Lot 97
"Souvenirs of Jerusalem" – Two Albums – Pressed Flowers – First Decades of the 20th Century
Album, Souvenirs of Jerusalem / Views and Flowers of the Holy Land – Jerusalem, two albums. Jerusalem and Haifa: Vassilios A. Rittas, [ca. 1910-1920].
Two souvenir albums with photographs of views and sites in Jerusalem and its surroundings alongside pressed flowers (the photographs and pressed flower arrangements are captioned in English, French and Italian).
The title pages and several of the photographs in the two albums are identical. The publisher's name and the publishing place – "Vassilios A. Rittas – Jerusalem & Haifa" – are noted on one cover.
Two albums, [10] ff. in each (with tissue guards), 24X18 cm. Good overall condition. Stains (mainly to tissue guards). Minor blemishes to pressed flowers. Blemishes and minor wear to bindings.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
