WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84], 4 volumes, 4to, engraved titles with vignettes, 39 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary half roan. FIRST EDITION. (4)
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WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt ... Assisted by the Most Eminent Palestine Explorers. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84]. 4 volumes, 4to (323 x 250mm). Additional engraved titles with vignettes, titles printed in red and black, 39 engraved plates after Harry Fenn and J. D. Woodward, wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, maps (occasional spotting and staining). Contemporary dark burgundy half roan and pebbled boards gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Blackmer Greece and the Levant 1817; Creswell Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam 70. (4)
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