1868 Natural History Of The Bible Holy Land Antiquarian Natural History
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The Natural History of the Bible: being a review of thephysical Geography, Geology and Meterorology of the Holy Land with adescription of every animal and plant mentioned in Holy Scripture by H BTristram. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected. Published inLondon by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in 1868. Contentsinclude Vegetation of Lebanon, Age of the Dead Sea, Temperature of Jerusalem, Mammals, Birds, Fish, Botany, etc. 'Horned cattle were by far t...he mostimportant animals in the agricultural economy of the ancient Jews.' 518pages. 4.75 x 8 inches. Marking and wear to covers and spine withcovering worn/torn at edges. Covers loose and tears to spine which isfaded and pieces of covering missing. Some pencil notes. Inkinscription to title page. Some staining, splitting to spine and spottingto pages with folds to page corners. Browning and marking to pages. Some crease marks to cover.
