Feb 28, 2012 - Sale 2270

Sale 2270 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 22,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
BONFILS, FELIX (1831-1885)
Album entitled "Photographs of the Holy Land -- Jerusalem," containing 48 views of Jerusalem's architecture, interiors, inhabitants, scenic views, and ruins. Albumen prints, each approximately 8 3/4x11 inches (22.2x27.9 cm.), mounted recto/verso, and each with Bonfils's scripted credit, an inventory number, and a caption, in the negative. Oblong 4to, carved wooden covers depicting the Temple Mount and with wooden inlay; debossed leather backstrip. 1870s