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Jerusalem : the saga of the Holy City / with contributions by Michael Avi-Yonah, David H. K. Amiran, Julius Jotham Rothschild, H. M. Z. Meyer ; and an introduction by Benjamin Mazar (Maisler).
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio DS109.9 .J47 1954 Potok copy 1 v. + 2 maps
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jerusalem--History.
- Jerusalem.
- Middle East--Jerusalem.
- Jerusalem (Israel)--Description and travel.
- Jerusalem (Israel)--History.
- Local Subjects:
- Jerusalem (Israel)--Description and travel.
- Jerusalem (Israel)--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Maps
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 76 pages, xxiii leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 33 x 36 cm + 2 folded color maps in pocket.
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Universitas-Publishers, 1954.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Professor Benjamin Mazar (Maisler) President of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- The historical background / by Michael Avi-Yonah, M.A. (London) Lecturer in Archaeology, Hebrew University
- The geographical background / by David H. K. Amiran, Ph. D. (Bern) Department of Geography, Hebrew University
- The pictorial presentation: A history of maps, views & reconstructions / by Hermann M. Z. Meyer, Jerusalem.y in 1947.
- Notes:
- "A Jerusalem Publication. Planned, written, engraved, printed, cooloured and bound with the boundaries of the City of Jerusalem."
- "The plates 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12 are coloured by hand, the plates 7 and 11 printed in colours."--Dust jacket.
- "The plates xv-xxiii are reconstructions and drawings by the late Julius Jotham Rothschild, Jerusalem."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76).
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has label of Sifri Bookshop.
- Potok Collection copy has unfilled "Limited Edition" statement.
- OCLC:
- 6858035
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