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LOT 97:
"Hebron – Cave of Patriarchs" – 28 Plates with Photographs and Drawings – Paris, 1928
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"Hebron – Cave of Patriarchs" – 28 Plates with Photographs and Drawings – Paris, 1928
Hébron - Le Haram El-Khalil, Sépulture des Patriarches [Hebron - Cave of Patriarchs] by L.H. Vincent, F.M. Abel and E.J.H. Mackay. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1923. Portfolio of plates.
The portfolio of plates, originally accompanying a book about the Cave of Patriarchs, presents the research of two researchers from the French Biblical and Archaeological School in Jerusalem, in collaboration with the Inspector of Antiquities for the British Administration in Palestine.
The portfolio contains 28 plates with illustrations, photographs and drawings of the Cave of Patriarchs. Among the plates: View of Hebron and the Cave; photos taken in the cave and next to it; five large plates, folded: plan of the interior and drawings of the exterior, and more.
28 plates + title page and Table of Contents (uncut sheet, folded into four). 23 plates: 29X39 cm; five plates: 58X39 cm, folded into two. Good condition. Some damages. Slight damages and stains on portfolio (tear at the lower part of the spine).
