May 15, 2008 - Sale 2146

Sale 2146 - Lot 177

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 450
SCHOLTEN, FRANÇOIS. La Palestine Illustrée, Vols. I & II. Together, 2 volumes. Each is illustrated with reproductions of photographs of the landscape, people, and architecture of the Middle East. 4tos, 1/4 marbled paper over gilt-pictorial leather, lightly worn and corners rubbed; notations on front flyleaf, foxed. one of 1000 numbered copies. Paris: Éditions Jean Budry & Co., (1929)

Additional Details

The subtitle describes a text referencing passages in The Bible, Talmud and Koran. Richly illustrated with photographs made by Scholten on his Middle East travels from 1920 to 1923.