Album with approx. 185 photographs (mounted on cardboard pages), taken during a private journey in the north of Eretz Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Switzerland, [late 19th century, ca.1875-1885].
The album contains about 45 photographs of Eretz Israel portraying, among others, Tiberias (the town and its surroundings), Kineret, Bedouines near the Hula, Druze in Upper Galilee, Jordan River (next to Dan), the village of Jauni (later: Rosh Pina), Bnot Ya'akov Bridge, view from a tent erected by the travelers near the Banias and inhabitants living in the area, the Jordan River sources (Banias), Mount Hermon, Majdal Shams, and the travelers tent camp (some of the photographs are panoramic). Further in the album appear approx. 54 photographs from Syria and Lebanon (Damascus, Beirut, and other locations) and ca. 80 photographs from a Ski-vacation in Davos. Several additional photographs are enclosed at the end of the album, including two panoramic photographs which were most probably taken in the North of Eretz Israel. Size varies, average size: 9X12 cm, to 9X30 cm (panoramas). Album: 27.5X38 cm. Photographs in good condition. Several photographs detached. Album in fair-good condition: lacking
spine, some cardboard pages are detached.