Books and Manuscripts

Fuller, Thomas
A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament acted thereon
London: Printed for J. F. for John Williams, 1650. First edition. Folio, 13 x 8 1/2 in. (330 x 216 mm). (viii), 434, (1), 202, (18) pp. (with erratic pagination). Text printed within double border with printed side notes. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of armorials by John Goddard, engraved title-page, one large engraved folding map of Palestine, 27 engraved double-page plates and maps by Thomas Cross, John Goddard, William Marshall, and Robert Vaughan, as well as numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces, and initials. Modern three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, black leather spine labels, stamped in blind and in gilt; edges stained yellow; matching marbled endpapers; late 19th century inscription at head of front blank; fine early 18th century ownership inscription on verso of frontispiece, "Mrs Dorothea Parsons Her Booke 10th April 1726"; very indiscreet blindstamp of the "Wigan Free Public Library" at bottom corner of frontispiece, engraved title-page, letter-press title-page, large folding map, p. 1, last plate, and final leaf of text; scattered soiling to text; a few leaves with pagination corrected in pencil or ink; scattered minor marginalia in pencil and ink; in brown cloth fall-down-back box. ESTC R18096

A handsome first edition of English historian and preacher Thomas Fuller's classic geographical and historical account of the Holy Land, featuring 20 splendid double-page maps, and one large and highly detailed folding map of the Levant.