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HOLY LAND
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Famous Maps of the Holy Land — Based on Sources Now Lost
Adrichem (a.k.a. Adrichom), Christiaan van. Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis. [colophon: Coloniae Agrippinae: Officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1590]. Folio (38.5 cm; 15.125"). [6] ff., 286 pp., [15] ff.; [12] fold. or double-page engr. maps.
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12 folding or double-page engraved maps filled with small details, including sea monsters. The text, printed in roman type in double-column format, contains as lagniappe a chronology from Adam to 1585, the year of the author's death, and on pp. 145–81 his “Urbis Hierosolymae,” a listing of 270 landmarks in Jerusalem. 
An interesting “guide book.”
Provenance: Early inked inscription of Francisci Rolland on title-page with another owner's signature scratched out; later in the “Palestine Institute” at the Pacific School of Religion (properly released).
A marvelous series of maps and a well-researched text. (36911)
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Grammars & Language StudiesAlting, Jacob. Jacobi Altingi ... Fundamenta punctationis linguae sanctae, cum necessariis canonum, locorum S. Scripturae & vocum irregularium indicibus. Francofurti ad Moenum: Sumptibus viduae beati Knochii et J.G. Eslingeri, 1746. 8vo (18 cm; 7.25"). 3 parts in 1 vol. I: [8] ff., 385, [1] pp., [3] ff., [1], 7 pp. [30], [24] ff. II: [2] ff., 122 pp. III: [8] ff., 31, [1], 32, 88, 57–176 pp.
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• This edition not in VD18. Modern light brown paper-covered boards with paper spine label. Ex-library with faint blind-pressure stamp on title- and one other leaf and librarian's pencil notations on verso of title-page. Scattered foxing, occasional stray stain. Overall a good, solid, clean copy. (33597)
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A Liberal Panamanian Politician in the Holy Land Arosemena, Domingo. Sensaciones en oriente, o, impresiones bíblicas de un granadino en la Tierra Santa. Nueva York: Imprenta de Robert Craighead, 1859. 8vo (19.5 cm, 7.75"). Frontis. port., viii, 373, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the images for enlargements.Why his account was printed in New York is not explained, butit is probable that he was in exile. There seems to be no other edition of the work. One suspects Arosemena bore all of the publication costs, meaning the print run was small, chiefly for friends, family, and a few others. This would also explain why only five U.S. (NYPL, UChicago, UKansas, Harvard, Vanderbilt) and seven foreign institutions (Oxford, Universidad Pontifica del Peru, British Library, Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, Institute Catholique de Paris, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) report ownership of the work (as per WorldCat).
• Not in Palau. Publisher's blind-embossed brown bead-textured cloth, covers with central oval containing a blind-stamped kneeling figure (which it is tempting to see as Christ in the Garden of Gethsemene); spine faded. A label carelessly removed from front free endpaper. Light foxing to fore-edges. Otherwise, very good. (38585)
Antiquities of the JewsIllustrated Josephus, Flavius. The works of Flavius Josephus. Containing, I. The life of Josephus, as written by himself. II. The antiquities of the Jewish people; with a defense of those antiquities, in answer to Apion. III. The history of the martyrdom of the Maccabees; and the wars of the Jews with the neighbouring nations till the final destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman power. IV. Account of Philo's ambassy from the Jews of Alexandria, to the Emperor Caius Caligula. London: Pr. for Fielding & Walker by Henri Lion, 1777–78. 4to (27.2 cm, 10.75"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., 719, [1] pp. (lacking list of subscribers); 44 (1 fold.) plts., 7 maps (1 fold.). II: Frontis., [2], 644, [28 (index)] pp.; 16 (of 17) plts.
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69 copper-engraved plates (out of 70 called for), including a number of maps, all engraved by several different hands after the work of various artists.
• CBEL, II, 1492; ESTC T112662; Lowndes 1236; Schweiger, I, 179. Period-style quarter mottled calf with marbled paper–covered sides, leather edges blind-tooled, spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Front fly-leaf of vol. II with 19th-century inked gift inscription. Vol. I lacking list of subscribers; vol. II lacking one plate (“The Death of Caius Caesar”). Light to moderate spotting and staining throughout; some offsetting to and around plates. One leaf torn from outer edge, narrowly missing text. 
A sound, handsome set fine for working or playing with. (35380)
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Standing in a “New Light” — ARCHAEOLOGY'S ImplicationsKerr, Thomas. Pick and shovel explorations. A series of Sunday evening lectures. Rockford, IL: Morning Star Printing, 1890. Small 8vo. 40 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. NUC and WorldCat locateonly the copy at the Rockford, IL, public library.
Evidence of Readership: Pencil notes on front wrapper, pencil notations in some margins and some underlining; “no” appears next to several assertions about “scientific discoveries” as to Akkadian; and a paragraph of 18 lines on p. 37 is completely, neatly excised (costing lines on verso also) — though whether the clipping was done for posting/sharing (or for “preservation” in a scrapbook), or as an act of censorship, is unknowable.
• Original printed wrappers; “evidence of readership” as above. Very good. (34323)
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In Sabin, But NO America?Lilius, Zacharias. Zachariae Lillii vicetini Orbis breviarium. Fide compendio ordineq[ue] captu: ac memoratu facilimum: felix et gratus legito. [Paris]: Veneunt in Gormotiana libraria e regione Colegii Coquerettici ad insigne geminarum cipparum, [1515]. 4to (19 cm, 7.5"). [95 of 98] ff. (lacking final 3 prelim. ff.).
Click the images for enlargements.gorgeous decorative initial at the start of each new section — except for sections of X and Z and a few others, which have unaccomplished guide letters — and an extensive index in double columns following the main text; Jean de Gourmont's sizable device appears on the title-page. There is no mention of the New World in this though it is listed in Sabin, and Henry Stevens in one of his catalogues explains its importance to Americana collectors: “The object of this curious and learned geographical work, originally written just before the discovery of the new continent, seems to have been to post up into one little book all the knowledge and all the ignorance respecting our globe that could be collected from the ancients as well as mediaeval writers, so as to start fair with the new light to be let in by Columbus.”
no copies of this edition held in the United States. First published in 1493, the text went through several editions in 15th and early 16th centuries, and the place of publication and date for this offering have been taken from the privilege statement.
Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
• Sabin 41069; Moreau, Éditions parisiennes du XVI siècle, II, 1099; not in Adams. 20th-century brown cloth, black leather spine label with gilt lettering and ruling, all edges speckled red; ever so gently rubbed, covers with two spots and one scuff, light pencilling and one removed booklabel on endpapers. Light age-toning and dust-soiling, a few small spots, a small hole through title-page and first leaf of text, final leaf repaired; provenance and evidence of readership as above; final three leaves of forematter (only) lacking. Significant content handsomely printed and embellished. (38390)
What They Wore in Biblical Times — Illustrations Supervised by
Benjamin WestSatchwell, Richard. Scripture costume: Exhibited in a series of engravings, representing the principal personages mentioned in the sacred writings ... with biographical sketches and historical remarks on the manners and customs of eastern nations. London: Pr. for Samuel Leigh by W. Clowes, 1819. Large 4to (32.8 cm, 12.9"). [2], viii, 170 pp.; 20 col. plts.
Click the images for enlargements. 20 aquatint plates were engraved by Thomas Lord Busby after Satchwell's drawings and colored by hand; the illustrations are accompanied by extensive biographical and historical commentary. This elaborate production is apparently uncommon in research institutions where its presence might be expected; WorldCat places it in only six U.S. locations including the Library of Congress, one state library, one major art museum, and two great public libraries.
A sturdy. impressive, and eye-pleasing volume. (37244)
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Jerusalem Delivered; the Elizabethan English TranslationTasso, Torquato. Godfrey of Boulogne: or The recoverie of Ierusalem. London: John Bill, 1624. Folio (27.9 cm, 11"). Frontis., [24], [390 of 392] pp. (81/82 excised and replaced in facsimile).
Click the images for enlargements.Provenance: Title-page with early inked inscription: “Phill Wenman”; first page of “The Life of Godfrey of Boulogne” with early inked inscription: “Phi. Wenman his Booke.” Frontispiece verso, title-page, and one other page rubber-stamped by the Holbrook Library of the Pacific School of Religion (properly deaccessioned).
Evidence of readership: Intermittent, generally unobtrusive early inked marginal brackets and marks of emphasis, with one annotation reading simply “Milton” (at “Swift from my selfe I run, my selfe I feare, / Yet still my hell within my selfe I beare”).
• ESTC S117570; Graesse, VI, 35; NCBEL, I, 1103; STC (rev. ed.) 23699. Contemporary mottled calf framed in double blind fillets, rebacked with plain calf, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands; sides predictably acid-pitted. Frontispiece cut down and mounted on contemporary fly-leaf. Institutional rubber-stamps as above, title-page recto with stamped numeral; pp. 81/82 excised and replaced in facsimile. Pages with light age-toning and cockling, occasional small smudges or spots; a few corners bumped. One leaf with tear from upper outer corner, not extending into text; four final leaves with closed tear in inner margin and small hole in text, affecting one to two letters of six lines of text without obscuring sense. A solid copy with appreciable history. (36790)
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