4to. 193-216 pp. 1 steel engraved plate, numerous woodcuts, publisher’s original wrappers,slightly worn round edges and detached, shelf reference at lower spine, damp stain affecting inner margin of few leaves, sticker verso engraving, small stamp on lower margin of engraving and last page, J. S. Virtue & Co, London, 1880-1884.

Synopsis

Colonel Sir Charles Wilson 1836-1905, Major General Royal Engineers. He volunteered for the duty of surveying Jerusalem, which led to the formation of the Palestine Exploration Fund.