Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Souvenir from the Levant – Moses Wilhelm Shapira – Jerusalem, 19th Century

Opening: $400
Unsold
Souvenirs de Levant [Souvenirs from the Levant] edited by M.W. Shapira [Moses Wilhelm Shapira] and C.F. Spittler Jerusalem, [ca. 1870s.].
Souvenir for tourists, made by Moses Wilhelm Shapira, collector and antiquities dealer who lived in Jerusalem in the second half of the 19th century and became famous as a forger of antiquities.
A small box in the shape of a medal, within which a booklet is folded as an accordion, with twenty prints of illustrations – figures from the Levant. Diameter of box: approx. 4.5 cm. Good condition. Slightly damaged (mainly box).
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
Travels to Eretz Israel, Maps, Souvenir Objects, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels to Eretz Israel, Maps, Souvenir Objects, Photography, Postcards and Graphics