La terre saincte, ou Description topographique tres-particuliere des saincts lieu & de la Terre de Promission, by Eugene Roger. Paris: Antoine Bertier, 1646. French.
Eugene Roger, a French Franciscan priest, visited the Middle East in the early 19th century and even lived in Palestine. This book introduces first-hand accounts of the life in Palestine at the time (the days of Fakhr al-Din II, the emir of the Druze and the governor of Lebanon and Northern Palestine), of the varied communities (Jews, Christians and Muslims) and of holy sites and other places he visited. The book refers to Jewish settlements, including Caesarea and Arsuf, which were not mentioned in other sources (see: "On Our Settlement in Palestine in the 17th Century" [Hebrew], Yitzchak Ben Zvi, in: Zion 4, volume 7, issue 3, 1941/1942, pp. 156-171).
The book is illustrated with many engravings depicting the residents of the country (including Fakhr al-Din II), views and holy sites, including Solomon's Temple, Rachel's Tomb, The Tomb of the Prophet Muhammad, and more.
[9] ff., 166, 169-206, 211-252, 255-258, 263-440 pp, [16] ff. Missing 6 leaves (pp. 167-168, 207-210, 253-254, 259-262, including several engravings). Approx. 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears, affecting text, restored with paper. Ink notations and scribbles. Worming, slightly affecting text. Leather-covered card binding, with gilt impressions. Blemishes and tears to binding.

Des fürtrefflichen jüdischen Geschicht-Schreibers Flavii Josephi sämtliche Wercke [Selection of Works by the Great Jewish Historian Josephus Flavius]. Tübingen: Johann Friedrich Cotta, 1735. German.
Selection of the writings of Josephus Flavius, translated into German. Illustrated with twelve engraved plates (some of them folded): a map of Palestine, a map of Jerusalem, the vessels of the Tabernacle, Roman coins, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and more.
[5], 3-28, 20, 736, 212, 178, 12, 34 pp. (mispagination in several places) + [8] large engraved plates (two of them folded) and [4] small engraved plates; approx. 35.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Worming to first and last leaves. Tears along the edges of several leaves (one restored). Long tears to one of the engraved plates. Leather-covered binding, with blemishes, tears and wear. Partly detached.

Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, Oder: Reise-Buch über die ganze heilige Schrift [Travel Book Through Holy Scriptures], by Heinrich Bünting. Erfurt, Germany: Johann David Jungnicol, 1757. German.
The book entitled "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae", written by the German priest, theologian, and cartographer Heinrich Bünting (1545-1606), was first published in 1581. Since then, it was reprinted in multiple editions and translated into a host of different languages. It was, in its day, the most complete and comprehensive of the available accounts regarding biblical geography. The present copy represents a newer edition of the book, with numerous addenda and modifications that do not appear in earlier editions. This particular edition was printed by the publisher Johann David Jungnicol in Erfurt, Germany, first in 1752, then again in 1754, and, for the third time, in 1757 (this edition).
The book deals for the most part in chronicling the journeys through the Land of Israel of the main characters of the Bible. In addition, the book ncludes essays and studies on the history, chronology, and geography of the Land of Israel as documented in sacred texts (with a separate title page to each section).
The book contains 39 engraved plates (9 of them folded) – one opposite the main title page, and 38 more, including maps (of the Mediterranean Basin, Holy Land, Nazareth, Damascus, and other subjects), various illustrations (the Temple, Tabernacle, Temple vessels, the High Priest, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, coins, and more), imagined portraits of the Twelve Apostles, and more.
24, [16], 496 pp; [3] ff., 298; 112; 102; 378; 14 pp. + [38] engraved plates (9 folded; additional engraving [frontispiece] included in page numbering), 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, including foxing (several leaves and engraved plates with numerous stains. Tears to edges of several leaves, with no damage to text. Tear to length of map of Holy Land, affecting engraving; paper reinforcement from behind. Minor tears and blemishes to edges of additional plates. Old notations in margins. Vellum-covered binding, stained and worn, slightly loose.

Letters from Palestine: descriptive of a tour through Galilee and Judaea: to which are added, letters from Egypt, T.R. Jolliffe. London: Black, Young and Young, 1822. English. Two volumes.
Letters by British traveler Thomas Jolliffe, documenting his odyssey across Palestine and Egypt (the first volume comprises letters sent by Jolliffe to England from Palestine, and the second – letters he sent from Egypt). These volumes are illustrated with nine engraved plates – illustrations of places visited by Jolliffe (The Mount of Olives, Jehoshaphat Valley, the pyramids of Giza, and more), a map of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and two folding plans of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The volumes contain addendums, including a historical review of the Ottoman Empire, a biography of Ali Pasha (1740-1822), who ruled the Pashalik of Yanina in the late 18th century, and a comprehensive description of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Vol. I: XII, 258 pp. + [6] plates; Vol. II: VII, 230, [1] pp. + [3] plates. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Uneven edges. Several unopened sheets. Pen notations on inside front boards. Card bindings, with leather spines, slightly worn. Tears to spine, some of them open.

Maps of Palestine and Asia, three hand-colored woodcuts from "Cosmography" by cartographer Sebastian Münster; part V, "Von den Ländern Asie" (From the Countries of Asia) [Basel: Sebastianum Henricpetri, 1592]. German.
1. Map of Palestine. The shoreline runs from south Anatolia to the Nile Delta. Two insets with text. Woodcut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525-1571), signed in the plate with the initials RMD.
2. Map of Asia Minor (the Asian part of Turkey).
3. Map of the Caucasus (between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea).
Leaves: 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and tears, some of them open, reinforced with strips of paper and tape. Small wormholes to margins of leaves.