Two large-format albums, with pressed-flower arrangements and color prints of the Holy Land:
1. Photographies de Terre Sainte, Flowers of The Holy Land, Blumen aus dem heiligen Lande, Jerusalem. Large-format album in olivewood binding, with color prints and pressed flowers. [Beirut?, ca. early 20th century].
Comprising eighteen color prints depicting sites in Palestine (Western Wall, Mount of Olives, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jaffa Port, Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee, and more), and eighteen pressed-flower arrangements, on facing pages, opposite the prints.
At the bottom margins of several prints appear captions in French; others bear the imprint: T. R. Dumas [Tancrède Dumas] Et Fils, Éditeurs, Beyrouth (Syrie).
Olivewood binding, front cover carved with a Jerusalem cross within a colorful frame of olivewood marquetry; back cover printed "Jerusalem / ירושלם" within a similar frame.
[19] leaves. 32X23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Blemishes to pressed-flower arrangements. Handwritten inscription and stamp on title page. Defects and scratches to olivewood binding. Tears, including minor open tears to spine.
2. Fleurs de Terre Sainte, Flowers of The Holy Land, Blumen aus dem Heiligen Lande, Jerusalem. Large-format album with color prints and pressed flowers. [Beirut?, ca. early 20th century].
Title page similar in design to those found in pressed-flower albums published by T. R. Dumas, Beirut.
Album Comprising eighteen color prints depicting sites in Palestine (Western Wall, Mount of Olives, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Golden Gate, and streets of Jerusalem), and eighteen pressed-flower arrangements, on facing pages, opposite the prints.
Captions beneath the prints in English, French and German; explanatory captions beneath the pressed-flower arrangements.
Bound in decorative cloth binding, gilt-stamped "Album Jerusalem".
[19] leaves. 32X23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears and blemishes to leaves and tissue guards, not affecting prints. Wear and defects to pressed-flower arrangements. Handwritten inscription on front pastedown. Wear and defects to binding.
