FIRST EDITION. Large 4to. (32 x 25 cm.). Original green cloth gilt, large circular Islamic gilt decorative device to upper cover. Generally, an excellent copy. 49 unnumbered full-page plates comprising 17 printed in color and 32 b/w photographic plates, displaying 68 "figures" and in addition plus at the end of the book 24 " bis" plates on folding leaves of figures 43-66. A fine scholarly and well-illustrated description of this most important Islamic monument located at the center of the Haram al-Sharif, the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem.