The Holy Land -- a collection of 65 photographs of landscapes and architecture in and around Jerusalem

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Félix Bonfils (1831-1885), Photographer
The Holy Land -- a collection of 65 photographs of landscapes and architecture in and around Jerusalem
the subjects including: 'Place du marché à Jaffa.'; 'Rameleh'; 'Jerusalem. route de Bethlehem.'; 'Valley of Jehoshaphat.'; 'Vue de Jerusalem prise du Mont des Oliviers.'; 'Tour de David. Jerusalem.'; 'The Tomb. S^t Sepulcre. Jerusalem.'; 'Mosque of Omar.'; 'Vue generale de l'emplacement du temple de Solomon.'; 'Mosque el- Aksa. Jerusalem.'; 'Jews of Jerusalem.'; 'Grotto of Jeremiah & Convent of S^t Etienne. Jerusalem.'; 'Garden of Gethsamane.'; 'Tomb of the Kings. Jerusalem.'; 'HEBRON.'; 'BETHLEHEM.'; 'Tomb of Lazarus. Bethany.'; 'Khan el. Ahmar- on the way to Jericho.'; 'The Dead Sea'; 'The Jordan'; 'SAMARIA. Sebastieh.'; 'Nazareth.'; 'Fountain of Cana in Galilee.'; 'Druses of Mount Carmel.', the majority titled in French and numbered and with photographer's credit 'Bonfils' in the plate, further titled on the album leaves
albumen prints
8¾ x 11in. (22.2 x 28cm.) and similar

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Lot Essay

An album of photographs of the Holy Land by the French photographer Félix Bonfils. In the photograph of 'Rue de la Porte de Jaffa a Jerusalem' included in the present album, the shop sign of F. Nicodeme is visible advertising 'Photographs by Bonfils, Curiosities of the East & Other Articles for the use of Travellers' for sale.

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