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Jerusalem and the Holy Land in Photographs: 1850 to c.1930
Estimate
300,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description
- A magnificent collection of early panoramas, photobooks and individual prints, totalling over 1700 images; highlights include:
- ink, paper
PANORAMAS:
Isaacs, Albert. Jerusalem from Mt. Olivet. [c.1856], 2-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (overall 140 x 530mm.)
[?Isaacs, A.A.] Jerusalem. [c.1857], 3-PART, SALTED PAPER PRINTS (190 x 760mm.)
Robertson and Beato. Jerusalem. [1857], 2-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (230 x 560mm.)
Cramb, John. Jerusalem. [c.1860], 2-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (160 x 430mm.)
[Anon.] Jerusalem. [c.1860s-70s], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (260 x 1140mm.), not joined
[Anon.] Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. [c.1875], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (215 x 760mm.)
Fiorillo, Luigi. Panoramic view of Jerusalem. [c.1890s], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (190 x 740mm.)
[Anon.] Jerusalem. [c.1890s], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (215 x 760mm.)
Dormition Abbey, publisher. Jerusalem. [c.1910], ROTOGRAVURE PRINT (150 x 1240mm.)
Wallace, W.R. Jerusalem. [c.1920], GELATIN SILVER PRINT (200 x 1040mm.), framed
American Colony. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. [c.1930s], MAMMOTH GELATIN SILVER PRINT (440 x 1650mm.), framed
PHOTOBOOKS AND ALBUMS:
[Bridges, George] Selections from ... genuine photographs ... taken around the shores of the Mediterranean between the years 1846-52. Cheltenham, [1852], Parts 1 and 2 (of 3), 2 volumes, folio, 8 SALTED PAPER PRINTS (Rachel's grave; The Jews' Wailing Place [Western Wall]; The Jews' cemetery; Pompeii; the Cave of Machpelah; The Garden of Gethsemane; The Acropolis of Athens; and The Sphynx), text, Bridges's crest on the reverse of each mount and on both upper wrappers, modern brown half morocco, original wrappers bound in
Frith, Francis. Sinai and Palestine [-Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids; -Upper Egypt and Ethiopia; -Egypt, Sinai and Palestine; -Supplement]. London, [1862], 4 volumes, folio, 148 gold-toned ALBUMEN PRINTS, original cloth, rebacked
Bedford, Francis. Photographic pictures made... during the tour of the East. Section 2. Holy Land and Syria. London, [1863], large oblong folio, 47 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary red half morocco
Robertson and Beato. Jerusalem. Album photographique. Constantinople, [1864], FIRST EDITION, folio, lithographed title, 19 ALBUMEN PRINTS, original dark purple cloth boards, neatly rebacked
McDonald, James--Wilson, C.W. Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem. 1865, FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, folio, PHOTOGRAPH VOLUME PRESENTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY COLONEL SIR HENRY JAMES, 2 ALBUMEN PRINTS mounted to titles of volumes 1 and 2, and 76 ALBUMEN PRINTS (including 5 PANORAMAS), plates, and 5 large folding maps, 2 additional maps, contemporary half morocco
Bedford, Francis--Mott, Mrs. The stones of Palestine. London, 1865, 8vo, 12 ALBUMEN PRINTS, original green cloth, contents loose (gutta percha perished as usual)
Bedford, Francis. The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens etc. With text... by W.M. Thompson. London, [c.1866], 4to, 48 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary blue half calf, binding restored
Bergheim, Peter, and others. Album. [c.1860s], Folio, 14 ALBUMEN PRINTS, 6 signed "P. Bergheim," one signed "W. Hammerschmidt", contemporary brown half morocco
Bonfils, Frank Mason Good, and others. Album. [c.1860s], folio, 93 ALBUMEN PRINTS, modern black half morocco
Frith, Francis, Frank Mason Good, and others. 24 Photographic illustrations of the Holy Land. [c.1870], small 4to, 24 ALBUMEN PRINTS, loose as issued, original green cloth portfolio
Bonfils, Felix. Souvenirs d'Orient: Palestine. [1878], large oblong folio, 50 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary red morocco-backed cloth, slightly worn
Maison Bonfils. Album. [c.1860s-1870s], large oblong folio, 100 ALBUMEN PRINTS, comprising 96 large and 4 showing 40 carte-de-visite size images, contemporary black morocco, upper cover titled "Palestine"
Maison Bonfils. Album. [c.1860s-1880s], oblong folio, 53 ALBUMEN PRINTS, black cloth, rebacked and recornered in black calf
Maison Bonfils. Album. [c.1870s.], folio, 34 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary blue morocco, rebacked
Bonfils, Felix. Souvenirs d'Orient: Palestine. [c.1880], 8vo, 30 ALBUMEN PRINTS, red morocco-backed cloth
Frith, Francis. Photo-Pictures from the Lands of the Bible. [c.1880], folio, 71 ALBUMEN PRINTS, dark green morocco, rubbed
Photochrom Zurich. Palestina. [Zurich, 1890s], oblong 4to, 27 PHOTOCHROMS, mounted, loose as issued in portfolio, slightly worn
Photochrom Zurich. Album. Zurich, [1890s], 24 PHOTOCHROMS, original olive wood boards
American Colony. [Album, c.1880-1910], folio, 21 ALBUMEN AND 28 GELATIN SILVER PRINTS, contemporary green half morocco, spine slightly worn
INDIVIDUAL PRINTS:
Bridges, George. Christchurch, Mt. Zion. [c.1850], SALTED PAPER PRINT (165 x 200mm.)
Salzmann, Auguste. Jerusalem. 1856, 14 SALTED PAPER PRINTS (each approximately 230 x 330mm., or the reverse), each on publisher's card mount
Leeuw, Theodor. Mt. Zion. [c.1850s], SALTED PAPER PRINT (210 X 285mm.)
Isaacs, Albert Augustus. Jerusalem from the valley of Jehosophat. [1857], SALTED PAPER PRINT (250 x 305mm.)
Frith, Francis. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. [1858], MAMMOTH ALBUMEN PRINT (375 x 475mm.)
De Clerq, Louis. Jerusalem, vue des remparts. [c.1859], ALBUMEN PRINT (200 x 260mm.)
Cuccioni, Tommaso. Relief from the Arch of Titus, Rome. [c.1860], ALBUMEN PRINT (330 x 460mm.)
Isaacs, Albert. Jerusalem from Mt. Olivet. [c.1856], 2-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (overall 140 x 530mm.)
[?Isaacs, A.A.] Jerusalem. [c.1857], 3-PART, SALTED PAPER PRINTS (190 x 760mm.)
Robertson and Beato. Jerusalem. [1857], 2-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (230 x 560mm.)
Cramb, John. Jerusalem. [c.1860], 2-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (160 x 430mm.)
[Anon.] Jerusalem. [c.1860s-70s], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (260 x 1140mm.), not joined
[Anon.] Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. [c.1875], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (215 x 760mm.)
Fiorillo, Luigi. Panoramic view of Jerusalem. [c.1890s], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (190 x 740mm.)
[Anon.] Jerusalem. [c.1890s], 3-PART, ALBUMEN PRINTS (215 x 760mm.)
Dormition Abbey, publisher. Jerusalem. [c.1910], ROTOGRAVURE PRINT (150 x 1240mm.)
Wallace, W.R. Jerusalem. [c.1920], GELATIN SILVER PRINT (200 x 1040mm.), framed
American Colony. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. [c.1930s], MAMMOTH GELATIN SILVER PRINT (440 x 1650mm.), framed
PHOTOBOOKS AND ALBUMS:
[Bridges, George] Selections from ... genuine photographs ... taken around the shores of the Mediterranean between the years 1846-52. Cheltenham, [1852], Parts 1 and 2 (of 3), 2 volumes, folio, 8 SALTED PAPER PRINTS (Rachel's grave; The Jews' Wailing Place [Western Wall]; The Jews' cemetery; Pompeii; the Cave of Machpelah; The Garden of Gethsemane; The Acropolis of Athens; and The Sphynx), text, Bridges's crest on the reverse of each mount and on both upper wrappers, modern brown half morocco, original wrappers bound in
Frith, Francis. Sinai and Palestine [-Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids; -Upper Egypt and Ethiopia; -Egypt, Sinai and Palestine; -Supplement]. London, [1862], 4 volumes, folio, 148 gold-toned ALBUMEN PRINTS, original cloth, rebacked
Bedford, Francis. Photographic pictures made... during the tour of the East. Section 2. Holy Land and Syria. London, [1863], large oblong folio, 47 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary red half morocco
Robertson and Beato. Jerusalem. Album photographique. Constantinople, [1864], FIRST EDITION, folio, lithographed title, 19 ALBUMEN PRINTS, original dark purple cloth boards, neatly rebacked
McDonald, James--Wilson, C.W. Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem. 1865, FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, folio, PHOTOGRAPH VOLUME PRESENTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY COLONEL SIR HENRY JAMES, 2 ALBUMEN PRINTS mounted to titles of volumes 1 and 2, and 76 ALBUMEN PRINTS (including 5 PANORAMAS), plates, and 5 large folding maps, 2 additional maps, contemporary half morocco
Bedford, Francis--Mott, Mrs. The stones of Palestine. London, 1865, 8vo, 12 ALBUMEN PRINTS, original green cloth, contents loose (gutta percha perished as usual)
Bedford, Francis. The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens etc. With text... by W.M. Thompson. London, [c.1866], 4to, 48 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary blue half calf, binding restored
Bergheim, Peter, and others. Album. [c.1860s], Folio, 14 ALBUMEN PRINTS, 6 signed "P. Bergheim," one signed "W. Hammerschmidt", contemporary brown half morocco
Bonfils, Frank Mason Good, and others. Album. [c.1860s], folio, 93 ALBUMEN PRINTS, modern black half morocco
Frith, Francis, Frank Mason Good, and others. 24 Photographic illustrations of the Holy Land. [c.1870], small 4to, 24 ALBUMEN PRINTS, loose as issued, original green cloth portfolio
Bonfils, Felix. Souvenirs d'Orient: Palestine. [1878], large oblong folio, 50 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary red morocco-backed cloth, slightly worn
Maison Bonfils. Album. [c.1860s-1870s], large oblong folio, 100 ALBUMEN PRINTS, comprising 96 large and 4 showing 40 carte-de-visite size images, contemporary black morocco, upper cover titled "Palestine"
Maison Bonfils. Album. [c.1860s-1880s], oblong folio, 53 ALBUMEN PRINTS, black cloth, rebacked and recornered in black calf
Maison Bonfils. Album. [c.1870s.], folio, 34 ALBUMEN PRINTS, contemporary blue morocco, rebacked
Bonfils, Felix. Souvenirs d'Orient: Palestine. [c.1880], 8vo, 30 ALBUMEN PRINTS, red morocco-backed cloth
Frith, Francis. Photo-Pictures from the Lands of the Bible. [c.1880], folio, 71 ALBUMEN PRINTS, dark green morocco, rubbed
Photochrom Zurich. Palestina. [Zurich, 1890s], oblong 4to, 27 PHOTOCHROMS, mounted, loose as issued in portfolio, slightly worn
Photochrom Zurich. Album. Zurich, [1890s], 24 PHOTOCHROMS, original olive wood boards
American Colony. [Album, c.1880-1910], folio, 21 ALBUMEN AND 28 GELATIN SILVER PRINTS, contemporary green half morocco, spine slightly worn
INDIVIDUAL PRINTS:
Bridges, George. Christchurch, Mt. Zion. [c.1850], SALTED PAPER PRINT (165 x 200mm.)
Salzmann, Auguste. Jerusalem. 1856, 14 SALTED PAPER PRINTS (each approximately 230 x 330mm., or the reverse), each on publisher's card mount
Leeuw, Theodor. Mt. Zion. [c.1850s], SALTED PAPER PRINT (210 X 285mm.)
Isaacs, Albert Augustus. Jerusalem from the valley of Jehosophat. [1857], SALTED PAPER PRINT (250 x 305mm.)
Frith, Francis. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. [1858], MAMMOTH ALBUMEN PRINT (375 x 475mm.)
De Clerq, Louis. Jerusalem, vue des remparts. [c.1859], ALBUMEN PRINT (200 x 260mm.)
Cuccioni, Tommaso. Relief from the Arch of Titus, Rome. [c.1860], ALBUMEN PRINT (330 x 460mm.)
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY LAND, INCLUDING EARLY CALOTYPES, PANORAMAS AND RARE PUBLISHED ALBUMS. THE COLLECTION EXTENDS TO THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES OF SYRIA, LEBANON AND EGYPT.
The focus of this collection, formed over 25 years, was to acquire the finest examples of the earliest obtainable paper photographs of the most revered and historic sites in Jerusalem and its environs, taken by the most prominent photographers working in the Holy Land in the nineteenth century. The result is the largest single collection of photographs of the Holy Land to appear at auction, and a collection of the greatest historical significance, which would be very difficult to replicate today.
A full list of the collection is available on request.