Photographies de Terre-Sainte [Photos of the Holy Land], published by Abrahim Jousseph Dabdoub. Bethlehem-Jerusalem, [late 19th century].
Album with thirteen photochrom photos (in color) of sites in Eretz Israel – Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Jericho, and more (titled in English, German, French and Russian). Pressed flowers, typical of the location, facing each photo.
Bound in an elegant olive wood binding, with a mother of pearl inlay. On the front cover – inlay of a Star of David (mother of pearl and wood in a different color). On the recto – "Jerusalem Cross" and the inscription "Bethlehem".
[14] plates, album: 30.5X23.5 cm. Good condition. Slight damages caused to binding. Spotting.