Supreme Moslem Council

Lot 101
28.04.2021 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 101 | Supreme Moslem Council
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
Supreme Moslem Council
Notice Illustrée sur Al-Haram Al-Sharif Jérusalem. Jerusalem: Imprimerie de l’Orphelinat Musulman, 1924. [Sold with:] – A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1925.
Rare ephemeral guides in English and French to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif, the Temple Mount. Written from a religious Muslim perspective. It nonetheless acknowledges ‘Its identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute’ (p.4). Also included in the lot is a contemporary press photograph of the Dome of the Rock (242 x 190mm).

2 volumes, octavo (245 x 172mm, the French pamphlet being a fraction larger). 7 photo-lithographic full-page illustrations in each, original stapled self-wrappers (lower wrappers with portion of the Supreme Moslem Council stamp torn away, as usual, both pamphlets lightly creased and wrappers fractionally soiled and browned).


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