El-Khuds, the Holy; or, Glimpses in the Orient
Philadelphia: James Challen & Son, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). xii, [13]-475, [1], [4]pp (Publisher's advertisement). Modern black cloth, with gold lettering to spine. All paper edges gilt. Tissue guarded color frontispiece.
A native Virginian, William Mason Turner (1835-1877) attended Brown University, from which he received a Ph.B. degree in 1855. Following Brown, Turner enrolled in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for a three year course of study. After completing his studies in medicine, Turner made a tour of Europe and the Middle East with a group of fellow doctors. His travel journal, entitled El-Khuds, the Holy; Or, Glimpses in the Orient, relates his adventurous 2-month journey in the Middle East, and his coming back to Paris (February 14, 1859 to April 12, 1859).
This work is complete with its 16 striking lithographs on ten tissue guarded plates (including frontispiece) depicting the Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem), Valetta (Island of Malta), the Wailing Wall (Jerusalem), House of Simon the Tanner in Jaffa, Jaffa from the Steamer, the Tower of Ramleh, a view of Ramleh, Modern Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Tombs in the Valley of Josaphat, Bethlehem, Bethany, The Tomb of Rachel, Street of the Christians in Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Ecce Homo Arch.
Ex library copy with bookplate on inside of front cover, notice at rear, and stamp at upper and lower paper edges. Stamp to title, on inside of title page and at lower margin of dedication (not affecting lettering). Previous owner's gift inscription dated 1882 to the Smithsionian Institution at upper margin. Some offsetting to tissue-guards. Binding in very good, interior in good to very good condition. g to vg. Item #43750
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