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

1891,"The Holy Land and the Bible". by Cunningham Geike. assell & company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1891. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 27 x 21 x 6 Cm. Illustrated throughout . Original binding with gilt lettering and very attractive picture. Original Illustrations by H.A. Harper. Many illustrations throughout text, Geikie, John Cunningham 1824-1906, religious writer, born in Edinburgh, missionary and minister in Canada and later England."Geikie enjoyed a wide reputation as a writer of popular books on biblical and religious subjects. Spurgeon described him as Ôone of the best religious writers of the age. Scholarly, imaginative, and lucid, his chief writings dealt on orthodox lines with historical and practical rather than with theological themes." Estimate $100-175