Lot 08142

STANLEY Arthur Penrhyn, “Sinai and Palestine In Connection with Their History”, London, John Murray, 1866. 8vo, pp.lviii, 560. Complete with 5 woodcuts and 7 rare chromolithograph maps (3 folding) 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. First printed in 1856, the current edition is significantly enriched with the set of chromolithograph maps presenting an early example of publication that apply this complex and expensive technique to present cartographic information. 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.

Contemporary cloth, rubbed along extremities, sunned the spine, in very fine condition inside. Ex-libris label on pastedown.