Bonfils, Felix Album mit 108 großformatigen OPhotographien mit Aufnahmen aus Syrien und Palästina. Spätes 19. Jh. Je Albuminabzug auf Photopapier. Maße je ca. 22 x 28 cm. Überwiegend mit einbelichtete…

Syria and Palestine Bonfils, Felix Album with 108 large-format OPhotographs with images from Syria and Palestine. Late 19th century. Each albumen print on photographic paper. Dimensions approx. 22 x 28 cm each. Most with imprinted inscription, numbering and signature. Each firmly mounted in a splendid 4° landscape leather album of the period with mounted decorative frame and gilt title on front cover, floral gilt inner edges, silk endpapers with floral weaving and gilt edges on three sides. Probably a privately compiled album from a trip to Palestine and Syria in 1892 (DTitel). The photographs show: Panorama and market scene of the port city of Jaffa. - Several photographs of Jerusalem, including the Damascus Gate, the Citadel of David, the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with the Stone of Anointing, the Church of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives, etc. - A view of Bethany (present-day Al-Eizariya). - Pilgrims in Bethlehem and other shots of interiors, market scenes, etc. - A Bedouin camp. - The Damascus Gate and the Temple of Jupiter in Damascus, etc. - A panoramic view of Beirut, with the Lebanon Mountains in the background. - The ancient ruins in Palmyra. - Dome of Baalbek. - Portrait of a Syrian Bedouin shepherd in splendid costume a.o. - With mounted, partly colored map of Palestine (Kiepert, Reimer, 1891) and enclosed 2 folded fol. Pl. hs. Description of the individual photographs in German. - Bonfils a French bookbinder and photographer who worked mainly in the Middle East. - Extensive compilation of OPhotographs of a traveler at the end of the 19th century. At this time the later orientalist and archaeologist Max von Oppenheim also undertook his first major research trip to the Middle East and discovered Tell Halaf a few years later. - Partly minimally stained and somewhat faded. Overall in very good condition. Album with 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine. Each albumen print on photographic paper. Mostly with illuminated inscription, numbering and signature. Each firmly mounted in a decorative album with mounted ornamental frame and gilt title on the front cover, floral gilt edges, silk endpapers with floral weaving and gilt edges on three sides. - Presumably privately compiled album of a trip to Palestine and Syria in 1892 (cover title). - Depicted: Panorama as well as market scene of Jaffa. - Some photographs of Jerusalem, including the Damascus Gate, the David's Citadel, the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with the Anointing Stone, the Church of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives, etc. - A view of Bethany (today's Al-Eizariya). - Pilgrims in Bethlehem and other views of interiors, market scenes, etc. - A Bedouin camp. - The Damascus Gate and the Temple of Jupiter in Damascus, etc. - A panoramic view of Beirut, with the Lebanon Mountains in the background. - The ancient ruins in Palmyra. - Dome of Baalbek. - Portrait of a Syrian Bedouin shepherd in traditional costume, etc. - With mounted, partial colored map of Palestine (Kiepert, Reimer, 1891) and enclosed 2 folded. ll. handwritten description of the individual photographs in German. - Bonfils a French bookbinder and photographer who worked primarily in the Middle East. - Extensive compilation of orig. photographs compiled by a traveler at the end of the 19th century. At this time, the later orientalist and archaeologist Max von Oppenheim also made his first major research trip to the Middle East and discovered Tell Halaf a few years later. - Partly minimally spotted a. somewhat faded. Altogether very well preserved. * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.