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RARE! This book was published by the British authorities at the end of their mandate over Palestine and was meant to record the urban development of Jerusalem during the British rule, as well as the state of nature in and around the city in light of it`s growth. For these purposes the book presents 14 folding maps that mainly show schemes of the city in different years and from different viewpoints. Also included are b&w photographic plates and color plates depicting sights, buildings, scenes and people in Jerusalem, as well as many fold-out figures, maps and charts. The book also includes a b&w photographic frontispiece of Jerusalem and a separate folding map of the Old City. 305x250mm. XI+123 pages. Light green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover and spine yellowing/faded and stained/age-stained. Cover corners and edges bumped. Spine worn. Spine edges bumped and tattered. Spine front hinge partly cracked. Text page edges/corners age-stained. Text pages yellowing. Pages dog-eared. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare historical document of the British Mandate era, of immense interest to architects and scholars of Jerusalem and British-ruled Palestine, is otherwise in good condition.