Colonel Sir Charles W. Wilson - Jerusalem. The Holy City / Sinai & the South. Intr. by Zev Vilnay

Colonel Sir Charles W. Wilson - Jerusalem. The Holy City / Sinai & the South including a short description of the Negev. Introduction by Zev Vilnay - Jerusalem - Ariel Publishing House - [ca. 1975] - 1st edition - 2 parts - [4],120,[4]; [12],154,[2] pp - Hardcovers with dust jacket - 22 x 28 cm.

Condition: Good set - the dust jackets with wear.

Facsimile reprint of 'Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt' Vol. I & IV (1880); two 19th century picture books on the Holy Land (Palestine, Jerusalem, etc.). Illustrated with reproductions of the original wood and steel engravings. With list of illustrations and 'Appendix: Petra and Mount Hor'. Text in English. Hardback edition.

Series 'A selected library of classical works on the Holy Land'. Charles William Wilson (1836-1905) was a British soldier / archaeologist who served in the English Army. With descriptions and images of:

¶ The Jaffa Gate, The Tomb of David, The Zion Gate, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, The Ecce Homo Arch, the Mosque of the Knights of the Crescent, The wailing-place of the Jews, the Dome of the Rock, the Mosque el Aksa, The Garden of Gethsemane, the Grotto of Jeremiah, Wâdy Mukatteb, Arabs, the Chapel and Grotto of Elijah, Ma'yan Músa (the spring of Moses), the rock-cut tombs of Petra.