Syria And Palestine

Bartlett, William Henry. Engraved by T. Jeavons. [Syria, Holy Land, Asia Minor] Approach to Caipha, Bay of Acre, Coast of Palestine (caption title). [ORIGINAL STEEL ENGRAVED PRINT]. London, Jackson, Fisher, (1836).

Original single-sheet steel engraving of a very fine quality. Overall size ca. 215 x 270 mm. Image size ca. 130 x 190 mm. A two-line caption engraved at bottom in elegant handtooled open-face and italic types. Engraved Artist's and Engraver's signatures underneath image. Engraved Publisher's line below. The print is in its original state, trimmed and gilded on three sides. It is printed with warmer ink, somewhat more dramatic in mood, with fine, crisp detail, subtlety and elegance. In overall fine condition. (Light marginal spot or two, not affecting image.) Preserved in pH-balanced, acid-free Renaissance archival paper. - - A delicately executed steel engraving, representing a major illustrative work on 19th century Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor. William Henry Bartlett (born London, 1809) was one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled extensively throughout Britain, the Americas, and the Middle East, producing his work on location. In 1854 he made his last trip to the Holy Land; he died of fever on board a French ship on his return voyage to England. Bartlett's primary concern was to extract the picturesque aspects of a place and render "lively impressions of actual sights", as he wrote in the preface to "The Nile Boat" (London, 1849). His work became widely known through the numerous engravings after the original drawings and paintings he made. The interest in these engravings today is as much for the exquisite quality of the rendering and presentation of the architecture of the period, as it is for the representation of the landscape. Published in 1836 by Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co. of London, it was originally accompanied by descriptions written by John Carne.

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DE L' ISLE, Joseph-Nicolas (or DELISLE). Treatise on a map of Syria, posthumous published to complete a preceding map on Palestina Memoire sur trois cartes nouvellement publiees en Juillet 1764, destinees a servir de suite a la carte de l' ancienne Palestine ou Terre-Sainte, publie l' annee derniere; Scavoir: 1. Une carte particuliere de la Syrie, ou seulement de la partie septentrionale a la Palestine. 2. Une carte plus generale de la Syrie, qui comprend en meme tems la Palestine avec les pays voisins, pour servir a l' histoire des croisades, etc. 3. Une carte encore plus generale & plus etendüe pour la recherche de la situation du paradis terrestre. Paris, Imprimerie Veuve Delatour, 1764.
First edition of a treatise on three maps of Syria by Joseph-Nicolas De l' Isle (1688-1768). These maps are a follow-up of the map of ancient Palestina or the Holy Land published in 1873, and are all three also made by Joseph-Nicolas's brother Guillaume De l' Isle (1675-1726) in 1718 and published posthumous. Syria was often in war with Palestina and is therefore often reffered to in the Holy Books. To be able to fully understand those Holy Books, Joseph-Nicolas judged it important to have knowledge of Syria as well as of Palestina. The last page of the work contains the approbations. Joseph-Nicolas took service in Russia where he became friends with Peter the Great and together with Kirilov produced the first Russian atlas, <I>Atlas Russicus</I>, 1745. In Russia he founded the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. He returned to Paris with an important map collection. Guillaume was one of the most prominent figures at the beginning of the 18th century. It is said that at the age of eight he already could draw maps, and he was regarded as an infant prodigy. In 1699 he produced a map of the world, maps of the four continents and two globes, terrestial and celestial. He was elected member of the academy in 1702 and in 1718 made "Premier Geographe du Roi".
Fine copy.
Conlon 64:1002; Tooley, <I>Dictionary of Mapmakers</I>, p. 395; not in Tobler nor Pastoureau; this title not in NUC.

4to. Contemporary half brown calf, spine gilt with ornamental flowers, red morocco title label lettered in gold. With woodcut vignette on title and a large woodcut head-piece. 15, (1) pp.

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Paton, Lewis Bayles: The Early History of Syria and Palestine, New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1901 ; fester Einband / hard cover ISBN: noisbn
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302 pages including index. Plus ads in the rear. With maps, all present as called for. Part of the Semitic Series. A history of ancient Syria and Palestine, discussing the earliest inhabitants, the Babylonians, the Amoritic and Canaanitic migration, Egyptian rule and other topics. In VERY GOOD condition with general fading and minor scuffing to the covers Heavy fraying to the head and foot of the spine, with some loss of cloth. Minor soiling and light edgewear. Interior clean and solid with minor foxing to the endpapers. Two or three pencil tick marks in the margins within. No Jacket Hard Cover

[SW: Syria Palestine Amorites Babylonians]

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Lumby, Christopher: Cook's Traveller's Handbook To Palestine, Syria & 'Iraq Sixth Edition With eight maps and plans by Bartholomew, Palestine Exploration Fund Map of Excavated Sites, and an Appendix with two sketch maps on the Monuments and Sites of Palestine, published by Simpkin Marshall, LTD , London , 1934
, sunned on the spine and top cover, gilt titles rubbed, small tears on some of the maps, interior clean, the book is in good plus condition , red cloth, gilt tiltes

, 512 pages, five colour maps four folding, plans also with colour and black and white, index, appendix and publisher's advertisements at the end Lumby, Christopher, Cook's Traveller's Handbook To Palestine, Syria & 'Iraq Sixth Edition With eight maps and plans by Bartholomew, Palestine Exploration Fund Map of Excavated Sites, and an Appendix with two sketch maps on the Monuments and Sites of Palestine approximately 17.5 x 12 cm Hardback Sixth Revised Edition

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