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72 3346 Middle East Velde C W M van de 72 3346 Middle East Velde C W M van de 72 3346 Middle East Velde C W M van de 72 3346 Middle East Velde C W M van de 72/3346 [Middle East]. Velde, C.W.M. van de. Le Pays d'Israel. Collection de cent vues prises d'apres nature dans la Syrie et la Palestine par -. pendant son voyage d'exploration géographique en 1851 et 1852. Paris, Ve. Jules Renouard, 1857, 88p., 98 (of 100) tinted/ col. lithogr. views/ plates and 1 map, contemp. gilt hmor., large folio. - Contains 1 unnumb. plate and 97 plates no.1-29, 31-73 and 75-99 (lacks the lithogr. title (plate no. 74) and plate 30). Vague waterstain in lower (blank) corner throughout, not affecting any of the plates; some sl. occas. foxing (mainly in blank margins); first blank lacks lower corner. Upper joint partly split; backstrip repaired; corners and spine-ends sl. worn; covers sl. soiled. = Tobler p.184; Navari, The Blackmer Coll. 1723: "According to Van de Velde (...) only 300 copies were printed, and of these a certain number (not specified) were proof copies (...). The proof copies (...) are much taller then ordinary copies, and the plates are printed on card. They also include a plan of Jerusalem which is not numbered and which is not included in the ordinary format". Our copy measuring 57x40 cm., with the plates printed on thick paper, but without the plan of Jerusalem. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.