Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society

Felicity Cobbing is Executive Secretary and Curator of The Palestine Exploration Fund in London.

'The Photographs of the American Palestine Exploration Society is a solid and useful contribution to a growing field. This volume provides thoughtful and well-produced materials to enable the work to progress.' (Simon Goldhill, Bryn Mawr Classical Review March 5 2013)

• Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: Chapter 1: A Brief History of the American Palestine Exploration Society, 1870-1880 Chapter 2: Archaeological Photography and the Photography of Tancrède Dumas in Context Chapter 3: The Itinerary of the 1875 Expedition Chapter 4: APES Plans for its Photographs, and a History of the Extant Photographic Collections PART II: Catalogue: The Dumas Photographs from the 1875 Expedition Appendix A: Cross-Reference of Photographic Collections Appendix B: List of American Palestine Exploration Society Staff and Committee Members in 1875 Appendix C: The 1873 Firman and its Translation Appendix D: Archival Documents in the Collection of the Palestine Exploration Fund relating to the American Palestine Exploration Society.