Sinai and Palestine; In Connection with Their History
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1875. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-lviii, [3], 4-560, [2] pp. Contemporary brown pebbled leather; prize binding with a gold decoration on the front board, gold lettering and decorations on the spine, gold tooling to the boards' edges and turn-ins; all edges gilt. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece map and six additional maps, some fold-out, some full-page, all in color, and with five black and white full-page woodcuts. Ibrahim-Hilmy 257. Oxford DNB, P.C. Hammond, "Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (1815–1881)". Written by a theological historian who traveled up the Nile in 1852 - 1853. First published in 1856, Stanley's history was a popular success. His publication describes his time in Egypt, Palestine, Damascus, Syria, Jerusalem, Lebanon, and other places significant to early Christianity. Beautifully illustrated. Very Good. Item #00009963
Minor rubbing to the extremities, particularly to the front joint; prize binding presentation pasted on the front pastedown, from King's College London to William Turner [Wyman?] for Evening Divinity Classes for the Winter of 1876-7.
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