Das heilige Land und die heiligen Stätten, Ein Pilgerbuch in ausgewählten Bildern mit erläuterndem Texte (The Holy Land and the Holy Places, a Book for Pilgrims in Selected Pictures and Descriptive Texts)
München: Vogelsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. vi. 356pp. 3/4 Leather over decorated marbled boards with gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. 1" closed tear to head of spine. Minor scuffing to boards and leather. Corners slightly worn. Decorated page edges. Stamp to free front endpaper: "Hans Stenglein. No 34." Magnificent frontispiece, depicting different Biblical symbols within gilt lettering. Splendid travel and pilgrimage book that serves as a time piece. Delightfully illustrated with 24 full-page aquatints of paintings, 1 lithograph and 54 toned woodcuts depicting various places in the Middle East. Text in German, Gothic script. In very good condition. vg. Item #14063
Price: $500.00