Guerin (victor) - The Holy Land. His Story, His Memories... Plon, 1882-1884.

GUERIN (Victor) - The Holy Land. Its history, its memories, its sites, its monuments. The Holy Land. Western and Southern Palestine, Lebanon, Phoenicia, Petra, Sinai, Egypt. Paris, Plon et Cie, 1882-1884; folio, II-468, 512 pp., editor's binding in full red shagreen executed by A. Lenègre from a plate by A. Souze, spine with 5 raised raised bands, gilt edges. Abundantly illustrated book: 2 frontispieces and 42 steel-engraved inset plates after H. Fenn and Woodward, a double-page map of Jerusalem. Woodcut vignettes. Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Dams, Great Hermon massif, Palmyra, Galilee, Baalbek. Victor Guérin (1821-1890) made numerous trips to the Greek islands, Asia Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon and especially Palestine. Tolerant, he was also cautious and will try to convince France that “in the East almost all political questions become religious questions at the same time. This work is an overview of the author's travels in the East. Beautiful condition.