L.H. Vincent, E.J.H. Mackay and F.M. Abel. Hébron - Le Haram El-Khalil: Sépulture des Patriarches.

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

L.H. Vincent, E.J.H. Mackay and F.M. Abel. Hébron - Le Haram El-Khalil: Sépulture des Patriarches.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Text in French. Two volumes. Vol. I: Organized in two sections: Archeology and History. * Vol. II: <<Complete with 28 plates:>> Plans, transverse elevations, photographs and painted architectural views and details of interiors and exteriors. Two plates of elements and sculpture of capitals and pilasters drawn by Vincent (signed in the stone). Loose as issued. Vol I: (1), vi, 256, (4). Original printed wrappers, spine detached. * Vol II: (8), 28 plates, some facing-pages. Original printed boards with tie closures, wear. Folio.

Paris: Éditions Ernest Leroux 1923

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $900

Definitive and comprehensive work on Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs (also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque). Includes detailed sections on the archeology and history of the area prepared by two scholars of the École Biblique in Jerusalem - Vincent and Abel, and the then Inspector of Antiquities for the British Administration in Palestine, Ernest J. H. Mackay. The work also includes images of Islamic architectural elements: Cenotaphs of the patriarchs and matriarchs, mirhabs, Saladin’s minarets, the minbar pulpit, the Mamluk entrances and a large-scale image of the Tomb of Isaac.