Abrahami Patriar chae Peregrination Et Vita – "Life and Wanderings of Abraham", engraving colored by hand. [Antwerp, Belgium, early 17th cent.]
Cartographer and publisher: Abraham Ortelius, design: Franz Hogenberg. The map portrays the land of Canaan and parts of Egypt; pointing to north. The map is surrounded by 22 medallion vignettes showing the history of Abraham's life: expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael and the binding of Isaac. Under the cartouche on the right, appear three scale rulers for three different methods of measurement. The map is designed as a hanging map, in accordance with the popular custom to hang such maps in private households around the Low Countries area. A citation from the book of Genesis surrounds the map. 35X45.5 cm, framed: 60.5X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Not examined out of frame.
See: The Land of Israel in Maps from Madaba to the Sattelite, the Israel Museum (editor: Ariel Tishbi, 2001), p.98.

"Map of Eretz Israel and the wanderings of the People of Israel in the desert…till they reached Canaan….printed by…Zvi Hirsch Boyrsky". Bomberg lithography printing press, Warsaw 1879. A fine map, hand colored. In the Eran Laor Map Collection appears a similar map which was printed in Warsaw in 1883.
Paper leaf 34.5X43 cm. Fair-poor condition. Spotting, tears, moth-damages and folding marks. Cloth backed.

40 lithographs portraying mainly Petra ruins and the vicinity, three of the lithographs feature the Holy Sepulcher Church. David Roberts and others, London, 19th century.
David Roberts (1796-1864), lived and worked in London. Was one of the first artists who arrived during the 19th century in the Near East to paint and introduce the European public to views of the region. The British were familiar with the written history of the region but they did not know its landscapes and views. Roberts arrived in Egypt during a long tour in 1838. He drew watercolor paintings which he made available to the public as lithographs. His paintings are of a realistic and romantic style. When Roberts returned to London he was assisted by the lithographer Louis Haghe in turning his original creations into lithographs.
1. "Mount Seir – Wady el Ghor", painted lithograph, David Roberts, ca.1840. Addition of paint was probably done around the year 1900. 31.4X42.1 cm, fair condition, brown spotting around the edges and the center. Printing stamps of 1842, London. Inscription on the lithograph indicates that it was painted in 1839. The figure "9" is written in pencil on the margins. Attached is a letter confirming authenticity.
2-28. Twenty seven lithographs – Petra ruins, David Roberts. Printed in London,1845. Sixteen of the lithographs are taken from a book about the Holy Land. The lithographs were done by Louis Haghe after David Roberts’ paintings, 1838, 1st ed., size 65X48 cm. The other lithographs: five lithographs: 28X20 cm, six – 21X27 cm.
29-32. Petra and its surroundings, three lithographs of Mount Hor, David Roberts, 1842. Two lithographs: 26X21 cm, one: 37X34 cm. One lithograph of Aqaba, 26X21 cm.
33-40. Various artists. Mid 19th cent. Five lithographs in color – Petra and the Map of Petra; two lithographs and an etching of the Holy Sepulcher church (a. etching, O. Dapper, 1677; b. lithograph, W.H.Bartleft, 1850. c) lithograph, Marilhat, 1842.) Average size: 42X29 cm.
Size and condition varies. All of the lithographs, except for no. 1, are in very good condition. All placed in a Passe-Partout.

Mount Carmel. Oil on canvas. Titled "Mount Carmel". Unsigned.
The painting portrays Mount Carmel with a monastery on its top and a few houses at its foot, viewed from the sea. A sail boat is seen in the sea with stormy waves and some birds on the left. The gloomy atmosphere of the painting is reached through the color palette of brown, grey and white shades.
On the reverse of the canvas appears an ink stamp "Reeves & Sons/Manufacturers" – a company which produced and supplied art supplies and was active in London starting in 1766. Judging by the company name printed on the canvas it is possible to date the painting between the years 1830-1890. 18X15.5 cm. Framed 29X37 cm. Good condition. Frame is flaking.

1. Album "Souvenir from Jerusalem. Collection of flowers and paintings From the holy places", Yehiel Zvi Zimrinsky – workshop for olive wood, N. De Simini (Ed.), Jerusalem [early 20th cent]. Hebrew. A dozen illustrations in color of Eretz Israel's views: Tiberias, Jordan River, Rachel's Tomb, Mount of Olives, Western Wall, Jerusalem, etc. Each illustration is titled in seven languages. Pressed flowers are pasted at the back of each illustration. Olive wood binding with a relief of Absalom's Tomb and an inscription "Yad Avshalom"; "Yerushalem"; "Jerusalem". [13] leaves, 11X17.5 cm. Good condition.
2. Memories in a Book, natural flowers growing in Eretz Israel, Avraham Moshe Lunz. Published by Avraham Moshe Lunz, Jerusalem, [late 19th cent.] Hebrew. Album with pressed flowers, typical of various areas in Eretz Israel. [12] leaves, 15.5X12 cm. Good condition. Original binding, somewhat damaged. Several detached leaves.