1875 The Land and The Book; Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven colour plates, one black-and-white plate, one folding map, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Aimed at a general audience rather than an academic or theological one, this work quickly became very popular. The book is framed around a pilgrimage undertaken during 1857, travelling from Beirut to Palestine. Thomson is accompanied by an unnamed individual to whom the author to recount his experiences and illustrate stories from the Bible. Written by William McClure Thomson, an American Protestant missionary who worked in Ottoman Syria. Many of the illustrations are by his son, William Hanna Thomson, an American physician and Christian writer.