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BONFILS, FELIX (1831-1885)
Album entitled “Palestine II,” with 50 photographs of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, as well as a few
prints of Greece. Included are lovely views of Ephesus, Moab, Damascus, and Lydia, scenes of
mercantile bazaars, plus ancient sites in Baalbek, views of Beyrouth [sic], remarkable portraits of
Bedouin men and women, topographic sites and city views throughout Palestine, and picturesque
depictions of Greek temples. Albumen prints, 8
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x11 inches (22.2x27.9 cm.), and the reverse,
mounted recto/verso, with Bonfils’ credit, inventory number and caption in the negative, and a
handwritten caption, in English, on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered leatherette, worn;
contents loose. 1880s
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