202 - [Holy Land]. BONFILS. BERGHEIM. [A. ALDEN or A. ADEN].

[Holy Land]. BONFILS. BERGHEIM. [A. ALDEN or A. ADEN]. PALESTINE. [Photo album] of the Countess of Rayneval’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. September through November 1874, Italian-style folio. 52 views (approx. 25–27 x 18–21 cm), including 3 panoramas, for a total of 57 prints, and 2 photographs (sizes 10–12 x 15–17 cm) on albumen paper mounted on heavy cardstock, all mounted on tabs. Half pine-patterned shagreen with period corners, covers outlined with blind-stamped fillets, spine with faux raised bands, gilt title, "Palestine" in raised gold on the front cover (some wear to the cap ends, minor soiling on the binding, scattered faint pinholes or foxing spots; some of the prints are slightly faded or yellowed, a few have a bluish tint, some yellowing at the folds and pinholes at the margins on the panoramas). Album formerly owned by Countess Louise de Rayneval. She died in 1909 and was a great traveler, devout and socially engaged, the daughter of General Auguste Bertin de Veaux. Handwritten ex libris title and captions on the mounts, in pen, likely in her own hand. Several prints are signed Bergheim or A. Alden. Includes 2 fold-out panoramas by Bonfils, signed and numbered on the negative, composed of 2 prints: 154–155 Panorama of Bethlehem and 151–152 Panorama of the Mount of Olives. Includes a very large fold-out panorama of Jerusalem taken from a nearby hill, composed of four photographs mounted together. The prints are titled: Jaffa. Ramleh. Tower of the Forty Martyrs in Ramleh. Abu Gosh. Panorama of Jerusalem (4 photographs). The entrance to the Holy Sepulcher. The Holy Sepulcher and the Small Mosque of Omar. Jerusalem and St. Anne’s Church. Interior of the Jaffa Gate. Tower of David or Tower of the Pisans. A Street in Jerusalem. Ecce Homo Arch, Convent of Our Lady of God. Near the tomb of Alexander Jameus. Ancient Sheep Pool, Probatic Pool. Exterior of St. Stephen’s Gate. Exterior of Damascus Gate. Cave of Jeremiah. Wall of Solomon. Exterior of the Golden Gate. The Golden Gate (interior). Zion Gate or David’s Gate. The Cenacle. Panorama of the Mount of Olives (2 photos). The Dead Sea. Gardens of Gethsemane. Olive Tree of Gethsemane. Tomb of the Blessed Virgin. Village of the Ascension. Valley of Jehoshaphat: Tombs of St. James and Zechariah. Valley of Jehoshaphat: Tomb of Absalom. Pool of Siloam. Haceldama. Omar Mosque (2 views). Temple Mount Esplanade: Omar Mosque. El Aya Mosque. Facade of the El Aya Mosque. Nourredhin’s Pulpit. Tomb of Abu Nabou. Jews mourning on Friday at the ruins of the Temple (reproduction of a lithograph). Road to Bethlehem. St. Elijah’s Monastery. Rachel’s Tomb; the village of Beith-Djallah. Panorama of Bethlehem (2 photographs). The Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. Convent of the Holy Cross on the road to St. John. Tomb of the Kings. The village of Bethany. A Greek merchant in Jerusalem. At the end, 2 small-format prints titled: The Easter Caravan of 1874 in Baalbek (Westerners in travel attire and a priest) and The Village of St. John. Includes 2 large albumen prints: -Silver bas-relief donated to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher by H.E. Count Antonelli. 1876. -Stone of the Anointing of Jesus Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. (20.6 x 27.5 cm). (Faded print) mounted on cardboard backing with a title printed in French and German. Interior view showing Orthodox and Catholic clergy praying.