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SIGNED BY ARTIST WITH DEDICATION dated 11.1964. Ludwig Blum (1891-1975) was a Czechoslovakia-born Israeli painter who emigrated to Israel in 1923, and became known as "the painter of Jerusalem" due to his faithful, yet charming depictions of the Old City and the hills of Jerusalem, and the surrounding Judean desert. This album contains the following paintings: 1.Jerusalem as seen from the Mount of Olives; 2.The Citadel of David (David`s Tower); 3.The Street of the Jews; 4.Via Dolorosa; 5.The Temple Area; 6.Market in the Old City of Jerusalem; 7.Bethlehem; 8.Nazareth; 9.Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee; 10.The Sea of Galilee. Contains English and Hebrew captions and a short biography of the artist in English. 325x250mm. 12 pages & 10 plates with caption pages/protective sheet between them. String-bound Softcover. Cover yellowing and wrinkled. Cover edges and corners bumped/wrinkled. Rear cover slightly stained. Rear cover upper edge slightly torn. Artist`s signed dedication of pre-title front whitepage. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of Holy Land paintings by an eminent 20th-century Israeli painter is in good condition.