1714 Palaestina ex Monumentis Verteribus 2 volumes antique VELLUM PALESTINE ILL

Reland, Adrianus.

Palaestina ex Monumentis Verteribus Illustrata

2 volumes

Guilielmi Broedelet, Trajecti Batavorum (Utrecht), 1714

The 1st edition of this description and geology of Palestine


Size 6 1/2 by 8 1/4"

additional engraved title,
letterpress titles printed in red & black with printer's engraved device,
folding engraved portrait,
four folding engraved maps,
six single-page engraved maps,
two folding engraved charts,
one folding engraved plate,
one large folding table,
few engraved illustrations to letterpress,
light toning,
manuscript ink library number to titles,
19th century Bristol Baptist College library stamps to front endpapers, 

Original vellum binding, spine to volume 1 torn with significant loss, small area of spine to volume 2 torn with slight loss,

Bindings soiled

Text in Latin
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Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaen Reeland/Reelant, Hadrianus Relandus) (1676 – 1718) was a noted Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist
Even though he never left the Netherlands, he made significant contributions to Middle Eastern and Asian linguistics and cartography, including Persia, Japan and the Holy Lands.
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