sacred History, Pictorial and Descriptive by Henry Stebbing. London: George Virtue, [1847]. English.
Survey of different sites in the country, mainly sites with significance to Christianity. Accompanied by 72 engraved plates (including a title page) after drawings by William Henry Bartlett. Seven engraved plates are lacking.
[2], vi, 234 pp + [72] engraved plates (out of 79. Missing seven plates), 27 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains. Pen-inscriptions on front endpaper. Damaged binding (covered with clear adhesive cover film). Front cover is partly detached and the back cover is detached.

Three books featuring engravings and photographs - views in Palestine.
1. A Series of Twenty-Four Views illustrative of The Holy Scripture Selected from Sir Robert Ainsley's Celebrated Collection of Drawings. London: R. Bowyer & M. Parks, 1833. English.
Volume with twenty-four engravings depicting sites in Palestine and the vicinity. The engravings were done after drawings by Luigi (Ludwig) Meyer for the British diplomat and orientalist Robert Ainsley during his service as the ambassador of Britain to the Ottoman Empire.
[1] leaf, [24] engraved plates, 38.5 cm. One leaf may be missing in the beginning of the book. Good condition. Foxing. Some tears at margins of leaves not affecting the engravings. Trimmed margins to some leaves. New binding, with slight defects.
2. D'alger a Constantinople, Jerusalem–Damas, by Ch[arles] Lallemand. Published by Ancienne Maison Quantin, Paris and J. Gervais-Courtellemon, Algiers, [1894?]. French. A travel book to Jerusalem and Damascus, with photographs by French photographers Charles Lallemand and Jules Gervais-Courtellemont.
[3] leaves, 129 pp, [3] leaves + [22] photograph plates (one plate in color), 32.5 cm. Good condition. One leaf is lacking (no.55-56). Leaves half-detached. Lacking one tissue guard. Original binding, restored, stained and slightly unraveled at margins.
3. La Palestine, by Jérôme et Jean Tharaud. Paris: Editions Alpina, 1930. French.
Numerous photographs by different photographers, most of them by Bonfis and a few by American Colony photographers, Jules Richard and more. Some are integrated into the text while others appear on separate plates.
159 pp + 8 plates. Good condition. Dark tissue guards, loose signatures. Worn binding, partly detached.

Carte de visite photograph by the photographer Alexander Rosenthal, Jerusalem, [c. 1880s].
A portrait photograph pasted on a cardboard card with the details of the photographer printed on the verso: "M. Alex. Rosenthal… a Jerusaleme".
Apparently, Alexander Rosenthal was the son of a Jerusalemite Jew who converted to Christianity. He studied in England and upon his return to Jerusalem, opened a photography studio with M. Martinowicz. Very few photographs by Rosenthal and Martinowicz are known.
Literature: Focus East, by Nissan Perez (New York, 1988), pp. 78, 194, 212.
Card: 6.5X10.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains.