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Russell, Rev. Michael. 1781-1848.. Palestine or The Holy Land, from The Earliest Period to The Present Time.. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1837.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 400 pp, frontispiece folding map, 9 engraved plates to include wood engraved vignette on half- title page, modern brown cloth, tight and clean, index, blind stamp on title page, pencil note on front fly leaf, otherwise copy in good condition, fourth enlarged edition. Michael Russell, a British clergy and a voluminous author. For many years he was a contributor to the “ Encyclopedia Metropolitana”. He published several books on North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, and the Holy Land. An account of the constitution, the antiquities, the religion, and the literature of the Hebrews, with a narrative of their history in the Holy Land. It contains rich topographical description of the Holy Land, drawn from the works of numerous travellers and pilgrims, and a chapter on the land's natural history in relation to the Scriptures. Bibliographic reference: Rohricht p. 366. #27730.

Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Witney, United Kingdom

Russell, Michael. Palestine or the Holy Land from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1837.

Price: US$325.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo. 400pp. Original decorated brown pebbled leather with elaborate gilt and colored tooling. All edges gilt with yellow endpapers. Enlarged fourth edition of Rev. Michael Russell's combination travelogue and history of Palestine. This work exemplifies 19th century English Protestant fascination with the Holy Land in the lead up to the Balfour Declaration. Includes foldout map of Palestine in the front and 9 engravings throughout the book. Inscription from previous owner on front free endpaper. Edges rubbed. Map slightly foxed. Overall in good condition.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.