Album Fotografico delle Principali Vedute della Palestina. Printed by V. Bona, Torino (Italy), [19th century]. Italian and French.
Album with twenty photographs of sites in Palestine (unidentified photographer): Jerusalem (Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, Tower of David, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Valley of Jehoshaphat, and more), Bethlehem, Hebron, Jericho, Nazareth, and other towns. Each photograph is accompanied by a description (the descriptions are printed on the pages facing the photographs, in French and Italian). An introduction in Italian and French opens the album.
[1] leaf, [4] pp + 20 photograph plates. Photographs: 17X12.5 cm. Album: approx. 29X22.5 cm. Fine binding with a printed title - "Album Della Palestina". Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains (to album leaves and some of the photographs). Defects to binding and tears at margins and spine.