Baron TAYLOR, Isidore. - Lot 182

Baron TAYLOR, Isidore. Syria, Palestine and Judea. Pèlerinage à Jérusalem et aux lieux saints. Paris, A. F. Lemaitre, 1855. Large in-8, [4]-438 pp. 40 plates (views, plans and a map). Publisher's blue half-chagrin, spine with 5 faux nerfs, gilt author and title, richly ornamented percaline boards with decorative framing (spine ends slightly rubbed, soiling on back covers and endpapers). Usually found only in the Bolle-Lasalle edition, published under Taylor's orientalist pen name, R.P. Laorty-Hadji. Account of a journey and pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the mid-19ᵉ century by Baron Taylor (1789-1899), a playwright and philanthropist then a pioneer of the Romantic movement... The author describes his itinerary through Ottoman Syria, Palestine and Judea, with a particular focus on Jerusalem and Christian holy sites. Illustrated with 40 plates including views, plans and a map. [Holy Land].