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Eight German Reference and Research Books – Geography and History of Palestine – Germany, 19th- 20th Centuries - Eight reference, travel and research books dealing with the geography and history of Palestine and its surroundings. Germany and Palestine, 1845-1963. German. Including: • ”Palästina, historisch-geographisch mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Helmuthschen Karte für Theologen und gebildete Bibelleser” [Palestine, Historic-Geographic… for Theologians and Educated Bible-Readers], by the Orientalist Friedrich August Arnold. Halle (Germany): Eduard Anton, 1845. • ”Die Topographie Jerusalem's” [The Typography of Jerusalem], by Wilhelm Ludwig Krafft, a theology professor at the Bonn University. Bonn: H.B. König, 1846. Includes two folded hand-colored plates (out of seven) – a map of Jerusalem and a sketch of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. • ”Occident und Orient, eine kulturgeschichtliche Betrachtung vom Standpunkt der Tempelgemeinden in Palästina” [West and East – a Cultural-Historical Examination, from the Standpoint of the Templer Community of Palestine], by Christoph Hoffmann (1815-1885), the founder and spiritual father of the Templer community, one of the founders of the German Colony in Haifa and Jerusalem. Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, 1875. First edition. • ”Durch Syrien und Kleinasien, Reiseschilderungen und Studien” [Through Syria and Asia Minor, Travelogues and Studies], by Roman Oberhummer and Heinrich Zimmerer. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1899. With a folding map and 16 picture-plates. • ”Bibliotheca geographica Palaestinae”, catalog of writings by travelers and pilgrims who visited Palestine between the years 333 and 1878, by Reinhold Röhricht. Published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1963. • And more. Size and condition vary.