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Picturesque Palestine / edited by Col. Sir Charles W. Wilson ... assisted by the most eminent Palestine explorers, etc. ; with numerous engravings on steel and wood.

Accession number
PML 146359-61
Creator
Wilson, Charles William, Sir, 1836-1905.
Published
London : J.S. Virtue, [1880-1883]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"In three volumes".
Added illustrated and engraved t.p. in each volume.
The first 3 volumes, here issued entire, of a work ultimately comprising a total of 4 volumes and originally issued in parts from 1880-1884.
Illustrated with 33 steel engraved plates, map, and numerous wood engraved illustrations throughout the text.
Steel engravings by S. Bradshaw, C. Cousen, A. Willmore, E. Brandard, J.C. Armytage, J.J. Crew, Alfred Krausse, C. Bertrand, W. French, J. Saddler, and J. Godfrey, after drawings by H. Fenn, J.D. Woodward, H.A. Harper, C. Werner, and R. Beavis.
Vol. 1: x, 240 p., [10] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 240 p., [12] leaves of plates; v. 3: vi, 240 p., [12] leaves of plates (incl. map).
Includes indexes.
Description
3 v. : ill., folded map ; 34 cm.
Provenance
Arms of Samuel Charles Allsopp; bookplate of Clapton Crabb Rolfe; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Blue morocco tooled in gilt with the arms of Samuel Charles Allsopp, by Zaehnsdorf.
Classification
Department