RARE FIRST EDITION of the COMPLETE SEVEN VOLUME SET of the classic historic-geographic account of the Holy Land by the eminent French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist Victor Guérin (1821-1891). Guérin visited eight times in 1852, 1854, 1863, 1870, 1875, 1882, 1884, and 1888 and won a French Academy of Sciences prize for his 7-volume Geographical, Historical, and Archaeological Description of Palestine. Much of Guérin`s seminal work is spent in describing the ruins (khirbas) in those places he visited. Contains maps. 7.4kg. [ALL VOLUMES]: 250x180mm. [VIII+407] + [408]+ [402] + [467] + [440] + [530] + [563] pages. Brown cloth Hardcover with gilt brown leather spine. Cover, cover corners/edges and spine hinges rubbed and somewhat stained. Text block edges and extreme pages age-stained. Pages yellowing, wavy and slightly age-stained. [VOL.1]: Spine torn/tattered and partly missing. Binding slightly visible on rear inner cover. [VOL.2]: Binding slightly visible on front inner cover. Ink inscription on front whitepage. [VOL.3]: Cover corners slightly peeling. [VOL.4]: Binding visible on front inner cover. Ten last pages creased. [VOL.6]: Front whitepage edges worn. Rear whitepage upper corner and fore edge torn-out. [VOLS.5,6&7]: Cover detached. Spine missing and tattered. Ink inscription on front whitepage.