Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
William Henry Bartlett – Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem / Jerusalem Revisited – With Illustrations – London, 19th Century
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William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854), two books on Jerusalem. Both illustrated with steel engravings after Bartlett. English.
1. Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem. London: A. Hall Virtue & Co., [1850?].
Written following Bartlett's visit to Jerusalem in 1842. Illustrated with 29 steel-engraved plates: engraved title page, maps of Jerusalem (folding plates), illustrations of the Western Wall, the Pool of Siloam and Mount Zion, and more. Additional in-text illustrations.
VIII, [2], 255, 8 pp. + [29] plates, approx. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Fine, gilt-decorated boards. Minor blemishes to boards; tears to spine.
2. Jerusalem Revisited. London: A. Hall Virtue & Co., 1855.
Illustrated with 22 steel-engraved plates, including an engraved title page and a panoramic view of Jerusalem (folding plate).
VIII pp., [2] ff., 202, 18 pp. + [22] plates, 25.5 cm. Engraved plate from another book attached to p. 17. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Tears to edges of folding plate. Gilt-decorated boards. Minor blemishes to boards; tears to spine. Bookplate and labels to inside boards.
1. Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem. London: A. Hall Virtue & Co., [1850?].
Written following Bartlett's visit to Jerusalem in 1842. Illustrated with 29 steel-engraved plates: engraved title page, maps of Jerusalem (folding plates), illustrations of the Western Wall, the Pool of Siloam and Mount Zion, and more. Additional in-text illustrations.
VIII, [2], 255, 8 pp. + [29] plates, approx. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases. Fine, gilt-decorated boards. Minor blemishes to boards; tears to spine.
2. Jerusalem Revisited. London: A. Hall Virtue & Co., 1855.
Illustrated with 22 steel-engraved plates, including an engraved title page and a panoramic view of Jerusalem (folding plate).
VIII pp., [2] ff., 202, 18 pp. + [22] plates, 25.5 cm. Engraved plate from another book attached to p. 17. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Tears to edges of folding plate. Gilt-decorated boards. Minor blemishes to boards; tears to spine. Bookplate and labels to inside boards.
Maps, Travelogues and Studies on Palestine – Engravings
Maps, Travelogues and Studies on Palestine – Engravings