Victor Guérin - La Terre Sainte

Superb edition in its superb publisher's binding and illustrated with an impressive number of engravings, including 22 steel engravings as plates and 310 wood engravings in the text. This monumental volume condenses the observations, research, and impressions of one of the greatest French explorers and scholars of the 19th century – Guérin, archaeologist and historian, traverses Palestine with scientific rigor and a gaze imbued with spirituality, describing with precision the biblical landscapes, the antique vestiges, the religious monuments, and the local traditions – The work stands out for its encyclopedic ambition: it blends travel narrative, historical erudition, scriptural references, and meticulous descriptions of the sites, offering the reader a vision that is both scholarly and sensitive of the Holy Land – This work illustrates the importance of sacred geography in 19th-century culture, where the Holy Land was seen as a place of universal memory, and it remains today a precious testimony to the state of monuments and traditions before the upheavals of the 20th and now the 21st century – Victor Guérin - La Terre Sainte. Its history, its memories, its sites, its monuments - 1882 - E. Plon et Cie - 512 Pages. Good condition of the binding, the work in its full morocco binding ornamented with its original publisher's binding (sign. A. Lenègre, Souze plaque), first board with gold and black decoration and a central floral motif, the work in its publisher's binding, rubbing from use, headbands and corners worn, beautiful gilded edges, spine with raised bands richly ornately gilt, title and author's name gilded, blind-stamped borders framing the back board with a central gold motif – Good interior condition, some foxing, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a fine vignette, the work enriched with 22 steel engravings off-text and 310 wood engravings in the text, endpapers in good condition, a pleasing copy – Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –

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