Palestine et Syrie: Manuel du Voyageur par K. Baedeker.  
  Avec 18 cartes, 44 plans et un panorama de Jérusalem. Deuxième Édition.  

 
Author Baedeker, Karl
Place of Publication Leipzig
Publication Name Karl Baedeker
Year 1893
Language(s) French
Description
RARE second edition of the Baedeker travel guide to Palestine and Syria from the period of the Ottoman Empire`s decline. Contains 18 maps, 44 plans and 1 fold-out photographic panorama of Jerusalem. 160x110mm. CXVIII+442 pages. Red cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover and spine worn and stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Cover edges bumped. Spine hinges partly cracked. Some plans and maps worn with tattered edges/hinges and/or have glued whitepaper on verso, or are taped. White strips of tape between front inner cover, whitepage and title page. Binding slightly visible on rear inner over. Front whitepage edges tattered. Pen writing on title page upper edge. Fold-out panorama of Jerusalem missing one of its parts. Some pages slightly age-stained. Corner of few pages wrinkled/creased. Pages yellowing and partly water-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare copy of the 2nd edition of the legendary Baedeker travel guide to Syro-Palestine on the verge of 20th century has suffered some damage, but is otherwise in good reading condition.
Price
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Catalog Index Number MS 15 46


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