Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Souvenir from the Levant - Moses Wilhelm Shapira - Jerusalem, 19th Century
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Souvenirs de Levant [Souvenirs from the Levant] edited by M. W. Shapira [Moses Wilhelm Shapira] and C. F. Spittler Jerusalem, [ca. 1870s].
Souvenir for tourists, made by Moses Wilhelm Shapira, antiquities collector and dealer who lived in Jerusalem in the second half of the 19th century and became known as a forger of antiquities.
A small box in the shape of a medal, within which a booklet is folded as an accordion, with twenty prints (chromolithographs) - figures from the Levant.
Diameter of box: approx. 4.5 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to box.
Souvenir for tourists, made by Moses Wilhelm Shapira, antiquities collector and dealer who lived in Jerusalem in the second half of the 19th century and became known as a forger of antiquities.
A small box in the shape of a medal, within which a booklet is folded as an accordion, with twenty prints (chromolithographs) - figures from the Levant.
Diameter of box: approx. 4.5 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to box.
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography