Lot 17
The Jerusalem Catalogue of Palestine Plants – Jerusalem, 1912 – American Colony
The Jerusalem Catalogue of Palestine Plants. Jerusalem: Fr. Vester & Co. (store of the American Colony, Jerusalem), 1912. English. Third edition, revised.
Catalogue of the plants of biblical Palestine, "from Dan to Beersheba", published by the American Colony, Jerusalem. The catalogue lists many species of plants, and contains references to standard botanic books, such as those by Linnaeus and Boissier.
45, [1] pp. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to edges of several leaves. Inner margins of some of leaves reinforced with paper. Many pencil markings. Non-original binding, worn.