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LOT 57:
Thomas Fuller – A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine – London, 1650 – Engravings and Maps
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Thomas Fuller – A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine – London, 1650 – Engravings and Maps
A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon, by Thomas Fuller. Printed by J.F. for John Williams, London, 1650. English and some Latin.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Bible and the New Testament, by the English churchman, historian and author Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engravings: two frontispiece engravings; 21 maps (most of them on double sheets), including maps of the territories of the 12 Tribes, a map of Jerusalem, and a large folded map of Palestine; seven plates of plans and illustrations depicting the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 34 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Tears at margins of a number of leaves and plates, most of them repaired with pasted paper or adhesive tape (affecting some of the engravings). Some creases, stains and folds. Leather binding, with gilt decorations. Blemishes to binding. Loose binding with restored spine. Adhesive tape to inside binding.
