Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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USA
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Time in Israel: 22:00, Time in New York: 15:00 EST
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LOT 148:
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
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Estimated price:
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1,000 - $1,500
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Herbarium. Holy Land Album - Views and Flowers: Artificial Pictures of the Holy Places Views of Old and New Jerusalem, Specimens of Flowers from the Holy Land.
Text in Hebrew, English, German, French and Russian. Hebrew color-printed map of Palestine on verso of title page. Ten cards with designs of pressed flowers and leaves, each captioned in Hebrew and English. On verso of each images of Eretz Israel neighborhoods and sites by printer/lithographer
A. Monsohn . Floral endpages. The whole bound in carved olive-wood binding. Rectangular 12mo.
Jerusalem: c. 1900.
Rare and charming series of pressed flower dioramas, featuring the flowers of Eretz Israel, carefully manipulated in a paper-cut method, creating floral bouquets, arrangements, wreaths and natural scenes. Detailed locations include Mount Zion, Mount Hermon, Shiloah, Jewish colonies of Jerusalem, etc. all with flowers of the respective areas. Clever inclusion of a Hebrew Map of Eretz Israel as point of reference for the reader. The final card's verso serves as a remembrance of the Destruction of the Temple.
