[Rarebooks] FS: Collection of Albumen Photographs of Jerusalem by the Zangaki Brothers

[Charles Agvent]

[PHOTOGRAPHY - JERUSALEM] ZANGAKI, Adelphoi. ALBUMS PHOTOGRAPHIES DE 
TERRE-SAINTE. ARRANGÉES AVEC SOIN PAR BOULOS MÉO, JÉRUSALEM. [1880s] 
First Edition. Oblong folio album (15" x 11") in morocco-backed olive 
wood panels with a carved Jerusalem cross and inlaid border containing a 
letterpress title and 48 large (@9" x 11") albumen photographs with 
caption and photographer's credit in the negative, mounted recto/verso 
to stiff printed album cards, all protected with tissue guards. 
Attractive Nineteenth-century tourist album of Zangaki brothers' 
photography compiled for sale at Boulos Méo's antique and souvenir shop 
at the Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem. Best known for their 
photographs of Egypt, the Greek Zangaki brothers also documented the 
construction of the Suez Canal with their photographs as well as scenes 
in Palestine, as in this album. Images include the Wailing Wall, Jaffa 
Gate (Bab el-Khalil), Church of the Flagellation, Gethsemane, Mount 
Olive, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mosque of Omar, and the Tower of David. 
Photographs Very Good to Near Fine with good contrast. Moderate wear to 
binding but front hinge is broken with cover still attached. Over all 
Very Good. (#021320)        $4,500

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