Levant | Reise der Orientalischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig, sommer 1894. Meiningen, [1894]

Levant—Orientalischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig

Reise der Orientalischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig, sommer 1894. Meiningen: Junghanss & Koritzer, [1895]

FIRST EDITION, 4to (316 x 239mm.), 52 collotypes on printed card mounts, loose as issued in original pictorial green cloth gilt portfolio, lacking the 2 text leaves, slight spotting to mounts, a few mounts with minor wear or tears, portfolio slight stained and rubbed

A scarce visual record of the Leipzig Oriental Society's travels in 1894 to Egypt, Palestine and Greece. The photographic plates show views of Corfu, Beirut, Lebanon, Damascus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Cairo, the Pyramids, and Athens.