Victor GUÉRIN. The Holy Land. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie - Lot 128

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Victor GUÉRIN. The Holy Land. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie - Lot 128
Victor GUÉRIN. The Holy Land. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1882–1884. 2 volumes, large quarto, red percaline cloth with the publisher’s decoration. Vicaire, III-1148 /// I. Engraved title page, (2f.)-468, 20 plates, one map / II. Engraved title page, (2f.)-512, 18 plates, 3 maps. A compilation of two separate works by Victor Guérin, under the general title *The Holy Land*. The first is devoted to its history, memories, sites, and monuments, and the second to western and southern Palestine, Lebanon, Phoenicia, Petra, Sinai, and Egypt. 40 steel-engraved plates, including 2 title plates, and 38 plates drawn by Fenn (19), Woodward (13), Werner (3), Harper (2), and Beavis (1), engraved by Cousen, Crew, Wilmore, …, 4 maps drawn by Hausermann, including 3 double-page maps, and countless woodcut illustrations within the text.
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