Apr 22, 2025 - Sale 2701

Sale 2701 - Lot 39

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Raboisson, Antoine (fl. circa 1886)
En Orient. Récits et Notes d'un Voyage en Palestine et en Syrie par l'Égypte et le Sinaï.

Paris: Librairie Catholique de l'Oeuvre de Saint-Paul, 1886-1887.

First edition, two large square folio volumes, illustrated throughout with photographic plates after original photos taken by the author, along with other text illustrations and maps; bound in uniform publisher's bindings, worn; 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.

Raboisson was a biblical scholar who sought to map the course of the River Jordan. He traveled with his camera, capturing images of landmarks, ruins, people, and more from Sinai, Palestine, Lebanon & Syria.