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Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
November 24, 2020
Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Voyage d'exploration à la Mer Morte, à Petra, et sur la rive du Jourdain by Honoré d'Albert Luynes. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [ca. 1874]. Four parts in three volumes (two volumes of text, one volume of plates). French and some Arabic. First edition.
In 1864, the Duke de Luynes (Honoré Théodore Paul Joseph d'Albert, duc de Luynes, 1802-1867) – a French humanist and collector, and patron of art and photography – led a research expedition to Palestine and its surrounding region. The expedition staff included the geologist Louis Lardet, the physician and naturalist Gustave Combe, and the naval lieutenant and amateur photographer Louis Vignes, who served as the expedition photographer. The expedition conducted measurements and surveys in the Dead Sea region and examined biblical sites. In the course of the study, Vignes used his camera to document the various places. In some cases, these were sites that had never been photographed before.
The sizable amounts of documentation collected by the expedition – one of the most comprehensive of its kind to be conducted in the Dead Sea region in the 19th century – was only published roughly ten years after the mission's return to France. Alongside the three volumes summarizing the expedition's work and its findings, there is an additional volume consisting of high-quality photogravure plates reproducing Vignes's original photographs. These reproductions were created by the French photographer Charles Nègre, a pioneering photogravure artist whose works were distinguished by their quality and precision. Nègre was chosen for this task following a photography competition, initiated by the Duke de Luynes, in which new photo-mechanical techniques for the mass production of photographs intended for publication were presented. Nègre did not win the competition, but the Duke nevertheless preferred his photogravures to the winner's photolithographs. Apart from the historical importance of this volume in the annals of Middle Eastern studies, it is regarded as a milestone in the development of photography and photobooks.
This is the first edition of the book documenting the research expedition of the Duke de Luynes – two volumes of text (comprising three parts) and a volume of plates. Includes 102 plates: 64 photogravure plates, plus maps and lithographs.
The first part of the book gives the Duke's own overview of the findings of his expedition. The second part contains a summary by Louis Vignes, in addition to an account of a separate research expedition funded by the Duke de Luynes and conducted by the architect Christophe-Edouard Mauss and the photographer Henri Sauvaire, from Kerak (Al-Karak) to Shoubak in the present-day Kingdom of Jordan. These parts include three plates: a view of the fortified Crusader castle of Kerak (lithograph after a photograph by Sauvaire), a map of Shoubak, and a (folded) map of the expedition route from Kerak to Shoubak.
The third part is mostly dedicated to the geology and paleontology of the region, and includes 14 lithographic plates: a geological map of the Dead Sea region (double-spread plate, in color), and plates featuring geological cross-sections, fossils, seashells, and more.
The volume of plates includes three unnumbered plates, including a (folded) map of the Dead Sea region; 18 numbered plates – four maps and fourteen lithographs after photographs by Louis Vignes and Henri Sauvaire; and 64 numbered plates – photogravures by Charles Nègre after photographs by Louis Vignes, documenting sites in Sidon, Tyre, Jenin, Nablus, Beth El, Jerusalem, Jericho (double-spread plate, with a view of Mar Saba monastery), the Dead Sea, Iraq Al-Amir, Oyun Musa, Petra, and more.
Three volumes. Vol. I (Parts 1-2): [4] ff., 388 pp; [3] ff., 182 pp., [1] f., 183-222 pp., [3] ff. + [3] plates. Vol. II (Part 3): [2] ff., VI, 326 pp. +14 plates. Vol. III: [3], 18, 64 plates. 36 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (to leaves of text and plates). Dark stains to some leaves and plates. Few tears. Minor blemishes to some plates. One plate (in Vol. III) detached. Minor worming to gutters of some plates (in Vol. III, not affecting prints). Different bindings, with stains and blemishes. Vol. I with quarter-leather red cloth binding (book title stamped in gold on binding); Vol. II with quarter-leather, paper sides binding (spine torn with upper portion detached; back board detached). Vol. III binding entirely restored with leather-like covering.
Literature: Poggi, Isotta. "History Turns Space into Place: A French Voyage to the Dead Sea Basin in 1864". Jerusalem Quarterly, No. 82 (Jerusalem: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2020): 23-37.
In 1864, the Duke de Luynes (Honoré Théodore Paul Joseph d'Albert, duc de Luynes, 1802-1867) – a French humanist and collector, and patron of art and photography – led a research expedition to Palestine and its surrounding region. The expedition staff included the geologist Louis Lardet, the physician and naturalist Gustave Combe, and the naval lieutenant and amateur photographer Louis Vignes, who served as the expedition photographer. The expedition conducted measurements and surveys in the Dead Sea region and examined biblical sites. In the course of the study, Vignes used his camera to document the various places. In some cases, these were sites that had never been photographed before.
The sizable amounts of documentation collected by the expedition – one of the most comprehensive of its kind to be conducted in the Dead Sea region in the 19th century – was only published roughly ten years after the mission's return to France. Alongside the three volumes summarizing the expedition's work and its findings, there is an additional volume consisting of high-quality photogravure plates reproducing Vignes's original photographs. These reproductions were created by the French photographer Charles Nègre, a pioneering photogravure artist whose works were distinguished by their quality and precision. Nègre was chosen for this task following a photography competition, initiated by the Duke de Luynes, in which new photo-mechanical techniques for the mass production of photographs intended for publication were presented. Nègre did not win the competition, but the Duke nevertheless preferred his photogravures to the winner's photolithographs. Apart from the historical importance of this volume in the annals of Middle Eastern studies, it is regarded as a milestone in the development of photography and photobooks.
This is the first edition of the book documenting the research expedition of the Duke de Luynes – two volumes of text (comprising three parts) and a volume of plates. Includes 102 plates: 64 photogravure plates, plus maps and lithographs.
The first part of the book gives the Duke's own overview of the findings of his expedition. The second part contains a summary by Louis Vignes, in addition to an account of a separate research expedition funded by the Duke de Luynes and conducted by the architect Christophe-Edouard Mauss and the photographer Henri Sauvaire, from Kerak (Al-Karak) to Shoubak in the present-day Kingdom of Jordan. These parts include three plates: a view of the fortified Crusader castle of Kerak (lithograph after a photograph by Sauvaire), a map of Shoubak, and a (folded) map of the expedition route from Kerak to Shoubak.
The third part is mostly dedicated to the geology and paleontology of the region, and includes 14 lithographic plates: a geological map of the Dead Sea region (double-spread plate, in color), and plates featuring geological cross-sections, fossils, seashells, and more.
The volume of plates includes three unnumbered plates, including a (folded) map of the Dead Sea region; 18 numbered plates – four maps and fourteen lithographs after photographs by Louis Vignes and Henri Sauvaire; and 64 numbered plates – photogravures by Charles Nègre after photographs by Louis Vignes, documenting sites in Sidon, Tyre, Jenin, Nablus, Beth El, Jerusalem, Jericho (double-spread plate, with a view of Mar Saba monastery), the Dead Sea, Iraq Al-Amir, Oyun Musa, Petra, and more.
Three volumes. Vol. I (Parts 1-2): [4] ff., 388 pp; [3] ff., 182 pp., [1] f., 183-222 pp., [3] ff. + [3] plates. Vol. II (Part 3): [2] ff., VI, 326 pp. +14 plates. Vol. III: [3], 18, 64 plates. 36 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (to leaves of text and plates). Dark stains to some leaves and plates. Few tears. Minor blemishes to some plates. One plate (in Vol. III) detached. Minor worming to gutters of some plates (in Vol. III, not affecting prints). Different bindings, with stains and blemishes. Vol. I with quarter-leather red cloth binding (book title stamped in gold on binding); Vol. II with quarter-leather, paper sides binding (spine torn with upper portion detached; back board detached). Vol. III binding entirely restored with leather-like covering.
Literature: Poggi, Isotta. "History Turns Space into Place: A French Voyage to the Dead Sea Basin in 1864". Jerusalem Quarterly, No. 82 (Jerusalem: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2020): 23-37.
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Travelogues and Photographs – Eretz Israel in the 19th Century and Early 20th Century
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Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
November 24, 2020
Opening: $4,000
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $5,000
Including buyer's premium
Large collection numbering some 290 books, many documenting travels to Palestine and surrounding countries, and others detailing studies and research relating to the geography, natural history, and archaeology of Palestine. Most of the books were printed in England or the United States from the mid-19th century till ca. the mid-20th, with the majority from the 19th century. Predominantly English (several books in other languages).
A diverse collection of books, mostly written by researchers and travelers who visited Palestine in the 19th century – the Golden Age of travel literature pertaining to this country – and early 20th century, giving wide-ranging documentation of the land and its many faces. Many of the books include maps, illustrations, and photographs of the countryside, the landscapes, and the inhabitants.
Books include: • Journal of a Tour in the Holy Land, in May and June, 1840 – Travel journal of a visit to Palestine by Lady Egerton and her husband, the First Duke of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, in May and June of 1840 (London, 1841); • The Holy City, or Historical and Topographical Notices of Jerusalem, by George Williams (London, 1845); • A Pilgrimage to The Land of My Fathers, by Moses Margoliouth (London, 1850); • Domestic Life in Palestine, by Mary Eliza Rogers (London, 1863); • "An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore… Together with a narrative of a forty days' sojourn in the Holy Land" (London, 1877); • Moab, Ammon and Gilead, by Albernon Heber-Percy (London, 1896; inscribed by the author?); • Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statements from years 1869-1900, 1906, 1911-14); • Birds of Arabia, by Richard Meinertzhagen (Edinburgh and London, 1954); • and numerous additional books by academics, explorers, travelers, and pilgrims who journeyed to Palestine.
Approx. 290 volumes. Some books in duplicate copies, some in more than one edition. Size and condition vary.
The books have not been thoroughly inspected and are offered as is.
A diverse collection of books, mostly written by researchers and travelers who visited Palestine in the 19th century – the Golden Age of travel literature pertaining to this country – and early 20th century, giving wide-ranging documentation of the land and its many faces. Many of the books include maps, illustrations, and photographs of the countryside, the landscapes, and the inhabitants.
Books include: • Journal of a Tour in the Holy Land, in May and June, 1840 – Travel journal of a visit to Palestine by Lady Egerton and her husband, the First Duke of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, in May and June of 1840 (London, 1841); • The Holy City, or Historical and Topographical Notices of Jerusalem, by George Williams (London, 1845); • A Pilgrimage to The Land of My Fathers, by Moses Margoliouth (London, 1850); • Domestic Life in Palestine, by Mary Eliza Rogers (London, 1863); • "An open letter addressed to Sir Moses Montefiore… Together with a narrative of a forty days' sojourn in the Holy Land" (London, 1877); • Moab, Ammon and Gilead, by Albernon Heber-Percy (London, 1896; inscribed by the author?); • Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statements from years 1869-1900, 1906, 1911-14); • Birds of Arabia, by Richard Meinertzhagen (Edinburgh and London, 1954); • and numerous additional books by academics, explorers, travelers, and pilgrims who journeyed to Palestine.
Approx. 290 volumes. Some books in duplicate copies, some in more than one edition. Size and condition vary.
The books have not been thoroughly inspected and are offered as is.
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Travelogues and Photographs – Eretz Israel in the 19th Century and Early 20th Century
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Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
November 24, 2020
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
A collection of souvenir albums of the conquest of Jerusalem by British forces (1917), featuring photographs of Palestine, dried flower arrangements, and elegant olivewood bindings. [Palestine, ca. late 1917 and 1918]. English, Hebrew, and additional languages.
33 souvenir albums commemorating the conquest of Jerusalem at the hands of British armed forces. Most include photographs of sites throughout Palestine, with emphasis on Jerusalem (photographs and illustrations, some in color); and arrangements of dried flowers, bound in olivewood. The image of the Dome of the Rock is carved on the front board of some of the bindings.
The art of preserving dried flowers began to develop in Jerusalem roughly in the mid-nineteenth century. The assembly of dried flower albums rapidly turned into a lucrative business that represented a source of income for local artists of diverse training and backgrounds, as well as for souvenir merchants. In the beginning, these albums were geared mostly toward Christian tourists and pilgrims; as such, alongside the dried flowers, they included prints showing sites holy to the Christian faithful. The first Hebrew-language album of dried flowers was published by the historian and author Ze'ev Yavetz in the late nineteenth century. Subsequently, similar albums were published by Abraham Moses Luncz.
A significant increase in the number of incoming tourists – and with it, an increased demand for souvenirs – came with the British conquest of Jerusalem in December of 1917. At the time, albums created as souvenirs of the day of the conquest were widely distributed; they were sold to the British soldiers who took part in the campaign in Palestine, and to the numerous tourists. In the years following the First World War, the printing of these albums gradually diminished as an industry, until it finally vanished entirely from both sight and memory.
Included in the collection:
• "Flowers and Views of the Holy Land, Souvenir of the British Occupation, 9th December 1917" – Albums published by "Edition Jsac Chagise" and printed by A. L. Monsohn, featuring a dozen lithographs depicting Mt. Zion, the Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb, and other sites in and around Jerusalem, as well as landscapes of Tiberias, Jaffa, Hebron, Jericho, and other cities. Opposite each of these lithographs, dried flowers, collected at the various sites, were arranged and mounted.
7 albums, approx. 13X8.5 cm., with identical lithographs and different flower arrangements, and 1 album approx. 16.5X10 cm in size. All in olivewood bindings; most carved with the Dome of the Rock. One binding with the Hebrew inscription "Bezalel Jerusalem" and an illustration of the Tower of David.
• "Flowers and Views of the Holy Land" – Album published by Emanuel Friedman & Co. Booksellers and Publishers, Jerusalem. A dozen color paintings and eleven dried flower arrangements. The Rising Sun emblem of the Australian armed forces appears on the back coverboard, with the caption "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".
• "Album Souvenir Entrance of the British and Allied Troops in Jerusalem" – Three albums, with ten photographs commemorating the day of Jerusalem's conquest (General Watson entering through Jaffa Gate for the first time, General Allenby reading the "Jerusalem Declaration", and more), and nine dried flower arrangements. The albums have different bindings; two are made of olivewood.
• "Palestine by Word and Illustration", edited by Abraham Moses Luncz – Album with photographs depicting sites in Palestine, with information (in English) regarding those sites. The front cover bears the inscription "Souvenir of the Occupation of Jerusalem…".
• And more.
33 albums (including editions with different bindings and flower arrangements, but otherwise identical). Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Stains, tears, and other blemishes. Three incomplete albums.
33 souvenir albums commemorating the conquest of Jerusalem at the hands of British armed forces. Most include photographs of sites throughout Palestine, with emphasis on Jerusalem (photographs and illustrations, some in color); and arrangements of dried flowers, bound in olivewood. The image of the Dome of the Rock is carved on the front board of some of the bindings.
The art of preserving dried flowers began to develop in Jerusalem roughly in the mid-nineteenth century. The assembly of dried flower albums rapidly turned into a lucrative business that represented a source of income for local artists of diverse training and backgrounds, as well as for souvenir merchants. In the beginning, these albums were geared mostly toward Christian tourists and pilgrims; as such, alongside the dried flowers, they included prints showing sites holy to the Christian faithful. The first Hebrew-language album of dried flowers was published by the historian and author Ze'ev Yavetz in the late nineteenth century. Subsequently, similar albums were published by Abraham Moses Luncz.
A significant increase in the number of incoming tourists – and with it, an increased demand for souvenirs – came with the British conquest of Jerusalem in December of 1917. At the time, albums created as souvenirs of the day of the conquest were widely distributed; they were sold to the British soldiers who took part in the campaign in Palestine, and to the numerous tourists. In the years following the First World War, the printing of these albums gradually diminished as an industry, until it finally vanished entirely from both sight and memory.
Included in the collection:
• "Flowers and Views of the Holy Land, Souvenir of the British Occupation, 9th December 1917" – Albums published by "Edition Jsac Chagise" and printed by A. L. Monsohn, featuring a dozen lithographs depicting Mt. Zion, the Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb, and other sites in and around Jerusalem, as well as landscapes of Tiberias, Jaffa, Hebron, Jericho, and other cities. Opposite each of these lithographs, dried flowers, collected at the various sites, were arranged and mounted.
7 albums, approx. 13X8.5 cm., with identical lithographs and different flower arrangements, and 1 album approx. 16.5X10 cm in size. All in olivewood bindings; most carved with the Dome of the Rock. One binding with the Hebrew inscription "Bezalel Jerusalem" and an illustration of the Tower of David.
• "Flowers and Views of the Holy Land" – Album published by Emanuel Friedman & Co. Booksellers and Publishers, Jerusalem. A dozen color paintings and eleven dried flower arrangements. The Rising Sun emblem of the Australian armed forces appears on the back coverboard, with the caption "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".
• "Album Souvenir Entrance of the British and Allied Troops in Jerusalem" – Three albums, with ten photographs commemorating the day of Jerusalem's conquest (General Watson entering through Jaffa Gate for the first time, General Allenby reading the "Jerusalem Declaration", and more), and nine dried flower arrangements. The albums have different bindings; two are made of olivewood.
• "Palestine by Word and Illustration", edited by Abraham Moses Luncz – Album with photographs depicting sites in Palestine, with information (in English) regarding those sites. The front cover bears the inscription "Souvenir of the Occupation of Jerusalem…".
• And more.
33 albums (including editions with different bindings and flower arrangements, but otherwise identical). Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Stains, tears, and other blemishes. Three incomplete albums.
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Travelogues and Photographs – Eretz Israel in the 19th Century and Early 20th Century
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