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RELAND, Adrian. Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata. [Utrecht:] G. Broedelet, 1714. 2 volumes bound in one, 4° (202 x 160mm). Additional engraved allegorical title, printed titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, folding portrait, 13 plates and maps, 5 folding, folding table (some mainly marginal dampstaining, more pronounced in the second vol., short tear to one folding map). Contemporary panelled vellum decorated in blind, spine titled in manuscript (lightly stained, corners bumped and rubbed). Provenance: The Reverend Thomas Bell (signatures on front pastedown and first title). FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1404: "a remarkable work for its time"; Brunet IV, 1203: "ouvrage très estimé"; Laor 643-53; Roehricht 1312; Tobler p.312.
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