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LOT 317:
Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places in Eretz Israel and the Vicinity – Facsimile with Notes by Cecil Roth – London ...
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Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places in Eretz Israel and the Vicinity – Facsimile with Notes by Cecil Roth – London, 1929
The Casale Pilgrim, A Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places Reproduced in Facsimile, With Introduction, Translation and Notes by Cecil Roth. London: Soncino Press, 1929. English.
A facsimile of good quality of a Hebrew manuscript: an illustrated guide to holy places in Eretz Israel and the Vicinity written in the 16th cent. by an unknown writer of Italian origin. English translation, introduction and notes by Cecil (Bezalel) Roth (1899-1970), Jewish-British historian who specialized in Jewish history and was famous for his collection of Jewish art. Printed in 580 copies. This is copy no. 24. Original parchment binding, elaborate, on the front appears the book title handwritten in fine letters. Gilded upper page cutting. Heavy paper of good quality. [2], 91 pp, 25.5 cm. Good condition. Tears at margin of leaves, some professionally restored.
