RARE LIMITED EDITION of 4000 copies. COPY #3832 of richly illustrated historical account of the Holy Land by members of the Académie Française, the brothers Jérôme and Jean Tharaud. 335x250mm. 159 pages. Half-leather marbled Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Cover and spine rubbed and slightly scratched. Cover corners slightly peeling. Binding slightly loose and visible on inner cover. Pen inscription on page 5 upper edge/corner. Pages 69/70 and 71/72 edge torn (14&32mm) - no damage to text. Some full-page plates protected by semi-transparent wax paper sheets. Pages slightly yellowing and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare limited edition copy of a book on the Land of Israel, with numerous contemporary photographs of the British-ruled Palestine, is in good condition.