Lot 150
Commemorative Album – Photographs from the Visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Palestine – Taken by Empress Augusta Victoria – Berlin, 1899
Erinnerungsblätter an die Palästinafahrt. Aufgenommen und wohltätigen Zwecken gewidmet von Auguste Victoria, I.R, published at the Emperor's command ("auf Allerhöchsten Befehl"). Berlin: Ottomar Anschütz, [1899].
Album featuring 36 reproductions of photographs by empress Auguste Victoria, taken during the imperial visit to Palestine in 1898. Facsimile inscription by Empress Augusta Victoria as title page: "Album in commemoration of the voyage to Palestine. Photographs taken by empress Augusta Victoria. Dedicated to charitable causes". Includes photographs of the Kaiser and his entourage – the Kaiser on board the SMY Hohenzollern, the Kaiser accompanied by Ottoman bodyguards in Atlit Castle (Château Pèlerin), the Kaiser and his entourage before the Dome of the Rock, close-up of the Kaiser pacing towards Baalbek (Lebanon), and more.
The photographs are captioned and dated, and organized chronologically. The Jerusalem Cross decoration, awarded to participants in voyage, impressed on front cover.
[2] pp. + [36] plates (printed photographic reproductions), approx. 23X16 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor blemishes. Some wear to cover.
