The Holy Bible. Tipped-in: Twenty-four fine albumen photographs by Francis Frith

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts

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Lot 122

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

The Holy Bible. Tipped-in: Twenty-four fine albumen photographs by Francis Frith

With four colored maps by W. Hughes. Bookplate of “The Right Hon. Viscount Lymington…January 19th, 1877.” With the exception of a few light stains, crisp, clean copy. Marbled endpapers. aeg. Handsome blind-tooled calf, decorated brass clasps, raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Lg. 4to

London: (circa 1870)

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

Period Photographs of the Holy Land Francis Frith (1822-1898) was an English photographer and publisher. After profitably liquidating his printing establishment in England in 1856, Frith made three lengthy trips to the Near East (1856, 1857 and 1858), during which he produced an accuratephotographic record of the area, utilizing three different cameras. His images are noted for their aesthetic qualities, sensitive use of light and powerful composition. See N.N. Perez, Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885) (1988), p. 33 (self-portrait in Turkish costume) and pp. 163-65