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Extremely rare history of Jerusalem with the description of the holy sites

[HOLY LAND].
Abregé de l'histoire de la ville de Jérusalem, où on expose succinctement  les états différens où s'est trouvée cette ville, depuis son origine avec les principales révolutions qui y sont arrivées: mais où on traite spécialement de la ville qui porte ce nom par rapport aux mystères de la loi nouvelle, & à l'état où elle se trouve aujourd'hui, &c. Avec l'ordinaire de la messe. Par un missionaire apostolique.

With one folding engraved plate of a city plan of Jerusalem with a printed table of the 49 sites indicated and numbered on the plate, all places relating to the life of Jesus. Interesting engraved head- and tailpieces.

With one folding engraved plate of a city plan of Jerusalem with a printed table of the 49 sites indicated and numbered on the plate, all places relating to the life of Jesus. Interesting engraved head- and tailpieces.

With one folding engraved plate of a city plan of Jerusalem with a printed table of the 49 sites indicated and numbered on the plate, all places relating to the life of Jesus. Interesting engraved head- and tailpieces.



Lille, Van Costenoble, 1769. 8vo. Marbled half calf, spine gilt, red morocco title label lettered in gold. With one folding engraved plate of a city plan of Jerusalem with a printed table of the 49 sites indicated and numbered on the plate, all places relating to the life of Jesus. Interesting engraved head- and tailpieces. (8), XVI, 5-203, (1) pp.

Very rare first and only edition of this abridged account on the history of Jerusalem containing an elaborate description of the Holy sites; an "ouvrage curieux, utile & instructif", written by an anonymous "Missionnaire Apostolique" (perhaps Etienne Dambreville?), who had visited Jerusalem himself. The first part, p. 5-57, is devoted to the description of Jerusalem from its origin till the period the city was destroyed by the Emperor Titus. The second part, p. 58-203, contains an account on Jerusalem at the time of the author's voyage, describing the Holy places such as 'le Jardin des Oliviers', 'le Sepulcre de la Sainte Vièrge', 'la Maison de Pilate', 'le Lieu de l'Ecce Homo', etc., completed with pious reflexions from the author's memoires. Before the first part, the author had added an exercice of piousness for the Holy Mass: "Exercice de pieté pour la sainte Messe. Lorsque le prêtre commence la St. Messe".
Fine copy.- (First lvs, including the plate somewhat soiled).
Röhricht, Bibl. Geogr. Palaest., p. 325; Labarre, BBA 178 (Lille) 4271 (2 copies: Amiens BM and Lille BM); Hage Chahine, Guide du livre orient., Levant 27; NUC (1 copy: Hebr. Union Cat., Cincinnati); not in Barbier, Tobler, or Schur, Jerusalem in pelgrims and traveller's accounts 1300-1917 (1980).

Related Subjects: Asia  Cartography  Holy Land  Middle East 

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