Hierozoicon, Sive bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturae, by Samuel Buchart. London: Excudebat Tho. Roycroft... impensis Jo. Martyn et Jac. Allestry, 1663. Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two parts in one volume.
French scholar and priest Samuel Buchart's (1599-1667) notable work, in which he attempts to identify biblical animals based on a variety of ancient sources: The Holy Scriptures, Near Eastern literature and Greek and Latin sources. First edition, with four illustrations of animals (in-text illustrations) and the author's portrait.
Part I: [48] ff., 1094 columns, [64] pp. + [1] plate (author's portrait); Part II: [4] ff. (bound out of order, at the end of the book), 888 columns, [56] pp. Approx. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Embossed stamp on title page of part I. Stains, creases and worming (mostly minor, without damage to text). Some leaves partly detached, with marginal tears. Fine vellum binding, blemished and worn, detached (along with flyleaves). Spine missing.

Jüdisches Ceremoniel [Jewish Ceremonies], by Paul Christian Kirchner. Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, [1730s]. German.
Detailed description of Jewish customs and traditions in 18th century Germany, by Paul Christian Kirchner. Illustrated with 30 engraved plates (all, except the frontispiece, folding), depicting various scenes such as laying Tefillin (phylacteries), the ceremony of halitza, Sabbath and holidays in the synagogue, etc.
The work was first published in 1716, without the engravings. Kirchner converted from Judaism to Christianity several years prior to writing his book, in the foreword to which he stated his intent to convince other Jews to convert to Christianity as well.
The present edition is similar to the 1724 edition, edited by Sebastian Jacob Jungendres, who corrected mistakes and toned down some of Kirchnerws more vehement remarks. The imprint date is only partially indicated, reading "173". The present copy includes a handwritten addition of the digit 6, making the year "1736".
[5] ff., 226, [26] pp., [30] engraved plates (all but two bound after text), 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears to several plates, not affecting prints. Card boards, worn; abrasions to spine, with losses.

Set of 200 stereographic photographs showing the people, sites, and landscapes from all across Palestine, along with a handbook with explanations regarding the photos, a booklet of maps, and a hand-held stereoscope. All products of Underwood & Underwood.
• 200 stereographic photographs, housed in two book-shaped boxes. The photos – meant to simulate a tour of the Holy Land – present a diversity of landscapes from all across the Land of Israel, including such places as Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, the Judean Desert, Jericho, the Jordan and the Dead Sea, Judea and Samaria, and more, highlighting the numerous sites that characterize these places as well as the people who live there. The photographs are all numbered and titled.
Approx. 18X9 cm.
• The book "Palestine Through the Stereoscope, " by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut and Charles Foster Kent. Published by Underwood & Underwood, [1914]. English.
The book offers a "guided tour" of the Holy Land, using the abovementioned 200 stereographic photographs. It contains explanations regarding the sites and landscapes appearing in the photos, narrated by the character of a tour guide. Each of the book's four parts is devoted to a distinct region of Palestine, and each part offers two different types of "tour, " one regular tour of the one hundred most important sites in the country, and another tour of a hundred additional sites.
A booklet containing 11 maps (some folded) of Palestine and its sites is inserted into a special pocket attached to the back board of the binding.
XXVI, 319, [7] pp., 19 cm. + booklet of maps, 16.5 cm.
• Wooden hand-held stereoscope, with folding handle.
Maximum length: approx. 31 cm.
Also enclosed: Colored stereoscopic photograph of Jerusalem's Tower of David (published by T.W. Ingersoll?).
Condition varies. Overall good condition.

Egypt and Palestine, photographed and described by Francis Frith. London and New York: James S. Virtue, [1858-1859]. English. Two parts in one volume.
76 impressive photographs of Palestine and the area in the mid-19th century (the first part of the book comprises 37 photographs and the second 39 photographs, all are dated 1857).
The photographs are mounted on the leaves of the books; each photograph is followed by a tissue guard and a leaf with information on the photographed site. The photographs include: views and sites of Palestine – Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Nablus, Hebron, the Dead Sea, Tiberias, the Banias, and more, as well as views and sites of Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.
Francis Frith (1822-1898), British photographer and traveler, one of the most important early photographers of Palestine. In 1856 he set sail for Alexandria, and in the course of about four years undertook several photographic expeditions in the Near East. Due to the local conditions, Frith had to carry the equipment from site to site on donkeys, and develop the negatives right after he has taken the photographs, in tents which served as darkrooms. His photographs of Palestine are considered the first professional photographs of the country.
[4], [37] ff. + [37] plates with photographs; [39] ff. + [39] plates with photographs. 44 cm. good condition. Stains (primarily marginal). Marginal tears to a few leaves, not affecting text or photographs. Binding worn, with blemishes. Front board and endpapers detached. Spine partially detached. Abrasions to binding and spine edges.