A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 171

(JERUSALEM)

A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

<<First edition.>> Photographic illustrations of the Temple Mount. Upper corner of rear cover with portions of Supreme Muslim Council stamp and here torn off, as all copies (for purposes of the Council’s internal accounting). pp. (24). Two neat hole-punches. Original printed wrappers. Sm. 4to.

Jerusalem, Moslem Orphanage Press for Supreme Moslem Council, 1924:

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $800

The Supreme Muslim Council (headed by Haj Amin al-Husseini) here officially denotes the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. This guide to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif is overwhelmingly written from a Moslem perspective, nonetheless