First edition. 8vo. xvi, 332. Engraved lithographed frontis; engraved lithographed title page, folding map of Egypt facing page 1, map of Palestine facing 128, lithograph plates facing page 84; 87; 147, 151; `156; 242 (six in all); occasional engravings to text. Original blue decorated cloth, slightly cocked and chipped to head, ex-library copy with stamps (from the Gloucester county library sale) and labels, but clean otherwise. Rather rare in the first edition. A bright copy.