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Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

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Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

by Oliphant, F. R

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Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1891.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 161, 24, publisher's catalogue. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's green cloth lettered in black, spine gilt, bevelled edges; some pencil underlining. In about fine condition. A lovely copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. [PROVENANCE:] With a manuscript dedication in contemporary hand to top of half-title: "A la nostra Signora (?), dall' autore," with an unclear signature. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy, with her bookplate. Previously in the collection of the Dutch Institute for the Near East, with a bookplate to that effect inside cover and a stamp to verso of title-page. Francis Romano Oliphant (1859-1894), the younger son of the painter Francis Wilson Oliphant (1818-1859), was born in Rome after his father's death. He graduated from Oxford in 1883. In 1891 he published his "Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land" which originally appeared in the form of letters addressed to the "Spectator", to which he was a frequent contributor. He later aided his mother in the preparation of her "Victorian Age of Literature", published in 1892. F-5 OUT

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Bookseller
Librarium of The Hague NL (NL)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
Author
Oliphant, F. R
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - .
Quantity Available
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Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1891.
Keywords
PALESTINE TRAVEL TRAVELS TRAVELLERS TRAVELERS PILGRIMS PILGRIMAGES EXPLORERS EXPLORATION PALÄSTINA PALESTINA HOLY LAND JEWISH CHRISTIANITY CHRISTENDOM CHRISTIANS ISRAEL ANCIENT EARLY MIDDLE EAST LEVANT HEILIGEN LANDE BIBLE BIBLICAL TESTAMENT NOISBN
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A Pilgrimage to Palestine: Early Travellers in the Holy Land;

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