Palästina in Bild und Wort, Nebst der Sinaihalbinsel und dem Lande Gosen [Palestine in Picture and Word. Including the Sinai Peninsula and The Land of Goshen (Egypt)], edited based on the English edition by Georg Ebers and Hermann Guthe. Stuttgart and Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, [ca. 1883-1884]. Two volumes (complete set). German.

A German edition of the book Picturesque Palestine (New York and London, 1881-1884), edited by Egyptologist and novelist George Ebers and scholar Hermann Guthe.
A comprehensive collection of articles about the history, geography and archeology of Palestine and its surroundings, and about the Jewish, Muslim and Christian residents of the area, written by renowned British scholars (such as Charles Wilson, Henry Baker Tristram, Charles Warren and others). The articles are accompanied by two (steel) engraved plates, three large color maps (a map of Jerusalem, a map of Palestine and a map of Sinai and Egypt) and more than 500 in-text illustrations (wood engravings). The engravings, depicting the views and inhabitants of Palestine and its surroundings, were made after works by Harry Fenn and John Douglas Woodward.
Fine, gilt-decorated bindings.

Vol. I: VIII, 520 pp. + [1] engraved plate and [2] maps (double-spread plates); Vol. II: [III]-VI, 474 pp. + [1] engraved plate and [1] map (double-spread plate). Missing blank leaf at the beginning of Vol. II. 37.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Wear and minor tears to bindings.