Description Geographique, Historique et Archeologique De La Palestine Accompagnee De Cartes Detaillees
by Guerin, Victor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Crozet, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Amsterdam: Oriental Press, 1969. All 7 volumes are reprints of the 1868 Paris edition. This is a major reference work,(in French) on this region, with several volumes containing folded facsimile maps from the original edition. A few of the covers show some edgewear and rubbing, but generally a very good set with uniformly tight binding and clean text. Appears barely used.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2175
- Title
- Description Geographique, Historique et Archeologique De La Palestine Accompagnee De Cartes Detaillees
- Author
- Guerin, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Oriental Press
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Maps, Map, Mapping, Cartography, Geography, Palestine, Israel, Holy Land , Fr
- Bookseller catalogs
- H. Books--Travel & Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
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About the Seller
The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
Biblio member since 2005
Crozet, Virginia
About The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books is owned and operated by Joel & Deborah Kovarsky. We first opened in 1998, but have had a decades-old interest in old maps, books, and paper, stemming from a comparable long-standing interest in how knowledge is used. Our business is run via the internet. We do not run an open shop, however we do welcome visitors by appointment only. Before attempting a visit, please contact us. We are a specialty business, dealing in antiquarian maps and related books (atlases, history of cartography, selected reference books, etc.). Please feel free to contact us for specific inquiries.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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