Lot 93
"Holy Land Album" – Color Lithographs and Pressed Flowers – Published by "Zvi Kadesh" – Olive Wood Binding
Holy Land Album, Views and Flowers, Artificial Pictures of the Holy Places, Views of old and New Jerusalem. Specimens of Flowers from the Holy Land. Jerusalem: "Zvi Kadesh", [ca. late 19th century].
An album of pressed flowers from Palestine. With color lithographic illustrations of the first neighborhoods of Jerusalem on most leaves, captioned in Hebrew, English and German. Mounted on verso of the leaves are pressed flowers, with text indicating their origin in five languages: Hebrew, English, German, French and Russian.
Color map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan River, with the territories of the Tribes, printed on verso of title page. The last page features an illustration titled "Memorial of the Temple Ruins".
Elegant carved olive wood binding depicting the Dome of the Rock and reading "Jerusalem / Omar Moschee".
[11] leaves, 14.5X8.5 cm. Good overall condition. Several stains and minor blemishes. Edges slightly trimmed (slightly affecting text). Professionally restored, with new tissue guards.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
