Fourteen prints of cities and sites in Palestine, from early books and albums, including prints of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tiberius, Nazareth and elsewhere. [Various printers in Europe, ca. early 18th century to mid-19th century].
Including:
• Engravings depicting Ramla, Mount Carmel and Mount Tabor. Printed in the book "Kanaän En d'Omleggende Landen" (Leeuwarden, 1717). • Engravings depicting the Jaffa Port, Tiberius, Bethânia, Solomon's Pools, Nazareth and Mount Tabor. Presumably, from Augustin Calmet's "Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch...", (Leiden, 1725-1727). • Four lithographic prints after photographs by Alois Payer, from "Album von Jerusalem" (Vienna, [1866]). Three of them depicting the vicinity of Jerusalem and one depicting Bethlehem (Alois Payer was the official photographer of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I. The photographs appearing in "Album von Jerusalem" were taken during his visit to Palestine in 1865, and were dedicated to the Emperor).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and fold lines. Tears and worming to several prints (mostly small, to margins).