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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Palestina - Bernatz , Johann-Martin

Palastina. Neues Album des heiligen Landes, 1868

Estimate

€ 250 - 500

Sold

€ 333

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Stuttgart, JF Steinkopf, 1868. In 4 ° oblong. Illustrated frontispiece, frontispiece and preface printed in 3 languages, followed by 50 full-page lithographed and colored plates, depicting views of the most important localities, based on drawings taken from life by. M. Gernatz and other engravers, each protected by original tissue paper, also includes a double-page panorama of Jerusalem, 2 albumin prints from Damascus and Beirut, missing the large map of Palestine at the end of the volume, sporadic blooms, original binding in green half leather, plates framed by dry-stamped frame, on the front the inscription "Palaestina" engraved in gold, slight defects.

Specialist Notes

Most complete edition of this fascinating work that came & nbsp; first published in Stuttgard in 1839 with only 40 cards and with the text in only two languages and no photographs.