[ Photographs ] (MIDDLE EAST) THE HOLY LAND Group of approximately 240 views of the holy land, comprising photographs of Palestine, Syria Egypt, Lebanon, and Turkey, including 32 images of egyptian ruins bya. Beato, 35 photographs by P. SEBAH

[ Photographs ] (MIDDLE EAST) THE HOLY LAND Group of approximately 240 views of the holy land, comprising photographs of Palestine, Syria Egypt, Lebanon, and Turkey, including 32 images of egyptian ruins bya. Beato, 35 photographs by P. SEBAH primarily of Turkey and Constantinople, 8 views by BONFILS of Baalbec and Damascus, 33 genre and ethnographic studies including the interior of an Arabian Court, a Turkish Carriage, snake charmers, the Wailing Wall, and ascending and descending a pyramid.Albumen prints, from 8x10 to 10.25 x 13.5 orthe reverse and a composite of 10 carte-de-visite- size images on a single sheet, all on period mounts some with typewritten labels affixed and most with a caption or credit in the negative. 1880s E2, 000/3,000