Lot Closed
November 17, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
JERUSALEM—WILSON, CHARLES WILLIAM
Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James. London: Her Majesty’s Treasury, 1865
3 volumes, folio (517 x 355mm. or smaller), comprising: volume 1, Notes, mounted original photograph, 26 sheets of facsimile notes with hand-coloured day designators, 30 engraved plans, maps and plates, including one double-page plan of Jerusalem, some with hand-colour, original half morocco; volume 2, Photographs, 49 mounted original photographs by Sergeant James McDonald, including 5 panoramas (only, of 75), original morocco; volume 3, Plans, 5 folding engraved maps and plans backed on linen and edged in blue, loose as issued in original portfolio, bindings rubbed
Wilson’s survey was undertaken on behalf of the Water Relief Committee, to provide a detailed guide to Jerusalem’s wells, conduits, cisterns etc. Wilson went on to become a key member of the Palestinian Exploration Fund, involved in several further surveys of the region.