Historische und geographische Beschreibung von Palästina nach seinem ehemaligen und gegenwärtingen zustande [Historical and Geographical Description of Palestine…], by Willem Albert Bachiene. Kleve and Leipzig: G.C.B. Hofmann, 1766-1775. First edition. Complete in six volumes. German.

A study of the geography of Palestine. With twelve folding engraved maps, most of them hand-colored: Map of Canaan; map of Palestine, delineating the territories of the Twelve Tribes; map of the United Kingdom of Israel; map of Palestine as it was in the lifetime of the author; two maps of Jerusalem and the vicinity, and more.

Six volumes: • Part I, Vol. I (1766): [16] ff., 439, [6] pp. + [1] map. • Part I, Vol. II (1768): [1] f., 443, [9] pp. + [2] maps. • Part I, Vol. III (1769): [3] ff., 506, [4] pp. + [4] maps. • Part II, Vol. I (1770); bound with Part II, vol. II (1771): XXXII, 452, [4] pp. + [2] maps; [1] f., 410, [4] pp. • Part II, Vol. III (1773): [1] f., 470, [4] pp. • Part II, Vol. IV (1775): [1] f., 403, [51] pp. + [3] maps. Approx. 19.5 cm. Overall good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Tears to edges of some maps. A few leaves loose or detached. Four volumes in contemporary leather covered bindings; two volumes in non-original bindings (with cloth spines).