Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"The Flowers of the Holy Land" Album – Luncz, 1896 / Pocket-Guide for Soldiers – Palestine
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
1. "The Flowers of the Holy Land…" by Avraham Moshe Luncz. Jerusalem: [A.M. Luncz Press], [ca. 1896]. Hebrew. An additional German title page.
An album with pressed flowers, accompanied by Hebrew and German explanations about the cities where they were collected.
[13] leaves, album: 16X10 cm. Good overall condition. Minor stains. Pieces of flowers and leaves are missing. Blemishes to binding.
2. Palestine and Jerusalem, salient points in the geography, history and present day life of the Holy Land, by H. Sykes. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London-New York-Toronto, printed in Cambridge, [late 1917 or early 1918].
Pocket-guide for soldiers – A soldier's handbook – accompanied by two maps (printed on the endpapers).
64 pp + [2] maps, 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and two tears, affecting the text. Inscriptions on the spine. Minor worming.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
An album with pressed flowers, accompanied by Hebrew and German explanations about the cities where they were collected.
[13] leaves, album: 16X10 cm. Good overall condition. Minor stains. Pieces of flowers and leaves are missing. Blemishes to binding.
2. Palestine and Jerusalem, salient points in the geography, history and present day life of the Holy Land, by H. Sykes. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London-New York-Toronto, printed in Cambridge, [late 1917 or early 1918].
Pocket-guide for soldiers – A soldier's handbook – accompanied by two maps (printed on the endpapers).
64 pp + [2] maps, 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and two tears, affecting the text. Inscriptions on the spine. Minor worming.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Holy Land Souvenirs
Holy Land Souvenirs