Geikie, Cunningham. The Holy Land and The Bible; A Book of Scripture Illustrations Gathered in Palestine, Abridge. Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1903. 432pp.
Nice simple art nouveau style screened decorative binding with superb provenance. The book is inscribed from the author to his son in a rather moving inscription, “To my son John. With the earnest trust of his old father that he and his may one day meet at the right hand, as forever a family in Heaven, with my two girls who have gone on before. Xmas, 1903. Cunningham Geikie.” Geikie would die less than 3 years later.
John Cunningham Geikie, according to Charles Spurgeon was "one of the best religious writer of the age." In fifty-five chapters the author covers many biblical places and captivating stories. The author visited Palestine "with the intention of gathering illustrations of the sacred writings from its hills and valleys, its rivers and lakes, its plains and uplands, its plants and animals, its skies, its soil, and, above all, from the pictures of ancient times still presented on every side in the daily life of its people.”
Good with some wear, very slightly shaken at extremities. Attractive.
