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Palestine Explored. With a View to Its Present Natural Features, and to the Prevailing Manners, Customs, Rites, and Colloqu[i]al Expressions of its People, which Throw Light on the Figurative Language of the Bible by Neil, James
London, James Nisbet, 1907. 8vo. Pp. x, (ii), 319, (2) publisher's ads. Frontispiece. With 5 full-page illustrations and one sketch map of Jerusalem and environs. Footnotes, indices. Hardcover, original decorated green cloth, spine gilt. In a very food condition. (Stamps to front flyleaf.) Handsome copy. Twelfth edition. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy, with her bookplate pasted onto front paste-down. Neil, the author of the successful 'Pictured Palestine', has lived in Jerusalem from 1871 to 1874, and became familiar with the land and its peoples. He returned in 1875 to travel both Egypt and the Holy Land, where he had concluded his writing. .
- Bookseller: Librarium of The Hague
(NL)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 1354
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: London, James Nisbet, 1907
- Keywords: Palestine studies history historical Biblical Palästina Palestina Holy Land Jewish Judaism Christianity Islam Muslim Israel ancient early Middle East Levant Heiligen Lande Bible Testament Illustrated illustrations
- Subjects:
HISTORY / Middle East / General;
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