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The Land and the Book (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover]

Pictures from The Land and the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy Land, by W. M. Thomson, D.D., 1894.

When i saw this book in an antique furniture shop in Kingston, Ontario, sitting along on a shelf, i had to adopt it; it’s a very satisfactory physical object.

Title: The Land and the Book

Author: Thomson, Rev. W. M., D.D.

Published by: T. Nelson and Sons

City: London, Edinburgh and New York

Date: 1894

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Title Page]

Title Page

The Land an the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of THE HOLY LAND [more...] [$]

[picture: Bethlehem]

Bethlehem

In the foregrouns are two men, ora man and a boy herding goats. But behind them rise hills and the small ancient town of Bethlehem , with its square buildings and its temple. [more...] [$]

[picture: Cedars of Lebanon]

Cedars of Lebanon

A group of camels and some humans are at the edge of a forest of mighty cedar trees; in the far distance are some snow-capped mountains. [$]

[picture: Nazareth]

Nazareth

Here we see a small Palestinian town with its white flat-roofed buildings, domes, and a mosque’s tower or minaret, nestled together amongst the hills. [more...] [$]

[picture: Front Cover]

Front Cover

Thomson’s “The Land and the Book” is bound, in this edition, in an earthy green buckram with gold lettering on the front cover and spine, on a black printed background. [more...] [$]


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