Rabbin Juif a Jerusalem.

AUCTION 59 | Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art

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BONFILS, FELIX.

Rabbin Juif a Jerusalem.

Photograph credits and title on recto side, mounted on a photograph-backed(?) card with title in ink on mounting: ‘A Jew of Jerusalem.’ No. 633. 11 x 8.75 inches.

Jerusalem, c. 1895:

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $500

Bonfils (1831-85) moved from France to Beirut in 1867 where he opened a photography studio. His stereoscopic work became well known to tourists traveling to the eastern Mediterranean as he produced many prints of the Near East.