Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Part I
Eight German Reference and Research Books – Geography and History of Palestine – Germany, 19th- 20th Centuries
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Eight reference, travel and research books dealing with the geography and history of Palestine and its surroundings. Germany and Palestine, 1845-1963. German.
Including:
• "Palästina, historisch-geographisch mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Helmuthschen Karte für Theologen und gebildete Bibelleser" [Palestine, Historic-Geographic… for Theologians and Educated Bible-Readers], by the Orientalist Friedrich August Arnold. Halle (Germany): Eduard Anton, 1845.
• "Die Topographie Jerusalem's" [The Typography of Jerusalem], by Wilhelm Ludwig Krafft, a theology professor at the Bonn University. Bonn: H.B. König, 1846. Includes two folded hand-colored plates (out of seven) – a map of Jerusalem and a sketch of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
• "Occident und Orient, eine kulturgeschichtliche Betrachtung vom Standpunkt der Tempelgemeinden in Palästina" [West and East – a Cultural-Historical Examination, from the Standpoint of the Templer Community of Palestine], by Christoph Hoffmann (1815-1885), the founder and spiritual father of the Templer community, one of the founders of the German Colony in Haifa and Jerusalem. Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, 1875. First edition.
• "Durch Syrien und Kleinasien, Reiseschilderungen und Studien" [Through Syria and Asia Minor, Travelogues and Studies], by Roman Oberhummer and Heinrich Zimmerer. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1899. With a folding map and 16 picture-plates.
• "Bibliotheca geographica Palaestinae", catalog of writings by travelers and pilgrims who visited Palestine between the years 333 and 1878, by Reinhold Röhricht. Published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1963.
• And more.
Size and condition vary.
Including:
• "Palästina, historisch-geographisch mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Helmuthschen Karte für Theologen und gebildete Bibelleser" [Palestine, Historic-Geographic… for Theologians and Educated Bible-Readers], by the Orientalist Friedrich August Arnold. Halle (Germany): Eduard Anton, 1845.
• "Die Topographie Jerusalem's" [The Typography of Jerusalem], by Wilhelm Ludwig Krafft, a theology professor at the Bonn University. Bonn: H.B. König, 1846. Includes two folded hand-colored plates (out of seven) – a map of Jerusalem and a sketch of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
• "Occident und Orient, eine kulturgeschichtliche Betrachtung vom Standpunkt der Tempelgemeinden in Palästina" [West and East – a Cultural-Historical Examination, from the Standpoint of the Templer Community of Palestine], by Christoph Hoffmann (1815-1885), the founder and spiritual father of the Templer community, one of the founders of the German Colony in Haifa and Jerusalem. Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, 1875. First edition.
• "Durch Syrien und Kleinasien, Reiseschilderungen und Studien" [Through Syria and Asia Minor, Travelogues and Studies], by Roman Oberhummer and Heinrich Zimmerer. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1899. With a folding map and 16 picture-plates.
• "Bibliotheca geographica Palaestinae", catalog of writings by travelers and pilgrims who visited Palestine between the years 333 and 1878, by Reinhold Röhricht. Published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1963.
• And more.
Size and condition vary.
Palestine Travelogues, Maps and Prints, Research Expeditions to the Middle East, Palestine Guidebooks
Palestine Travelogues, Maps and Prints, Research Expeditions to the Middle East, Palestine Guidebooks