Description: P A L E S T I N EArabia and SyriaThe Landscape / Architecture / Life Of The PeopleA very beautiful photographic record of full page photographs (in high quality photo gravure technique) featuring topography, remarkable sites, architecture and people of Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq,Kuwait, Mesopotamia, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Covering many famous places from north like Diyarbekir inTurkey or Aleppo in Syria to the arabian peninsula in the South like Sanaa or Mocha in Yemen to the eastlike Muscat in the Oman.This precious book was not affordable by too many people at that time.And there is no other book of that time which comes close to the printing quality of that title.The photographs are by famous photographers Lehnert and Landrock and Dr. Karl Gröber!Photographs titled in English, Italian, German, French and Spanish.From the series "Orbis Terrarum" , a series of early photobooks portraying the regions of the world.Note: Shipping to United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia is no problem! You are welcome!Hardcover322 pages, german text- 304 sepia photos in rotogravure printing- 18 pages introduction and index of photographs- 1 map of Palestine- 1 map of Arabia- Gilt lettering and decorationIn good exterior and good interior condition.With the rare Original Dust Jacket included, which is tattered. Boards and spine slightly sunned, faint foxing to edges, mild foxing to prelims and rear free endpaper, and occasionally to some page margins, otherwise ok.All pages are complete and tight in the binding.Approx/Measurements: 12-1/4" x 9-3/4" ~3.8 lbs.from Dr. Karl Grober and Lehnert & Landrock, CairoPublished by Ernst Wasmuth A.G., Berlin 1925Table of Contents:Jerusalem - Citadel, Mount of Olives, Mount Zion, Place of the Temple, Church of the Holy Sepulchre,Valley of the Kidron, Castle of David, Patriarchs Pool, Chapel of the Agony of the Virgin, Golgatha, Chapel ofthe Invention of the Cross, Gordons Grave of Christ, Chamber of the Last Supper, Dome of the Rock, Dome ofthe Chain, El Aksa Mosque, Golden Gate, Wailing Place of the Jews, Gate of Herod, Via dolorosa, Ecce Homo-Arch, Gate of St. Stephen, Dung Gate, Damascus Gate, Gate of Zion, Church of the Tomb of the Virgin,Jacobs Tomb, Pool of Siloah, Garden of Gethsemane, Chapel of the Ascension, Valley of Johoshaphat, Tombof Absalom, Grotto of St. James, City Wall, Grotto of Jeremiah; Bethlehem - Church of the Nativity, Birthplaceof Christ; Tomb of Rachel; Pools of Solomon; Artas; Gardens of Solomon; Bethany; Hebron - Haram; Gaza;El-Arish Oasis; Desert of Judah; Khan; Mount Quarantana; Nebi Musa - Tomb of Moses; The Jordan - Placeof Christs baptism; Jericho; Dead Sea - El-Kerak; Maan; Gerasa; Transjordania; Wadi en-Nar; Mar Saba -Monastery Church, Tower of Eudoxia, Chrysorrhoas Chapel; Nabulus - Chan, Chapel of the Rijal elAmud; Jenin; Jacobs Well; Samaria - Herods Hippodrome, Ruins of Herods Palace, Ruins of the Church of St. John,Mosque in the former Crusaders Church; Hauran; Cana; Nazareth - Church of the Annunciation, Marys Well;Capernaum; Tower of Ramleh; Mount Tabor; Tiberias; Scene of the Sermon on the Mount; Lake ofGennesaret - Magdala, Place where the Five Thousand were fed; Mount Carmel - Grotto of Jeremiah; Acre -Casemates; Jaffa; Mschatta; Hoesn Suleiman; Tyre; Sidon - Kalaat el-Bahr, Kalaat el-Muezzeh; Beirut;Lebanon; Damascus - Omaiyade Mosque, Tomb of Saladin, Mosque of Sultan Selim, Grave of Fatima;Baalbek - The Great Stone, Acropolis, Temple of the Sun, Temple of Jupiter; Tripoli; Aleppo - Citadel;Palmyra; Diyarbekir - Great Mosque; Chidr Elias; Urfa; Tigris; Hisn Kef; Arbela; Takrit; Halebiye; Euphrates;Babylon - Ishtar Gate; Assur - Jebel Chanuke, Zikurat; Birs - The Borsippa of the Ancients; Nimrud;Nebi Yunus - Mosque of Jonah; Mosul; Hatra; Kerkuk - Coloured stone mosque; Samarra; Ctesiphon; Kerbela -Mosque of Sidna Husein; Sheikh Adi; Baghdad; Muscat; Kuwait City; Radaa; Garriye el Galil; Sanaa - El Djosegarden; al-Hajar; Mocha; Medina - Tomb of the Prophet; Taiz; Mecca - Pilgrims before the Kaaba; Jeddah;Mount Sinai - Jebel Musa, Sinai Monastery, Monastery of St. Catherine, Chapel of the Burning Bush,Confession Steps; Arabian Desert - Wadi el Hsa; Petra - Rock Tombs.Shipping Options Free Worldwide Airmail shipping from Germany with recorded deliverydewabit
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Topic: Middle East
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Special Attributes: Illustrated, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Language: German
Original/Facsimile: Original
Region: Middle East
Place of Publication: Germany
Year Printed: 1925
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
