Palestine Old Testament Map (4 results)

First Edition. Worn copy with some slight tearing to the folds. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 map. Subjects; Palestine Historical geography Map. Palestine Bible 1894 Map. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Worn copy with some slight tearing to the folds. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 map. Subjects; Palestine Historical geography Map. Palestine Bible 1894 Map. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Colour map backed on to linen, 38 x 61cm, folding down into illustrated tan wraps 12 x 20cm. Map very good with some wear at the folds, and pinholes to corners. Wraps about very good with creasing to the edges and previous owner's contemporary details to the front ("N Pearson(?) / 1944 / Jerusalem"). Compiled, drawn and printed under the direction of F.J. Salmon, Commissioner for Lands & Surveys Palestine 1938; Photo-zincography by Survey of Palestine Jaffa 1938; Reprinted with minor changes, May 1944. Collaborators in compilation include Pere Abel of the Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise, Dr Glueck of the American School of Oriental Research, Prof Klein of the Hebrew University Dept of Antiquities, and the British School of Archaeology. There is the qualification "Some of the identifications are controversial". The map is on a scale of 1:500,000, with an inset continuation on the same scale for Southern Palestine. Features include remains of interest, cities of refuge, and altitude colouring. The ornately decorative border is based on ivories found in the ruins of Ahab's Palace at Samaria, with a different seal identified for each of the corners. The front wrap features an illustration of Abraham's oak at Hebron. Worldcat and Jisc record editions during 1938-72, of which this is a scarce early, possibly 2nd, edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Map backed on to linen, 37 x 61cm, folding down into illustrated tan wraps 11 x 20cm. Very good with some wear at the folds. The map is on a scale of 1:500,000. Photo-zincography by Survey of Palestine Jaffa 1938, reprinted with minor changes, May 1944. Compiled, drawn and printed under the direction of F.J. Salmon, Commissioner for Lands & Surveys Palestine 1938. Map.