Sale 2406 Lot 11

FELIX BONFILS (1831-1885) 
Album containing 40 photographs of Palestine. 
With an unusual selection of views of Jaffa, Hebron, Bethlehem, the Jordan River, Nazareth, the Galilee, the Monastery of Elijah, and more, including picturesque landscapes of historic sites and others depicting colonial adventurers and/or tradesmen. Albumen prints, 8 1/2x11 inches (21.6x27.9 cm.), mounted recto/verso, nearly all with Bonfils' credit, caption, and inventory number in the negative; plus 2 additional prints laid in at the rear. Oblong small folio, 1/4 morocco, edgewear. 1870s 


Estimate $1,500 - 2,500