Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
"Souvenir from Jerusalem" - Color Lithographs after Paintings by François-Edmond Pâris - Paris, 19th Century
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Souvenirs de Jerusalem. Album Dessiné par M. Le Contre-Amiral Pâris. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [ca. 1862]. French.
"Souvenir from Jerusalem", elephant folio volume with fourteen large and impressive lithographs depicting holy sites in Jerusalem, after paintings by Vice Admiral François-Edmond Pâris (1806-1893); most lithographs are in color.
Most of the lithographs depict the interiors of mosques and churches (Dome of the Rock, El-Aqsa mosque, Church of Nativity Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and more). One lithograph depicts the city of Jerusalem viewed from the Mount of Olives. An additional lithograph on the title page depicts a plan of the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The volume opens with four text pages with descriptions of the sites depicted in the lithographs.
[3] leaves, [14] lithograph plates, 62 cm. Fair condition. Significant foxing to most of the leaves. Darkened title page. Creases, worming and small tears at margins of leaves and plates (not affecting drawings). Contemporary binding, worn and restored, with new endpapers, reinforced with cloth strips. Gilt edges. The initials "J.P." are embossed on the back binding.
"Souvenir from Jerusalem", elephant folio volume with fourteen large and impressive lithographs depicting holy sites in Jerusalem, after paintings by Vice Admiral François-Edmond Pâris (1806-1893); most lithographs are in color.
Most of the lithographs depict the interiors of mosques and churches (Dome of the Rock, El-Aqsa mosque, Church of Nativity Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and more). One lithograph depicts the city of Jerusalem viewed from the Mount of Olives. An additional lithograph on the title page depicts a plan of the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The volume opens with four text pages with descriptions of the sites depicted in the lithographs.
[3] leaves, [14] lithograph plates, 62 cm. Fair condition. Significant foxing to most of the leaves. Darkened title page. Creases, worming and small tears at margins of leaves and plates (not affecting drawings). Contemporary binding, worn and restored, with new endpapers, reinforced with cloth strips. Gilt edges. The initials "J.P." are embossed on the back binding.