Auction 80 Part 1
Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Jun 29, 2021
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 162:
"Mission to Phoenicia" by Ernest Renan – Atlas Volume – Paris, 1864
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"Mission to Phoenicia" by Ernest Renan – Atlas Volume – Paris, 1864
Mission de Phénicie [Mission to Phoenicia], edited by Ernest Renan. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1864. French. Atlas volume only.
A large volume with 70 printed plates (some double or folding and some in color) with drawings, sketches and maps, documenting archeological findings discovered by Ernest Renan's expedition to the cities of Phoenicia (Syria and Lebanon).
Ernest Renan (1823-1892), French historian of religion, historian, philologist and archeologist. In 1860, he headed a scientific expedition on behalf of Emperor Napoleon III, which accompanied the French Expeditionary Force to Syria and Lebanon (during the Mount Lebanon civil war and the massacre of Christians by the Druze). The expedition conducted a survey of the historical sites of Phoenicia and its findings were published in the two volumes of "Mission to Phoenicia" – the present atlas volume and a text volume (see Kedem catalog 60, item 47).
[3] ff + [70] plates. 52 cm. Good condition. Foxing throughout the volume. Worming to inner margins (not affecting plates. The book was fumigated). Binding with leather spine. Blemishes and small tears to binding.
