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FOUR BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER. The author of all titles is an important figure in the early archaeological explorations of Palestine - Gottlieb Schumacher (1857-1925), an American of German descent who lived and worked in Palestine as civil engineer, architect and archaeologist, renowned for carrying out the survey of the Golan, Hauran, and Ajlun districts (in preparation for the construction of the Damascus-Haifa railway) producing the first accurate maps of these regions, and detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains and the contemporary villages, as well as excavations of the ruins of the ancient city of Megiddo. Each title contains a fold-out map, b&w figures/illustrations and plans, except the second - "Jaulan", which contains four fold-out maps and 144 b&w figures (with all the original maps and illustrations). The first, second and fourth titles contain index to the names in Arabic, transliteration in Latin characters and translation from Arabic. 200x135mm. [78] + [XII+304] + [51] + [207] pages. Dark green/blue cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover upper and bottom edge slightly bumped. Cover and spine slightly stained. Spine yellowing/tanned. Spine edges bumped/wrinkled. Spine upper edge tattered. Previous owner's small stamp on front whitepage upper corner. Inner cover and whitepages age-stained. Few pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [TITLE 1 - PELLA]: Frontispiece map and title page slightly age-stained. Pages 11-50 have wrinkled edges/corners. Binding slightly loose and visible between fold-out map/frontispiece and title page. [SUMMARY]: This unique volume which comprises four extremely rare titles, of importance to any serious scholar of the history, geography and archaeology of Ottoman Palestine, is in good condition.