Photographies et fleurs de Terre Sainte / Photographs and Flowers of Hl. Land / Photographien und Blumen vom Hl. Lande. [Jerusalem, late 19th century or early 20th century]. English, French and German.
An album with twenty four photogravures depicting views and sites of Palestine, most or all of them after photographs by Félix Bonfils – the Jaffa Gate, David's Tomb, the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Via Dolorosa, the Mount of Olives and other sites in Jerusalem; Christmas in Bethlehem; the Jordan River and the Dead Sea; Tiberias; and more. Alongside the photogravures, the album features twenty-four pressed flower arrangements (from the cities and sites where the photographs were taken).
Elegant olive wood binding with a leather spine; with the Jerusalem cross carved on the front board and the inscription "Jerusalem" printed on the back board.
[25] leaves, approx. 21.5X28.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Minor blemishes to pressed flower arrangements. Blemishes to spine and inside binding.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.