Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Holy Places…, an elephant folio work of 1865 that sold for a treble-estimate £45,000 at Sotheby’s (25/20/12.9% buyer’s premium) on November 14, was a rare and complete proof copy of a monumental book of Palestinian views recognised as one of the scarcer colour-plate books on the Middle East.
A two-volume proof copy of the first edition, it contains a map of Jerusalem and 31 chromolitho plates after paintings by Carl Werner, all mounted on card. The accompanying descriptive text is by the Rev George R Gleig.
The 10 original parts were in a later binding but with the original printed stiff yellow card wrappers bound in.