Description:
Osborn, Reverend Henry S. (1814-1895) Palestine, Past and Present. Philadelphia: Challen & Son, 1859.
Octavo, illustrated with the portrait frontispiece, the full-page steel engraving of Tyre, four of the five "chromographic engravings" called for on the contents page (lacking the flowers of Palestine),and the large folding map, bound in purple blind-stamped publisher's cloth, the spine quite sunned, chipped at the head with loss, the map torn, with wear along the folds resulting in some separation, some areas of browning, 9 1/2 x 6 in.
Estimate $200-300
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