Palestine; Or, the Holy Land

£95.00

RUSSELL, Michael (1781-1848) SKU: 13991

With a Narrative of the Visits and Researches of Recent Travellers, and an Account of the American Expedition to the Jordan and Dead Sea

London: T. Nelson and Sons,, 1857.

New edition (no copy of this edition listed with COPAC), with the preface from the fourth edition (dated 1837) and another preface dated 1849. Demy 12mo (180 x 120 mm); 505 pp. 8 engraved plates including an additional titlepage, well foxed, and a folding map of Palestine. Contemporary full tan calf, black morocco label to spine, gilt. All edges and endpapers marbled. Eton school prize inscription, dated 1860. A handsome copy of an uncommon edition.