The Stones of Palestine: Notes of a Ramble through the Holy Land

The Stones of Palestine: Notes of a Ramble through the Holy Land

Bound volume

Augusta Mott

Maker
British

The Stones of Palestine: Notes of a Ramble through the Holy Land

1865
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 8 3/8 × 6 7/16 × 13/16 in. (21.2 × 16.4 × 2 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionPhotographically illustrated book containing 12 albumen silver prints. Published by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday and printed by Strangeways & Walden. Cover is green with debossed gold lettering.
Inscriptions Debossed on gold on spine, T: THE \ STONES \ OF \ PALESTINE
Debossed in gold on front cover, C: THE \ STONES \ OF \ PALESTINE
Inscribed in pencil on front cover, TRC: 1865
Inscribed in black ink on free end paper, T: For "Martha" \ on her marriage \ A token in remembrance of her devotion \ & affection to some motherless children, \ from a young old friend. \ August 29th 1865.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of frontispiece guardsheet, T: A Beautiful Copy Superb Photography examples of \ 1865 \ Boyer
Inscribed in pencil on title page: Mott Augusta \ 1865
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on list of illustrations, BR: Most Surely these are Magnificent \ Boyer 10/3- 1947.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on end sheet, TRC: Neil London Cat #10 #300 \ 10-1947 \ Boyer I [circled] II ΣV \ Fine & rare one \ by Bedford-
Printed on applied label inside back cover, BLC: BOUND BY \ BURN \ 37 & 38 \ KIRBY ST

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