"La Palestine Illustree" – Photographs of Palestine by Frédéric & Ernest Thévoz – Lausanne, 1888-1891

La Palestine Illustrée, Collection de Vues Recueillies en Orient, by Philippe Bridel. A book and portfolio of plates with reproductions of photographs by Frédéric & Ernest Thévoz. Lausanne: Georges Bridel, 1888-1891. French.
A portfolio of 200 plates with reproduction of photographs taken by the brothers Frédéric & Ernest Thévoz during their journey in Palestine in 1887.
The plates are accompanied by a book about the photographed sites, by the Swiss pastor and writer Philippe Bridel. The book is divided into four parts: "De Jaffa à Jérusalem", [from Jaffa to Jerusalem], "De Jérusalem à Hébron", [from Jerusalem to Hebron], "Samarie et Côte maritime" [Samaria and the Coastal Plain] and "Galilée et Liban", [Galilee and Lebanon].
In other copies of "La Palestine Illustrée", the 200 plates were bound into the book.
[200] plates, 35X25 cm. In an approx. 37.5X27.5 cm portfolio + book: [218] leaves, 35X24.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Tears to the spine of the book (its upper part is partly detached). Bookplates on the inside binding of the book. Blemishes and small tears to the portfolio.