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a drawing of a tree with leaves and flowers on ita brown book sitting on top of a table next to a white walla wooden box that has a cross on itan image of a wooden box with a hebrew writing on itan old book with a cross on the front of ita picture of a cross made of pressed flowersa close up of a book with flowers and plants on it
BEAUSSANT LEFÈVRE & Associés

121 - Flowers of the Holy Land. Jerusalem, F.
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Estimate €200 - €250
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Description
Flowers of the Holy Land. Jerusalem, F. F. Marroum, c. 1900. Oblong quarto, 33 x 24 cm, 25 folios, publisher’s binding in aubergine half-shagreen, covers fitted with a thick, bevelled olive wood plaque framed by a band of polychrome wood mosaic and featuring an engraved central cartouche; a Jerusalem cross engraved in the centre of the front cover and a central inscription in black stencilled ink, ‘Jerusalem’ in Hebrew and Gothic script in the centre of the second cover. A rare herbarium of flowers and plants from the key sites of sacred history (Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives, the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, the banks of the Kidron, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Mount Carmel, etc.), comprising 24 compositions, some featuring crosses. Locally produced, likely intended for pilgrims. A fine copy. Corners slightly rubbed, marginal pinholes. – Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale Antique and modern books, manuscripts
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
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