Album with 58 photographs, most of them photochromes, of landscapes and sites in Palestine. Zurich, [ca. late 19th century].
The photographs, which are mounted on the album's leaves, portray, among other things: The Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock, the Tower of David (with an Ottoman flag), Rachel's Tomb, the village of Cana, Magdala, Silwan, Capernaum, Mount Hermon, Mount Tabor, the Dead Sea, Jordan River, and other places in Palestine. Three of the photographs were taken in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
The photochromes are numbered, titled (in French) and signed P. Z. [Photochrom Zürich] in the lower margins. Three of the photographs are sepia-toned and are titled in the plate. Most of the photographs are titled by hand (English) on the album's leaves. The album is numbered on the inner side of the binding (ink-stamp): 164.
58 photographs, approx. 22X16 cm. Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. Stains and blemished to some photographs. Open tears to bottom margin of one photograph. Album: approx. 25X18 cm. Minor stains. Some tears and blemishes to margins of leaves. Ownership inscription and dedication on one of the endpapers. Loose and worn binding, with tears and rubbings. Missing spine.