[MIDDLE EAST] STEBBING, Henry. *The Christian in Palestine; - Lot 105

[MIDDLE EAST] STEBBING, Henry. *The Christian in Palestine; or Scenes of Sacred History, Historical and Descriptive*. London, George Virtue, n.d. [1847]. Quarto, red shagreen, spine with raised bands accented by a dotted gold fillet, richly decorated panels with a central fleur-de-lis, frame decoration on the covers consisting of gold and blind-stamped bands and a large embossed rocaille fleur-de-lis in the center, gold inner roulette, gold roulette on the edges, gilt edges. IV - 1 f.n.ch. - 234 pp., 78 engraved plates including an engraved title page (unpaginated). In English. Some scuffing on the binding (particularly the joints and corners), scattered foxing, sometimes heavy. A beautiful British edition illustrated with over 70 plates based on drawings by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854) A fine copy in a charming binding.