Auction 31- Numismatic, Rare coins, Banknotes, Unique Maps

1880 Picturesque Palestine by Colonel Sir Charles Wilson, set of 4 volumes +1, Original black- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, all edges gilt. Size 9.75 x 13.25 inches with 100’s steel plates & 1000's wood engravings to text. First edition, / Limited 294 / , Publisher J.S.Virtue and Co. Limited. London. n.d. ca1880 pictorial survey of the Holy Land and Egypt, with lovely additional engraved title pages, 39 fine full-page steel engravings and over 600 in-text wood-engravings. In very good condition. The authors describe the countryside, buildings, towns and cities, and the people of Palestine, Sinai and Egypt as they were in the late 19th century and then part of the Ottoman Empire. The fifth book was published as a supplement to the set and concentrates on the lives of Egyptian people. Some wear. Estimate $150-300