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COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET with NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS on wood and steel with views of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Galilee, Damascus, Palestine and the ruins of Egypt. Edited by Sir Charles William Wilson (1836-1905), an eminent British military officer and geographer who in 1864 worked on the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem where he identified the eponymous Wilson`s Arch, and served as chairman of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Authors include Col.Wilson, Rev.Canon Tristram [Henry Baker], Lieut.Conder, Rev.Dr.Selah Merrill, Philip Schaff, Miss M.E.Rogers, Rev.Dr.Samuel Jessup, Lieut.-Col.Warren, Prof.Palmer, Rev.C.Pickering Clarke, Stanley Lane-Poole. [ALL VOLUMES]: 330x260mm. [X+240]+[VI+240]+[X+240]+[X+236] pages. Illustrated brown gilt Hardcover. Text block edges gilt. Cover, spine and text block edges stained. Cover edges somewhat bumped. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Several first and last pages age-stained. [VOL.I]: Binding slightly visible on front inner cover. Front whitepage wrinkled. Small hole on rear whitepage. [VOL.II]: Spine torn in the middle and bottom edge. Spine upper part tattered and detached from front cover. Binding slightly visible on inner cover and between several pages. Binding loose between pages 66-67. [VOL.III]: Inner cover stained. [VOL.IV]: Cover coming loose. Front cover bottom part loose from binding. Spine partly missing and torn. Spine bottom part partly detached from front cover. Front inner cover stained. Rear whitepage bottom part partly torn. Binding visible on inner cover. [SUMMARY]: These extremely rare four volumes are otherwise in good condition. The plates with the exquisite views of all important sites of the Holy Land, Palestine and Egypt are accompanied by excellent historical-geographical accounts by the foremost authorities in the field. All plates are in very good condition!