Description: 1859 3 V Palestine, Lebanon, Syria; Holy Land Travel Land and the Book The Land and the Book, or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery, of the Holy Land by William Thomson Harper & Brothers "Southern Palestine and Jerusalem," "Central Palestine and Phoenicia," "Lebanon, Damascus and Beyond Jordan." Account of their tour through the Holy Land. Originally published in 1859, "The Land and the Book" is a captivating account of the author's experiences during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land undertaken in 1857. Thomson is accompanied by an unnamed individual whose questions enable the author to recount his experiences and illustrate stories from the Bible. They set out from Beirut in January riding South to Sidon and Tyre from where they cut inland and arrived in Palestine via the Hula Valley. They visited Safad, Tiberias, Nazareth and Jenin before returning to the coast at Caesarea and South to Jaffa, Ashdod and Gaza. From Gaza they turned North via Bayt Jibrin, Hebron and Bethlehem ending the journey in Jerusalem. This book is splendidly illustrated throughout Hardcovers in Good Condition: No loose or missing pages, no water damage. No highlighting or underlining. Ex-library book with usual markings. Notes written in margins of 4 pages. Covers have minor surface wear, spines and corners bumped. One index page in v. 2 is loose at top, still firmly attached at bottom. Name written neatly inside, dated 1906. Light age-tanning to pages throughout. Books look presentable. 1991 pages total, 1885, 9x7" k-batch-255 brown
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