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Near East.- Jerusalem.- Wilson (Capt. Charles W.) Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, portfolio of plans only, 5 large folding engraved maps, dissected and mounted on linen, edged in blue cloth, all with printed label on verso, some light spotting and soiling, mostly to versos, a little staining to linen backs, small hole to plan of Jerusalem at centre of folds but no loss to maps, with an additional folding map (also on linen and edged in blue cloth but without label), loose as issued with lists of Contents to vol.1 & 3 (soiled & stained) in contemporary half roan folder with flap, title mounted on front pastedown and list of plates on inside of flap, rather worn, folio, 1865. ⁂ The plans portfolio from Wilson's epic survey, the first modern cartographic and archaeological survey conducted in Palestine and undertaken on behalf of the Water Relief Committee with the intention of providing a street-by-street guide to Jerusalem's wells, conduits, cisterns etc. Wilson went on to become a key member of the Palestinian Exploration Fund, involved in several futher surveys in the Middle East. Comprising: Plan of Jerusalem, with Contours; Plan of Jerusalem, Hill Shaded; Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (2, one without label); Plan of Kubbat as Sakhra, the Citadel, &c.; Plan of the Haram, with Contours. The additional map is a revised version of the plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of 1892.