Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Photograph Album in Olive Wood Binding, Late 19th Century

Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Photograph album, "Souvenir from the Holy Land", containing nineteen photographs. [Palestine, late 19th century and early 20th century].
An assortment of photographs from various sources (in Palestine and Europe). The photographs can be removed from the double album leaves. Including: portrait of Abraham Shag-Zwebner; photographs of a Jerusalem Jew reading a book, with tfillin on his forehead; portrait of the geographer Joseph Schwarz; portrait of Moses Montefiore; and ten photographs of sites in Palestine (some captioned by hand). Wooden binding embossed with a medallion with a photograph of Silwan, and the inscription "Souvenir of the Holy Land".
Total of 19 photograph, averaging 6X10 cm, album: 13 cm. Good condition. Stains and some tears. A piece of the top corner of the back binding is missing.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics