Frank Scholten – La Palestine Illustrée – Two Volumes of Photographs of Jaffa – Paris, 1929

Frank Scholten – La Palestine Illustrée – Two Volumes of Photographs of Jaffa – Paris, 1929
La Palestine Illustrée, by Francois Scholten. Paris: Jean Budry & Co., [1929]. French. Two volumes.
Two volumes including high-quality reproductions of photographs of Jaffa and its vicinity, taken by Frank Scholten (1881-1942) – photos of various landscapes and sites in the city; of its inhabitants and visitors, of all faiths and ethnicities (one photograph shows Albert Einstein), and of fruits, plants, animals, and other subjects
Volume I is titled "La Porte D'Entrée Jaffa" [The Entrance Gate to Jaffa] and contains 449 photographic reproductions, Volume II is titled "Jaffa La Belle" [Beautiful Jaffa] and contains 371 photographic reproductions. Each photograph accompanied by relevant printed quote from the Bible, Talmud, or Qur'an. Printed in 1000 copies (these volumes are numbered 178 and 194).
Vol. I: XXII, 203, XXVI-XXXVI, [1] pp. + [202] plates. Vol. II: [4], XIV, 169, XV-XXIII, [1] pp. + [168] plates. Approx. 27.5 cm. Gilt upper edges. Good condition. Minor stains. Hardcovers with leather spines (some copies were bound in paperback). Minor wear to corners of bindings.