Lot 342
Jacob Benor-Kalter – "Jerusalem – Photo Etchings of the Old City", Photo Album – Elegant, Limited Edition, Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the State of Israel, Inscribed and Signed by Benor-Kalter
Jerusalem – Photo Etchings of the Old City, by Jacob Benor-Kalter. Published in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the State of Israel, [Jerusalem], 1958.
Hebrew and English. Limited edition of 100 copies; the present copy signed and inscribed by Benor-Kalter.
The album "Jerusalem – Photo Etchings of the Old City", depicting works of the photographer Jacob Benor-Kalter was first published in 1925. This is a renewed edition published in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the State of Israel – "De luxe edition … printed by hand on hand-made paper". The album contains 22 reproductions of photo-etchings documenting Jerusalem and its surroundings in the first half of the 1920s: the view of the city from Mount Scopus, the Temple Mount, the alleys of the city and its residents, and more. The album is signed by Benor-Kalter on the colophon page. Inscribed and signed by Benor-Kalter on the front endpaper (inscription dated 1958).
[4], 22 ff., 30 cm. The reproductions are tipped in. Good condition. Stains, mainly to endpapers. Fine binding, slightly stained.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
