Van de Velde, Carol Wilhelm Meredith | Le Pays D'Israel, stunning lithographic views of the Levant

Van de Velde, Carol Wilhelm Meredith

Le Pays D'Israel. Paris: Jules Renouard, 1857

Large folio (545 x 380 mm). Tinted lithograph title, 98 (of 99) tinted lithograph views, and map; lacking plate 74, plate 68 with a mark in pencil, some foxing to the text, occasional light foxing to plates though most are bright and unaffected, occasional marginal annotations in pencil. In half green morocco ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands in 7 compartments, 2nd and 4th gilt-lettered, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; rebacked with original spine preserved, extremities rubbed.

First edition. The present volume includes the frequently missing tinted lithograph title. Van de Velde was a Dutch naval lieutenant and surveyor who visited the Levant in 1851 and 1852, publishing this work on Lebanon, Syria and modern Israel. The views include Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut, Sidon, Hebron, Jaffa, Tyre, the cedars of Lebanon, and elsewhere.

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Blackmer 1721