Picturesque Palestine Sinai & Egypt 1882, Issue No. XXVII
This travel and exploration age publication is lavishly illustrated with numerous engravings on steel and wood plates from original drawings by Harry Fenn and F.D. Woodward.
Theme of this issue is PHILISTIA {within Palestine}.
It "was a confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, and for a time, Jaffa." Wikipedia
One plate on heavy mat india paper has a view of PHILAE Temple, on the island in the Nile River.
Many images of Zorah, Valley of Elah, Ashdodn, Ascalon and more sites mentioned in the Old Testament.
The softcover is printed in blue on heavy matte (india) paper and the pages are thick india wove paper. Much appreciated in its day judging by the reviews published on the back cover (see images below).
Size approximately:
13 1/8" x 10 1/4" (33.3 x 26 cm)
24 pages
With many engravings illustrating the Holy Lands of the Nile, Sinai and Judea.
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