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Price: US$342.29 + shipping
Description: 4°, Stahlstich-Titelblattillustr., IV, 234 S., 1 gestochene Karte. u 78 Stahlstichtafeln (davon eine doppelblattgross), OLwd goldgeprägt der Zeit, Rundumgoldschnitt, Vorsätze erneuert, alter Rücken montiert, Ecken etwas berieben. Innen etwas stockfleckig, 3 Blätter mi Flecke, papierbedingt gebräunt - insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Erste Auflage William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854), britischer Illustrator, der vor allem für seine zahlreichen Stahlstiche bekannt ist. Eine von Bartletts Besonderheiten war, dass er für seine Landschaftsstiche immer selbst zu den entsprechenden Orten reiste und nicht mit Skizzen arbeitete wie die meisten seiner Kollegen. Er fuhr nach Nordamerika, in den Nahen Osten und in europäische Länder. 2500 gr. Schlagworte: Reisen - Naher Osten, Orient
Seller: antiquariat peter petrej - Bibliopolium AG, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Complete added engraved title, map, and 78 engraved plates, most of them by William Henry Bartlett. Half-morocco and pebbled cloth, spine gilt in compartments, corners and spine rubbed with some losses, all edges colored red; interior joints partially detached, text toned, occasional browning and foxing. First edition of an exquisitely illustrated and extremely important travel book detailing the history, culture, and religions of Israel and Palestine. Travel to the Holy Land was becoming increasingly popular in the nineteenth century, and this particular work provided an extensive visual representation that gained great attention in America, Great Britain and the Continent. Stebbing strives to describe the topographical scenes as accurately as possible, peppering in historical details when appropriate. Stebbing ( 1799-1883) was a preacher, historian, poet, and editor who is most well known for his works on the church and his work with booksellers in London. As chaplain to the King, he published a number of attacks on leading religious figures. Bartlett (1809-1854), a noted British artist and steel engraver, began his career by sketching the landscape and topography of Great Britain for the architect John Britton. His later traveled to Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, and eventually North America, producing thousands of drawings that were used to illustrate his own works as well as books such as this one.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Stebbing, Henry. The Christian in Palestine. George Virtue, London, 1847.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: With 77 plates and map. Lacking the double page plan of Jerusalem. Front outer hinge cracking. Plates with very light marginal foxing but generally clean.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: frontis (map), engraved 2nd title, 78 plates (including a double-page plate of Jerusalem), [2], iv, [2], 234p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 28cm. Extremities rubbed (some fraying). Scuffing. Minor foxing (including some on the double-page plate). Armorial bookplate (Henry Parsons).
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: contemporary ½ calf with marbled boards, spine with 5 densly gilt and blind tooled compartments of raised bands, green morocco lable on two. All edges marbled, marbled paste down and free endpapers, Size : 4to, Contains 79 steel engraved plates depicting various scenes in the Holy Land., References : Rohricht 2156, P. engraved title, blank, title, blank, preface iii-iv, contents, plate listing, 1-234
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada