Lot 95
Large Album with an Olive Wood Binding – Photographs and Pressed Flowers from Palestine – Published by the Shammas Brothers – Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century
Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land / Fleurs et Gravures de Terre Sainte / Blumen und Bilder v. Hl. Lande. Jerusalem: Shammas Brothers, [late 19th century or early 20th century]. English, French and German.
An album with eighteen printed photographs depicting views and sites of Palestine – Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Jericho and elsewhere (signed in the plate: Hamböck), alongside eighteen pressed flower arrangements.
Elegant olive wood binding. 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.
[20] leaves, approx. 32X23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Professionally restored, with new endpapers. New leather spine on which part of the original spine was mounted.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
