Stanley Arthur Penrhyn, “Sinai and Palestine: In Connection with Their History”, London, John Murray, 1857. Tall 8o, (22x15cm), half title, pp.lviii,550. Complete with 5 woodcuts and 7 rare folding chromolithograph maps covering: 1.Diagram of elevation of Mount Sina, 2.Egypt, 3.Mount Sina, 4.Map of the traditional Sina, 5.Palestine, 6.South of Palestine, 7.Plain of Estraelon and Galilee. All plates published separately in 1857 and inserted in the book. Fine period half leather with red edges, a clean and fine copy. First printed in 1856, the current 4th edition is significantly enriched with the set of chromolithograph maps and is one of the earliest examples of publications that apply this complex and expensive technique to present cartographic information. The map plates can be considered as probably the earliest chromolithograph maps of the Middle East. Stanley extensively travelled in Sinai and Palestine in 1852 and 1853, finally reaching Lebanon and Damascus, composing a very accurate account of the visited lands.