Abila of the Decapolis von Schumacher (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. First edition. Half leather binding with raised bands, 8vo, 304 pages with 51 illustrated pages. Contains 4 foldout maps. Part of the Palestine exploration fund series. Gottlieb Schumacher (1857 - 1925) "was an American-born civil engineer, architect and archaeologist of German descent, who was an important figure in the early archaeological exploration of Palestine" (Wikipedia, 2018) . OCLC: 342794. Good Condition with library markings. (Zion-16-3).

London, Palestine Exploration Fund, 1889. 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers; pp. vi, [7]-51, folding frontispiece plan, wood-engraved illustrations in the text; contained in the Quarterly Statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund, July, 1889; spine of wrappers a little chipped, otherwise fine. First edition of this archaeological examination of the ancient settlement in the north eastern corner of modern Jordan. Following his engineering studies in Stuttgart Schumacher worked as the chief engineer of the Province of Akko, in which position he was responsible for the design of many buidings and civil engineering projects, including the Damascus-Haifa railway. His outstanding achievement was the survey of Golan, Ajlun and the Hauran, supported by the Palestine Exploration Fund, founded in 1865, the oldest exploration society of the Levant, who hold him in such high esteem that their logo is a reproduction of the gilt-stamped vignette on the front cover of Schumacher's later Northern 'Ajlûn.

Cloth. 78, (X) 304, (VIII) 51 pp. Illustrations and folding maps. -(Ex-library copy; damaged; loose binding; first folding map and title pages loose).

Hardcover. Zustand: . ~ [TEMPORARY REDUCTION SALE: 20-30% OFF THE REGULAR PRICE] ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Three books in one volume. Crown Octavo. Pp. 51; 78; 207. Plus three folding lithographed maps, one of which is coloured, each as frontispiece to each book; two lithographed plans bound in Book III. With numerous engraved illustrations, some full-page, throughout. Indices of names with transliteration, Arabic script, and translation. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's ochre cloth, lettered in black, large iconic illustration stamped in gilt on cover. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Three books in one volume, published 1889, 1895, 1890 respectively. [Provenance:] Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy, with her bookplate. Schumacher was the first explorer to survey the regions described here, and his minute and thorough scientific observations, notes, maps, drawings, and sketches were prepared for publication at the request of the Palestine Exploration Fund by his friend, the explorer Guy le Strange. They were published here for the first time. Gottlieb Schumacher (1857) settled at a very young age with his family in Haifa, where his father, a member of the "Temple Association" designed most of the buildings of the German Colony. Following the completion of his engineering studies in Stuttgart, he returned to Haifa and was appointed Chief Engineer for the Province of Akko. He designed many buildings and was a leading figure in civil engineering. One of his most important projects was the survey of the Golan, Hauran, and the Ajlun districts in preparation for the construction of the Damascus-Haifa railway. In the course of this survey he produced the first accurate maps of these regions, along with detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains and the present villages. He published many other reports and books on his discoveries, supported by the Palestine Exploration Fund. With the outbreak of World War I the Templar community left for Germany. Schumacher returned in 1924 to his home on the Carmel, where he died a year later. Although he was born in Ohio, U.S.A., Gottlieb was brought-up and educated as a German. "I beg to through myself on the indulgence of my readers for the defects of style," he once wrote, "for my work has been perforce written in a language which, though familiar to me, is not my own." [Descriptive text Copyright Librarium, The Hague] F-5 OUT.

5. London, Alexander P. Watt for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1889-1890, 3 works in one binding, in-8°, 19,5 x 12,5 cm, [1] vi pp + 51 pp + folding map as frontispiece, text illustrations. [2] 78 pp + folding map as frontispiece, text illustrations. [3] ix pp + 207 pp + coloured folding map as frontispiece, text illustrations (some full page). With a place name index in English and Arabic. Bound in desert sand coloured publisher's cloth, black lettering and pictural gilt decoration on front cover. Very nice copy with minimal shelf wear and a spotless interior. ( ;travel;near-east;syria;lebanon;holy land;palestine;archaeology;).