Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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![Destruccio Iherosolime [Destruction of Jerusalem], double incunabula leaf (no. LXIIII) from Hartmann Schedel's book "Nurember](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/51.jpg "Destruction of Jerusalem – Hand-Colored Woodcut – Double Incunabula Le")
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $600
Sold for: $3,500
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Destruccio Iherosolime [Destruction of Jerusalem], double incunabula leaf (no. LXIIII) from Hartmann Schedel's book "Nuremberg Chronicle". [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493].
Hand-colored woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, in the year 586 BCE.
According to Laor, this is the second view of Jerusalem ever printed (Laor 1125).
Leaf: approx. 41.5X57.5 cm, in a 60X43.5 cm frame. Good-fair condition. Stains. Slighty darkened paper. Small tears (some of them open) to vertical folding mark and margins (slightly affecting the woodcut). Strips of pape pasted along vertical folding mark (on back of the woodcut depicting Jerusalem).
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, in the year 586 BCE.
According to Laor, this is the second view of Jerusalem ever printed (Laor 1125).
Leaf: approx. 41.5X57.5 cm, in a 60X43.5 cm frame. Good-fair condition. Stains. Slighty darkened paper. Small tears (some of them open) to vertical folding mark and margins (slightly affecting the woodcut). Strips of pape pasted along vertical folding mark (on back of the woodcut depicting Jerusalem).
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
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Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas, Iudaeae Metropolis. Map of Jerusalem, hand-colored engraving. From the Atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg. [Cologne, 1572]. Latin.
The map presents a view of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus side by side with a view of Jerusalem at the time when the map was printed, both from bird's eye view. On the bottom-right corner of the map appears an illustration of Moses and the Tablets of the Law, with Aaron the priest burning incense. The map was drawn after a map of Jerusalem by Gerard de Jode (1571) based on a map by Peter Laicstain (1570).
Laor 1039.
Engraving: 48.5X34 cm. Attached to passé-par-tout and framed: 71X55 cm. Good condition. Some stains and blemishes. Restoration at the bottom margin on the back of the leaf.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
The map presents a view of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus side by side with a view of Jerusalem at the time when the map was printed, both from bird's eye view. On the bottom-right corner of the map appears an illustration of Moses and the Tablets of the Law, with Aaron the priest burning incense. The map was drawn after a map of Jerusalem by Gerard de Jode (1571) based on a map by Peter Laicstain (1570).
Laor 1039.
Engraving: 48.5X34 cm. Attached to passé-par-tout and framed: 71X55 cm. Good condition. Some stains and blemishes. Restoration at the bottom margin on the back of the leaf.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
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Hierosolyma, Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima. Map of Jerusalem. Engraving from the Atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. [Cologne, 1575]. Latin.
On the map, which was, most probably, drawn after the Venetian artist Domenico dale Greche who visited Jerusalem in 1546, Jerusalem is seen from the east, from the Mount of Olives. On the bottom left corner of the map appears the title and on the lower right corner appear names of 48 significant sites, with their numbers marked on the map. On top is a verse from the book of Ezekiel, chapter 5 (in Latin): "This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her".
Five Muslim figures are seen in the foreground of the map. Many maps in "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" include figures in local dress. As stated in Georg Braun's introduction to the first part, this was meant to prevent the Turks from obtaining military secrets from the atlas, "as their religion forbids them from looking at representations of the human form".
Laor 1040.
Leaf: approx. 50.5X38 cm. Attached to passé-par-tout at top margin and framed, 56X47 cm. Good condition. Dark paper. Two small holes. Some small tears at margins of leaf. Two strips of adhesive tape at the top, above the map. The vertical folding mark and one corner are reinforced with pieces of paper pasted on the back. The left margin of the leaf is trimmed (slightly affecting the text printed on the back).
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
On the map, which was, most probably, drawn after the Venetian artist Domenico dale Greche who visited Jerusalem in 1546, Jerusalem is seen from the east, from the Mount of Olives. On the bottom left corner of the map appears the title and on the lower right corner appear names of 48 significant sites, with their numbers marked on the map. On top is a verse from the book of Ezekiel, chapter 5 (in Latin): "This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her".
Five Muslim figures are seen in the foreground of the map. Many maps in "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" include figures in local dress. As stated in Georg Braun's introduction to the first part, this was meant to prevent the Turks from obtaining military secrets from the atlas, "as their religion forbids them from looking at representations of the human form".
Laor 1040.
Leaf: approx. 50.5X38 cm. Attached to passé-par-tout at top margin and framed, 56X47 cm. Good condition. Dark paper. Two small holes. Some small tears at margins of leaf. Two strips of adhesive tape at the top, above the map. The vertical folding mark and one corner are reinforced with pieces of paper pasted on the back. The left margin of the leaf is trimmed (slightly affecting the text printed on the back).
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Tabula Terre Sanctae, map of Palestine. Woodcut from "Geographia" by Claudius Ptolemy, edited by Michael Servetus. [Lyon, 1535].
Map of Palestine, showing the territories of the Tribes of Israel. The shore line stretches from Sidon to Gaza. A text in Latin appears on the back, p. 41.?Laor 612.
Leaf: 39.5X55.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and blemishes. Folding marks. Some creases, tears, and open tears at the margins and folding lines.
Map of Palestine, showing the territories of the Tribes of Israel. The shore line stretches from Sidon to Gaza. A text in Latin appears on the back, p. 41.?Laor 612.
Leaf: 39.5X55.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and blemishes. Folding marks. Some creases, tears, and open tears at the margins and folding lines.
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![Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gierusalemme [The Faithful Voyage to Jerusalem] by Giovanni Zvallardo [Jean Zuallart]. Rome: Domeni](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/55_1.jpg "Journey of Jean Zuallart to Jerusalem – Rome, 1595 – Engravings")
![Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gierusalemme [The Faithful Voyage to Jerusalem] by Giovanni Zvallardo [Jean Zuallart]. Rome: Domeni](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/55_2.jpg "Journey of Jean Zuallart to Jerusalem – Rome, 1595 – Engravings")
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $800
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Il Devotissimo viaggio di Gierusalemme [The Faithful Voyage to Jerusalem] by Giovanni Zvallardo [Jean Zuallart]. Rome: Domenico Basa, 1595. Italian and some Latin. Six parts in one volume. Second edition.
A description of Jean Zuallart's journey to Palestine, with a detailed description of Jerusalem and the holy sites. 45 well-executed in-text engravings, including maps, landscapes, and sites in Jerusalem and other cities. Among them are engravings depicting the walls of Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mount of Olives, Rachel's Tomb, and Jaffa. The book also includes two engraved plates (folded) – a plan of the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and a plan of the interior of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
351, [14] pp + [2] plates, 17 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases. Some worming. Ownership inscription on one of the front endpapers. Ink markings on a number of pages and a handwritten note in the margin of one of the pages. Fine vellum binding, with gilt decorations on the spine. Minor blemishes to binding.
A description of Jean Zuallart's journey to Palestine, with a detailed description of Jerusalem and the holy sites. 45 well-executed in-text engravings, including maps, landscapes, and sites in Jerusalem and other cities. Among them are engravings depicting the walls of Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mount of Olives, Rachel's Tomb, and Jaffa. The book also includes two engraved plates (folded) – a plan of the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and a plan of the interior of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
351, [14] pp + [2] plates, 17 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases. Some worming. Ownership inscription on one of the front endpapers. Ink markings on a number of pages and a handwritten note in the margin of one of the pages. Fine vellum binding, with gilt decorations on the spine. Minor blemishes to binding.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $1,500
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Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum, by Christian van Adrichem. Cologne: Birckmannica, 1628 (printing details on colophon page). Latin.
Christian van Adrichem (1533-1585) – Catholic priest, born in Delft (Holland), wrote a number of works on Palestine. This book is a comprehensive description of the Holy Land, accompanied by twelve engraved plates. Engravings include: maps of the tribal territories, a large map (folded) of Palestine and a large map (folded) of Jerusalem.
[9], 286, [29] pp + [1] engraved title page, and [12] plates with engraved maps (nine of which are folded), 40 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Tears and open tears to margins of a few leaves (not affecting text). Restored tears at margins of a number of leaves. Open tear to rear endpaper. Worming on bottom margins of some 30 leaves at the end of the book (mostly small. Some restored. No damage to text). Handwritten inscriptions on several leaves (old). Restored tears to four maps (mostly small, at margins), and tears at margins of three maps. Bound in a leather binding, with gilt decorations on spine. Blemishes to binding (mostly to spine and to back).
Christian van Adrichem (1533-1585) – Catholic priest, born in Delft (Holland), wrote a number of works on Palestine. This book is a comprehensive description of the Holy Land, accompanied by twelve engraved plates. Engravings include: maps of the tribal territories, a large map (folded) of Palestine and a large map (folded) of Jerusalem.
[9], 286, [29] pp + [1] engraved title page, and [12] plates with engraved maps (nine of which are folded), 40 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Tears and open tears to margins of a few leaves (not affecting text). Restored tears at margins of a number of leaves. Open tear to rear endpaper. Worming on bottom margins of some 30 leaves at the end of the book (mostly small. Some restored. No damage to text). Handwritten inscriptions on several leaves (old). Restored tears to four maps (mostly small, at margins), and tears at margins of three maps. Bound in a leather binding, with gilt decorations on spine. Blemishes to binding (mostly to spine and to back).
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,500
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A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon, by Thomas Fuller. Printed by J.F. for John Williams, London, 1650. English and some Latin.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Bible and the New Testament, by the English churchman, historian and author Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engravings: two frontispiece engravings; 21 maps (most of them on double sheets), including maps of the territories of the 12 Tribes, a map of Jerusalem, and a large folded map of Palestine; seven plates of plans and illustrations depicting the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 34 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Tears at margins of a number of leaves and plates, most of them repaired with pasted paper or adhesive tape (affecting some of the engravings). Some creases, stains and folds. Leather binding, with gilt decorations. Blemishes to binding. Loose binding with restored spine. Adhesive tape to inside binding.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Bible and the New Testament, by the English churchman, historian and author Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engravings: two frontispiece engravings; 21 maps (most of them on double sheets), including maps of the territories of the 12 Tribes, a map of Jerusalem, and a large folded map of Palestine; seven plates of plans and illustrations depicting the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 34 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Tears at margins of a number of leaves and plates, most of them repaired with pasted paper or adhesive tape (affecting some of the engravings). Some creases, stains and folds. Leather binding, with gilt decorations. Blemishes to binding. Loose binding with restored spine. Adhesive tape to inside binding.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $700
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Naukeurige Beschryving van Gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant, by Olfert Dapper. Amsterdam: Jacob Van Meurs, 1677 (on engraved title: 1678). Dutch. Two parts in one volume.
Comprehensive study of Syria and Palestine, by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689), Dutch writer, historian and geographer.
The book includes an engraved title page, 38 engraved plates [out of 39], most are double-spread or folded, and in-text engravings. Among the engravings: maps and engravings that depict Syria, Damascus and Tripoli; maps of Palestine, showing the territories of the 12 Tribes of Israel; maps and illustrations of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Bethlehem (among them a folding panorama of Jerusalem); a depiction of Jaffa viewed from the sea, and more.
[5] leaves (including the engraved title page), 262, [8], 312, 321-344, 337-581, [7] pp + [38] engraved plates (out of 39), 30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small worming damage, stains and some blemishes. Small tears to the margins of some leaves and plates. Tears to Panorama of Jerusalem (along the folding lines). The first title page is trimmed at the bottom (affecting the printer's details and the year). Ownership signatures on front endpapers. Original vellum binding, slightly stained. Tears along spine and some blemishes.
Comprehensive study of Syria and Palestine, by Olfert Dapper (1639-1689), Dutch writer, historian and geographer.
The book includes an engraved title page, 38 engraved plates [out of 39], most are double-spread or folded, and in-text engravings. Among the engravings: maps and engravings that depict Syria, Damascus and Tripoli; maps of Palestine, showing the territories of the 12 Tribes of Israel; maps and illustrations of Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Bethlehem (among them a folding panorama of Jerusalem); a depiction of Jaffa viewed from the sea, and more.
[5] leaves (including the engraved title page), 262, [8], 312, 321-344, 337-581, [7] pp + [38] engraved plates (out of 39), 30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small worming damage, stains and some blemishes. Small tears to the margins of some leaves and plates. Tears to Panorama of Jerusalem (along the folding lines). The first title page is trimmed at the bottom (affecting the printer's details and the year). Ownership signatures on front endpapers. Original vellum binding, slightly stained. Tears along spine and some blemishes.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $600
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Volume containing two books on the geography of Palestine. Amsterdam, 1704-1707.
1. Geographia Sacra ex Veteri et Novo Testamento Desumta, by Nicolas Sanson. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1704. Latin.
The book "Sacred Geography" by French cartographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667). The book includes four folded maps (engravings) including a map of Palestine (with a division into tribal lands) and a map of Judea, Samaria and the Galilee. Appearing in the beginning of the book are two additional engraved plates, one with a portrait of the author.
2. Onomasticon Urbium et Locorum Sacrae Scripturae. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1207 [i.e. 1707]. Latin and Greek.
Book on the places of settlement mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. With a large map of the Land of Israel (folded engraving).
Two books bound together: 15, [11], 111, 16, 51, [1] pp + [5] plates; [14], 192 pp + [1] plate, 44.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming and a few small tears. Paper pasted to margins of some leaves at the beginning of the volume (for restoring the worming holes). Ink inscription on verso of title page of the first book. Fine vellum binding. Paper label glued onto inside front binding.
1. Geographia Sacra ex Veteri et Novo Testamento Desumta, by Nicolas Sanson. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1704. Latin.
The book "Sacred Geography" by French cartographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667). The book includes four folded maps (engravings) including a map of Palestine (with a division into tribal lands) and a map of Judea, Samaria and the Galilee. Appearing in the beginning of the book are two additional engraved plates, one with a portrait of the author.
2. Onomasticon Urbium et Locorum Sacrae Scripturae. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1207 [i.e. 1707]. Latin and Greek.
Book on the places of settlement mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. With a large map of the Land of Israel (folded engraving).
Two books bound together: 15, [11], 111, 16, 51, [1] pp + [5] plates; [14], 192 pp + [1] plate, 44.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming and a few small tears. Paper pasted to margins of some leaves at the beginning of the volume (for restoring the worming holes). Ink inscription on verso of title page of the first book. Fine vellum binding. Paper label glued onto inside front binding.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $400
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Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata, by Hadriani Relandi. Utrecht (Trajecti Batavorum): Guilielmi Broedelet, 1714. Latin, some Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two parts in one volume.
Geographical survey of Palestine. Contains 16 engraved plates (of which nine are folded), including a portrait of the author, maps and plans, an engraved frontispiece and a number of small in-text engravings.
Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaan Reelant / Hadriani Relandi, 1676-1718) was a Dutch geographer, cartographer and philologist and one of the first orientalists. Professor of oriental languages at the University of Utrecht from 1701 and lecturer on the history of the Jewish people.
[5] leaves, 391, [1] pp + [11] engraved plates; [1] leaf, [3], 396-511, [1] pp + [4] engraved plates; [3], 516-1068 pp + [1] engraved plate; [47] pp, 20.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Some tears and tiny open tears at margins of a few leaves. Tears and minor blemishes to folded maps; a long tear to one of them. Leather binding with gilt decorations, damaged and detached. Front endpaper is detached.
Geographical survey of Palestine. Contains 16 engraved plates (of which nine are folded), including a portrait of the author, maps and plans, an engraved frontispiece and a number of small in-text engravings.
Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaan Reelant / Hadriani Relandi, 1676-1718) was a Dutch geographer, cartographer and philologist and one of the first orientalists. Professor of oriental languages at the University of Utrecht from 1701 and lecturer on the history of the Jewish people.
[5] leaves, 391, [1] pp + [11] engraved plates; [1] leaf, [3], 396-511, [1] pp + [4] engraved plates; [3], 516-1068 pp + [1] engraved plate; [47] pp, 20.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Some tears and tiny open tears at margins of a few leaves. Tears and minor blemishes to folded maps; a long tear to one of them. Leather binding with gilt decorations, damaged and detached. Front endpaper is detached.
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,500
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Views in Palestine / Views in the Ottoman Empire after Paintings by Luigi Mayer. London: Printed by Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804. Two parts in one volume. English and French.
A book about the Ottoman Empire, accompanied by 48 hand-colored aquatints, after paintings by the artist Luigi (Ludwig) Mayer (1755-1803). The paintings were created by Mayer for British diplomat and orientalist Robert Ainslie during the latter's term as British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
The book is divided into two parts (separate title page for each part). The first part is dedicated to Palestine and includes 24 plates, most of which depict Jerusalem and and its environs (including a view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, a view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Pool of Bethesda, the Pool of Siloam, the Tomb of Absalom, the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and Bethlehem, among others). The second part, which is about several other sites in the Ottoman Empire, particularly the environs of the Turkish city Karaman, contains 24 plates. This part has two title pages, one in English and one in French, dated 1803.
Sir Robert Ainslie (ca. 1730-1812), a British diplomat of Scottish origin, was a numismatist, Orientalist, and art collector. He served as Britain's ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1776 and 1792. Luigi Mayer was commissioned by Ainslie to make paintings and drawings of the important sites in the Ottoman Empire, and engravings and lithographs were printed after his works.
The prints in this book were first published in the years 1801-1803 in separate volumes with an additional volume of prints depicting sites in Egypt. In 1804 the three volumes were compiled into a one-volume edition titled "Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire".
[1] leaf, 47, [1] pp + [24] plates; [2] leaves (English title page and French title page), 40 pp + [24] plates, 45 cm. Good overall condition. Stains and some worming to margins. Embossed stamp at margin of first title page. Some leaves are partly detached. Fine leather binding, with gilt decorations, worn and slightly damaged (mostly along spine and margins). Front binding partly detached, with a label on the inside.
A book about the Ottoman Empire, accompanied by 48 hand-colored aquatints, after paintings by the artist Luigi (Ludwig) Mayer (1755-1803). The paintings were created by Mayer for British diplomat and orientalist Robert Ainslie during the latter's term as British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
The book is divided into two parts (separate title page for each part). The first part is dedicated to Palestine and includes 24 plates, most of which depict Jerusalem and and its environs (including a view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, a view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Pool of Bethesda, the Pool of Siloam, the Tomb of Absalom, the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and Bethlehem, among others). The second part, which is about several other sites in the Ottoman Empire, particularly the environs of the Turkish city Karaman, contains 24 plates. This part has two title pages, one in English and one in French, dated 1803.
Sir Robert Ainslie (ca. 1730-1812), a British diplomat of Scottish origin, was a numismatist, Orientalist, and art collector. He served as Britain's ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1776 and 1792. Luigi Mayer was commissioned by Ainslie to make paintings and drawings of the important sites in the Ottoman Empire, and engravings and lithographs were printed after his works.
The prints in this book were first published in the years 1801-1803 in separate volumes with an additional volume of prints depicting sites in Egypt. In 1804 the three volumes were compiled into a one-volume edition titled "Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire".
[1] leaf, 47, [1] pp + [24] plates; [2] leaves (English title page and French title page), 40 pp + [24] plates, 45 cm. Good overall condition. Stains and some worming to margins. Embossed stamp at margin of first title page. Some leaves are partly detached. Fine leather binding, with gilt decorations, worn and slightly damaged (mostly along spine and margins). Front binding partly detached, with a label on the inside.
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![Voyage dans le Levant by M. Le C.te [Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste] Forbin. Paris: L'imprimerie Royale, 1819. French. First](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/62_1.jpg "\"Voyage in the Levant\" – Baron de Forbin – Eighty Lithographs and Engr")
![Voyage dans le Levant by M. Le C.te [Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste] Forbin. Paris: L'imprimerie Royale, 1819. French. First](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/62_2.jpg "\"Voyage in the Levant\" – Baron de Forbin – Eighty Lithographs and Engr")
![Voyage dans le Levant by M. Le C.te [Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste] Forbin. Paris: L'imprimerie Royale, 1819. French. First](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale64-public/62_3.jpg "\"Voyage in the Levant\" – Baron de Forbin – Eighty Lithographs and Engr")
Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $3,500
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Voyage dans le Levant by M. Le C.te [Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste] Forbin. Paris: L'imprimerie Royale, 1819. French. First edition printed in 325 copies only. Two parts in one volume.
A large-format travelogue documenting the journey of Baron Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin to Near Eastern countries – starting in Greece, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, throughout Palestine, and finally to Egypt. The first part of the book describes de Forbin’s journey, and the second contains 70 lithographs after the paintings of many artists, eight aquatints after watercolor drawings by de Forbin, and two engravings depicting the architectural plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and sketches of the Great Pyramid in Giza, archaeological artifacts, and the Catacombs of Milos.
According to Jacques Charles Brunet, the book was printed in 325 copies.
The engravings and lithographs depict antiquities, landscapes and scenes from everyday life in the cities and various sites throughout the East: holy sites and inhabitants in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Acre, Jaffa, Ashkelon and Gaza; the pyramids and other antiquities in Egypt; sites in Athens, Constantinople, Alexandria and Cairo; and more. The lithographs, by Godfroy Engelmann, were prepared after paintings by Carle Vernet, Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Claude Thiénon, Jean-Pierre Granger, and others. The aquatints were prepared by Philibert-Louis Debucourt.
Baron Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin (1779-1841), a neo-Classical painter by training, was appointed Director-General of the Louvre Museum in 1816. Soon afterward, in 1817, de Forbin set out at the head of a delegation to the East in order to purchase antiquities for the museum (including a statue of the goddess Sekhmet that is on exhibit at the Louvre). The delegation included, among others, an engineer, a cartographer, and painters.
[4] leaves, 132 pp; 78, [2] plates, 72 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains, including foxing and dampstains. Some tears and open tears at margins, some medium tears at margins of plates. Long tear to plate no. 10, restored. A widthwise tear to plate no. 18, reinforced with adhesive tape. Some worming at margins of leaves. Creases. New leather binding.
A large-format travelogue documenting the journey of Baron Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin to Near Eastern countries – starting in Greece, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, throughout Palestine, and finally to Egypt. The first part of the book describes de Forbin’s journey, and the second contains 70 lithographs after the paintings of many artists, eight aquatints after watercolor drawings by de Forbin, and two engravings depicting the architectural plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and sketches of the Great Pyramid in Giza, archaeological artifacts, and the Catacombs of Milos.
According to Jacques Charles Brunet, the book was printed in 325 copies.
The engravings and lithographs depict antiquities, landscapes and scenes from everyday life in the cities and various sites throughout the East: holy sites and inhabitants in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Acre, Jaffa, Ashkelon and Gaza; the pyramids and other antiquities in Egypt; sites in Athens, Constantinople, Alexandria and Cairo; and more. The lithographs, by Godfroy Engelmann, were prepared after paintings by Carle Vernet, Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Claude Thiénon, Jean-Pierre Granger, and others. The aquatints were prepared by Philibert-Louis Debucourt.
Baron Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin (1779-1841), a neo-Classical painter by training, was appointed Director-General of the Louvre Museum in 1816. Soon afterward, in 1817, de Forbin set out at the head of a delegation to the East in order to purchase antiquities for the museum (including a statue of the goddess Sekhmet that is on exhibit at the Louvre). The delegation included, among others, an engineer, a cartographer, and painters.
[4] leaves, 132 pp; 78, [2] plates, 72 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains, including foxing and dampstains. Some tears and open tears at margins, some medium tears at margins of plates. Long tear to plate no. 10, restored. A widthwise tear to plate no. 18, reinforced with adhesive tape. Some worming at margins of leaves. Creases. New leather binding.
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