Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Two "Souvenir from Jerusalem" Albums – Late 19th Century

Opening: $400
Unsold
1. Souvenir von Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, late 19th century]. Hebrew, Russian, English, German, French.
Album, with a folded picture-sheet, in hard cover. The album includes numerous drawings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Safed and the colonies (after photographs attributed to the artist Meir Rozin). On the binding appears the title: "Jerusalem and all the holy towns and holy places and colonies founded by Baron Rothschild…" (Hebrew).
Folded sheet (14 pp) in hard cover. 18.5 cm (length of sheet when open: approx. 188 cm). Good-fair condition. Some stains. Creases. Some small tears at margins and folding lines. Folding lines of the sheet are reinforced with strips of adhesive tape (cloth) pasted on the back of the sheet. Ink-stamps with ink inscriptions. Damages to binding.
2. Souvenir von Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, late 19th century]. Hebrew, French, English and German. Album with a foldled picture-sheet, in hard cover. The album includes many drawings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Safed and the colonies. On the binding appears the title: "Jerusalem and all the holy towns and holy places and colonies founded by Baron Rothschild…" (Hebrew).
Binding is identical to that of item no. 1 while the picture-sheet is different.
Folded sheet (12 pp) in hard cover. 18.5 cm (length of sheet when open: approx. 165 cm). Fair-good condition. Tears along folding lines (many of them reinforced with adhesive tape). The sheet is torn to three parts (separated at the folding lines; no damage to the pictures). Some stains. Slight creases and defects. Defects to binding.
Maps,Travels to Palestine, Photography, Postcards and Graphics,
Maps,Travels to Palestine, Photography, Postcards and Graphics,