Lot n° 226

Francis FRITH (1822-1898) Sinaï and Palestine 1858/1860 Londres, William Mackenzie, [1862] …

Estimation : 2 000 - 3 000 EUR
Adjudication : 2 000 €
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Francis FRITH (1822-1898)
Sinaï and Palestine 1858/1860
Londres, William Mackenzie, [1862]
Exemplaire complet de ses trente-sept (37) épreuves (incluant la plus petite du frontispice) sur papier albuminé collées sur carton, la plupart des épreuves signées dans les négatifs, légendes imprimées sur les cartons de montage
Frontispiece-The street called straight, Damascus
Mount Horeb, Sinai
Mount Serbal, from the Wadde Feyran
The convent of Sinai, and plain of Er-Raha
The Wadee El-Mukattab, Sinai
Sinaitic inscriptions in Wadee El-Mukattab
The summit of Gebel Moosa, Sinai
View at Hebron
Hebron, with Mosque covering the cave of Macpelah
Gaza (The Old Town)
Samson's gate, Gaza
Jerusalem, from Mount Scopus
Jerusalem, from the Well of En-Rogel
Jerusalem, the Mosque of Aska
Jerusalem, the Valley of Jehoshaphat
Jerusalem, the Village of Siloam and valley of Kidron
Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives
Jerusalem, entrance of the Church of The Holy Sepulture
Jerusalem, street view , with The Church of The Holy Sepulture
Jerusalem, Church of The Ascension, Mount of Olives
Jerusalem, The Pool of Hezekiah
Jerusalem, City Wall and Mosque of Omar, &c.
Jerusalem, The Pool of Bethesda, &c.
Jerusalem, Absalom's Tomb
Convent of Mar-Saba
The north shore of the Dead Sea
Nablous, The Ancient Shechem
Nazareth, from the north-west
The town and Lake of Tiberias, from the north
Tiberias from the south
BanIas, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi
St. Paul's Wall, Damascus
Distant view of Damascus
Baalbec, from the south
The Great Pillars and Smaller Temple, Baalnec
The Circular Temple, Baalbec
The Largest of the cedars, Mount Lebanon
Reliure : H. 45 cm - L. 32 cm
Planches : H. 31,5 cm - L. 44 cm
Épreuves : H. 23 cm - L. 16 cm env.
Premier volume composant Egypte, Palestine and Nubia, ouvrage en quatre volumes publié en 1862
Référence : Le Metropolitan Museum de New york conserve un exemplaire de cet ouvrage sous la référence 1991.1073.91
Reliure usée en mauvais état, l'ensemble des planches étant désolidarisé, certaines planches avec rousseurs ou mouillures
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