Notice Illustree sur al-Haram Al--Haram Al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

Auction 91 | Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.

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Lot 178

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Notice Illustree sur al-Haram Al--Haram Al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

Text entirely in French. Seven photographic plates depicting the Temple Mount. Upper corner of rear cover with portions of Supreme Muslim Council stamp 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 the Supreme Moslem Council 1933

Est: $500 - $700

This guide to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif, the Temple Mount, is of course written from a religious Moslem perspective. Nonetheless, it declares (p.2) that the site is where the Temple of Solomon stood and where David offered sacrifices to God (Samuel II, 24:25). Hence the Supreme Muslim Council (headed by Haj Amin al-Husseini) here officially records the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.