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Bidding Information
Lot #    17723
Auction End Date    4/24/2007 10:52:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Flowers of the Holy Land
Title (Hebrew)    פרחי ארץ ישראל
City    Jerusalem
Publication Date    c. 1900
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [13] ff. seperated by tissue, 85:136 mm., light age staining, printed end paper. A very good copy bound in the original olive wood boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    This wonderful little book is full of pressed flower arrangements native to the Holy Land. Each flower is given with Hebrew, English, German, and French information. The front and back covers of the book are made of hand-hewn olive wood with a marketry design on the front and "Jerusalem" hand-painted in both English and Hebrew.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    French, German, Hebrew, English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica