Two books by the great scholar of Eretz Israel in the 19th century Victor Guerin.
MISSION SCIENTIFIQUE EN PALESTINE - A scientific mission in Palestine. The report of the scientific mission of the French researcher Victor Guerin in Palestine. Paris, 1864. At the end of the book, a folded map of the Judea and Samaria region. 78 p. + folded map 42x29 cm. Stains on some pages. Cover partially detached. Good condition.
JERUSALEM SON HISTOIRE SA DESCRIPTION - SES ETABLISSEMENTS RELIGIEUX - Jerusalem's history description - its religious establishments by the French researcher Victor Guerin. Paris 1889. VII, 498 p. 23 cm. Good condition.
Victor Guerin [1821-1891] - French scholar, visited Eretz Israel eight times since 1852. Won the French Academy of Sciences Prize for his book "The Holy Land - Its History and Memories" published in 1881–1883. Unlike contemporary researchers who visited Eretz Israel, Guerin often quotes from Hebrew sources such as the Bible, the Mishnah and the Talmud, as well as the essays of Jewish travelers such as Rabbi Yitzhak Hilu and Binyamin M'Tudela. Guerin's travel diaries indicate the exact times of visit to each and every site and the directions of the journey. The research of Hebrew scholars Benjamin Mazar and Joshua Ben-Arieh relies on the results of Guerin's research.
