THE GIANT CITIES of BASHAN; and SYRIA'S HOLY PLACES by Rev. Porter 1877
THE GIANT CITIES of BASHAN; and SYRIA'S HOLY PLACES. REV. J. L. PORTER, T. NELSON AND SONS, LONDON, 1877.
Book shows the historic architectural ruins of the giant cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy Places.
Contents: Bashan and its Giant Cities; The Jordan and the Dead Sea; Jerusalem and its environs: Jerusalem, The Tombs of the Holy City, Olivet and Bethany, The Battle-fields of Gibeon, Ai, and Michmash; The Land of the Philistines; Galilee and the Sea-Coast: Shanon and Carmel Mount Tabor and the Valley of Jezreell, The Shines of Naphtali and cities of Phoneicia; Northern Border Land: Lebanon, Hamath and the Northern Border of Israel, Palmyra, Damascus; appendix; Texts of scripture Illustrated or explained; Index.
A must have for collectors of antiquarian travel books on Syria, Bashan, Jerusalem, Damascus, Palymra, and the Middle East, a collectable and hard-to-find book.
Josias Leslie Porter (1823-89) was an Irish Presbyterian minister, missionary and traveller, who became an academic administrator.
Brown cover with gilt title, border and fancy gilt decoration to the front and green endpapers. Mild cover soil with light rubbing to extremities. Secure text block and just slightly shaken with clean pages and few scattered pencil check marks. Hardcover book with 371 pages.