Lot 94
Large Album with an Olive Wood Binding – Colorful Prints and Pressed Flowers from Palestine – Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century
Jérusalem, Photographs de Terre Sainte / Photographs of the Holy Land / Photographien aus dem Heiligen Lande. [Beirut? late 19th century or early 20th century].
An album with eighteen color prints depicting views and sites of Palestine (The Western Wall, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Jaffa Port, Bethlehem, Hebron, Haifa Bay, the Dead Sea and elsewhere), of Damascus and of Baalbek, and eighteen pressed flower arrangements.
The names of the cites appear beneath each print; some of the prints are captioned "T. R. Dumas Et Fils Editeurs, Beyrouth (Syrie)" [Tancrède Dumas?].
Elegant olive wood binding with a new leather spine. The front board carved with the Jerusalem cross in a wood marquetry border. The back board reads "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and English, also in a wood marquetry border.
[19] leaves, 24X32 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. The album was professionally restored. The leather spine and tissue guards are new.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
