Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
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The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, after lithographs by Louise Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. London: Day & Son, 1855. English. Four of six parts, in two volumes. First quarto edition.
David Roberts's monumental work, The Holy Land. Parts I-IV (of six), with 167 lithographs after drawings by Roberts and an engraved map delineating the route of Roberts's journey in the Middle East. With descriptions by George Croly and William Brockedon.
The lithographs depict edifices, towns, landscapes and sites sacred to the different religions throughout Palestine and the vicinity, documentation of the journeys taken by Roberts in 1839-1840.
Parts I-IV in two volumes. The prints are numbered consecutively throughout the volumes. Gild-decorated, half-leather bindings. Gilt edges.
Volome I (Parts I-II): [3] ff., 35 pp. [23] ff. + 1-44 plates; [1] f., 3 pp. [22] ff. + 45-87 plates. Volume II (Parts III-IV): [1], 3 pp. [19] ff. + 88-125 plates; [1] f., 9 pp. [22] ff. + 126-168 plates. 29 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Foxing to most leaves. Most leaves detached. Binding of Vol. I detached. Minor marginal tears to some leaves, not affecting text or prints. Handwritten notation on front endpaper of Vol. I. Wear and minor abrasions to bindings (to spines and edges of boards).
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_1.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_2.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_3.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_4.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_5.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_6.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_7.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
![Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/206_8.jpg "Sir David Wilkie's Sketches – Two Volumes of Lithographs – London, 184")
Two folio volumes comprising lithographs by Joseph Nash after sketches by David Wilkie. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley / H. Graves, 1843 and 1846. English.
1. Sir David Wilkie's Sketches in Turkey, Syria & Egypt, 1840 & 1841. [London]: Messrs Graves and Warmsley, 1843.
Among the lithographs: Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I; Persian Prince Halakoo Mirza; inhabitants of various towns in the Ottoman Empire, including Jews in Jerusalem (woman with a child, group of women reading the scriptures); figures near the Ecce Homo arch; A Turkish courier announcing the occupation of Acre; and more.
[26] plates of lithographs (including lithographed title) + [1] f.
2. Sir David Wilkie's sketches, Spanish & Oriental. [London]: H. Graves, 1846.
Among the lithographs: Napoleon and the Pope at Fontainebleau; Mrs. Young, wife of William Tanner Young, British Consul in Jerusalem; Jewish lady at Pera, Istanbul; and more.
[26] plates of lithographs (including lithographed title) + [3] ff.
The lithographs are titled and signed in the plate; some are dated. Original bindings, with leather spines; gilt design to front.
Approx. 54 cm. Fair-good condition. All leaves loose, detached from bindings. Many stains, some dark. Minor marginal tears and blemishes. Long tears to endpapers of first volume. Bookplates inside front boards. Wear and blemishes to bindings.
The painter David Wilkie (1785-1841) was born in Scotland and studied art in London. In 1811 Wilkie was elected an associate of the Royal Academy of Art, and in 1830 was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King. In 1840, he embarked on a journey to the Middle East, to gather material for Biblical-themed works. During his jurney, Wilkie created many portrait-drawings, including a portrait of the Ottoman Sultan. In 1841, while on his way back to London, he fell sick and died on board of a ship near the shores of Gibraltar.
Seven color lithographs: "A View of Jerusalem from the North-West"; A Jew and Jewess, Natives of Jerusalem"; "Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb"; "Bedouin Arabs, from the Plains of Jordan"; "Hebron and Machpelah"; "The Samaritan Priest and His Family, at Nablous"; "View of Jerusalem from Mount Olivet". Some lithographs signed in print: "W. Simpson" [William Simpson]. Title printed in red and blue.
[1] title page + [7] lithographic plates, approx. 27.5X38 cm. Good-fair condition. Significant foxing. Original, cloth-covered boards. Binding worn and partially detached. Tears to spine.
Composite atlas of 89 engraved and hand-colored maps published by Homann Heirs. Nuremberg, ca. 1728-1759.
A bound volume of maps from various atlases published by Homann Heirs, including Große Atlas über die ganze Welt and Major Atlas Scholasticus. Many of the maps are decorated with elaborate cartouches; all are hand-colored.
Volume includes: many maps of Germany, maps of Austria, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain, Scandinavia, Denmark, and more; a map of Asia (1744); two maps of America (1746, 1756); world map (1746); "Schematismus Geographiae Mathematicae" (1753); distance chart (1731); map of the Persian Empire; map of Africa; map of the Ottoman Empire; and a map of Palestine ("Palaestina in XII Tribus divisa cum Terris Adiacentibus", 1750).
The maps are numbered by hand on verso. A handwritten list of maps is bound at the end, listing 70 maps only (some of the listed maps are missing from the volume).
89 maps (double-spread sheets), bound together. Maps (when open): approx. 58.5X49.5 cm. volume: approx. 50 cm. Condition varies. Creases and stains. Closed and open tears to edges and folds (damaging some maps). Strips of paper to verso of some maps. Edges of some maps trimmed. Some maps loose or detached. Leather boards, worn. Abrasions and tears (including open tears; mostly to spine) to binding. Binding almost completely detached.
Mounted on linen, folded and placed in a card cover (cover detached from map). "Plan de Jerusalem 1861" gilt lettered on front board; see Laor 1095, where the map is dated 1860.
Approx. 97X64.5 cm. Mounted on linen and folded. Good overall condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Cover of map detached and damaged.
1-4. Parts 2-4 and 6 of the series Oriental Explorations and Studies:
• Arabia Deserta: A Topographical Itinerary – No. 2, 1927.
[2], XVII, [3], 631 pp. + Index map showing the routes of Musil's journey in Arabia (placed in pocket inside back board; another copy of the map enclosed).
• The Middle Euphrates – No. 3, 1927.
[2], XV, [3], 426 pp. + [2] maps (in pocket inside back board): map of Southern Mesopotamia (48X61.5 cm) and an index map showing the route of Musil's journey in the Middle Euphrates.
• Palmyrena – No. 4, 1928.
[2], XIV, [2], 367 pp. + Index map (in pocket inside back board) showing the route of Musil's journey in Palmyra (Tadmor), between Damascus and the Euphrates.
• The Manners and Customs of the Rwala Bedouins – No. 6, 1928.
XIV, 712 pp. + [1] plate (portrait of Musil as Sheikh Musa ar-Rwejli).
Four volumes, 25 cm. Maps showing the route of Musil's journey: 29X26 cm. Condition varies. Foxing. Minor blemishes. Inked stamps. Some minor tears to maps. Spine of Arabia Deserta partially detached.
5. Northern Arabia according to the original investigations of Alois Musil, 1926.
Map in four sections, appended to parts 2-5 of Oriental Explorations and Studies.
Each section: approx. 62.5X59.5 cm. Overall good condition.
Lot 211 First Hebrew Atlas – Edited by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Shmuel Perlman – London: "HaSefer", 1925
![Atlas, edited by Z. [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and Dr. Sh. [Shmuel] Perlman. London: HaSefer, 1925.
The first Hebrew atlas. Include](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/211_1.jpg "First Hebrew Atlas – Edited by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Shmuel Perlman – L")
![Atlas, edited by Z. [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and Dr. Sh. [Shmuel] Perlman. London: HaSefer, 1925.
The first Hebrew atlas. Include](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/211_2.jpg "First Hebrew Atlas – Edited by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Shmuel Perlman – L")
The first Hebrew atlas. Includes maps showing the Jewish population in each country of the Diaspora, historic maps, and more.
[4], 48 ff., 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Binding slightly worn, with stains. Minor tears to corners of boards and to spine.
![Map of Jerusalem, compiled, drawn and printed by the Survey of Palestine (scale: 1:5000). [Palestine], 1947.
73.5X96.5 cm](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/212.jpg "Large Map of Jerusalem – 1947 – Survey of Palestine")
73.5X96.5 cm. Good condition. Creases, some stains and minor blemishes. Minor tears to edges.
"Map of Eretz Israel, first (temporary) edition" (scale 1:100,000), 24 sheets. Published by the survey department of the State of Israel and the IDF mapping and photography service, 1948-49. English and Hebrew.
The map was prepared during the 1948 war, shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel, and printed in two phases – the northern two-thirds, 16 sheets covering Israel from Metulah to Beer-Sheva, were based on British army maps obtained by the Haganah and reprinted with minor changes. The southern third, from Beer-Sheva to Eilat, remained unmapped by the British Mandatory Government’s survey department; the IDF mapping service supplemented this part of the map, consisting of additional 8 sheets. Both parts comprise a full map of Israel, presumably the first map to be drawn by an official Israeli authority (about the map see interview with Prof. Pinchas Yoeli who headed the IDF mapping service, October 24th 2004, available on the Survey of Israel website).
Sheets:
1-16. British maps reprinted by the IDF mapping and photography service (new imprint added in the margins, with some purple additions to the maps): Metulah, Haifa, Safed, Zichron Yaakov, Jaffa-Tel-Aviv, Nazareth, Nablus, Yavneh, Ramla, Jerusalem, Gaza, Hebron, The Dead Sea, Rafah, Beer Sheva and Mt. Sodom.
Two sheets – Metulah and Jerusalem – lack new imprint (possibly indicating they were reprinted without any interference or an earlier printing date, before the establishment of the state).
17-24. Maps drawn during the war (under the title "Map of Eretz Israel, first (temporary) edition"; imprint reads "Israel Survey Department and the IDF mapping and photography service"): Auja, Abdeh, Wadi al Jayb, Mt. Lutzan, Al Ghamr, Kuntillah, Ain Ghadian and Eilat.
A request addressing users was added in the margins, encouraging soldiers to report any errors to general headquarters.
24 sheets, approx. 55X48 cm to 70X50 cm. Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and tears to margins (some repaired with adhesive tape).
Enclosed: eight sheets published by the mandatory government's survey department (without new imprint) and two sheets belonging to a later map.
![Three early photographs of Jerusalem, [mid-late 19th century]:
1. The Tomb of Absalom. Signed in the plate: Bonfils.
2. P](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/214_1.jpg "Three Early Photographs of Jerusalem – The Train Station, the Mount of")
![Three early photographs of Jerusalem, [mid-late 19th century]:
1. The Tomb of Absalom. Signed in the plate: Bonfils.
2. P](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/214_2.jpg "Three Early Photographs of Jerusalem – The Train Station, the Mount of")
![Three early photographs of Jerusalem, [mid-late 19th century]:
1. The Tomb of Absalom. Signed in the plate: Bonfils.
2. P](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale91/214_3.jpg "Three Early Photographs of Jerusalem – The Train Station, the Mount of")
1. The Tomb of Absalom. Signed in the plate: Bonfils.
2. Photograph of the Jerusalem train station. Signed in the plate: Bonfils (presumably Adrien Bonfils); numbered and captioned in the plate (in French).
3. The Mount of Olives. Unsigned and undated.
Three photographs, approx. 21.5X28.5 cm (photograph no. 2 smaller). Condition varies. Some stains, creases and blemishes. Photograph of the Mount of Olives slightly faded, with traces of adhesive to verso. Photograph of the Tomb of Absalom mounted on card.
1-5. Five sets of stereographic photographs, three of them with accompanying books, offering a "guided tour" of the Holy Land.
Three sets published by Underwood & Underwood (some 300 stereographs; New York, London and elsewhere; late 19th century and early 20th century) and a set published by T. W. Ingersoll (100 color stereographs; USA, 1904). All four sets are presumably complete. Original cases.
6. Wooden folding tabletop stereoscope, E & H. T. Anthony & Co., New York.
Length: 48 cm. Width: 25 cm. Maximal height: 48 cm.
Condition varies. Stereoscope missing two latches and magnifying lens.
Approx. 8.5X17.5 cm. Condition varies.