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1897 The Historical Geography of the Holy Land
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Description
Colour Plates, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The scarce U.S. edition, this being the seventh thousand.
Illustrated with a colour folding map to the frontispiece, three colour folding maps, and one map.
One colour folding map present to the pocket to the rear.
Collated, complete.
George Smith's detailed study of the historical geography of the Holy Land, a wonderfully insightful work relating the history of Israel and the early church.
Smith was a pioneering Assyriologist, translating one of the oldest known written works of literature 'Epic of Gilgamesh'.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Bumping to the spine and extremities, a little loss and lifting to the head of the spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges are starting but firm. Rear hinge is repaired with tape. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with some odd spots. Folding maps are a little torn and discoloured. The occasional ink note to the margins.
Good
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