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RARE collection of twenty four photogravure views of the Holy Land by an eminent Polish-born Jewish photographer Yaakov Benor-Kalter (1897-1969), who documented the Jewish settlement of Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s. [PHOTOGRAPH CAPTIONS]: 1.Rachel`s Tomb. 2.Jerusalem from Mount of Olives. 3.Jerusalem, Temple Area. 4.Jerusalem, Solomon Street. 5.Street in Jerusalem. 6.The Wailng Wall. 7.Beggars at the entrance to the Wailing Wall. 8.Jerusalem, City Wall from the North. 9.Mosque of Timnath Serach. 10.Fountain near Jaffa. 11.Arabic Cafe on the Sea Shore in Jaffa. 12.Arabic restaurant in Jaffa. 13.View from the Forest of Palms in Haifa. 14.Hebrew School in Haifa. 15.At the Foot of the Carmel. 16.Haifa from Mount Carmel. 17.Acre. 18.Tiberias. 19.View from Migdal (Jewish Colony). 20.Safed. 21.Village in Galilee. 22.Village on the Bank of the River Jordan. 23.On the Jordan. 24.Jericho. 325x260mm. Unbound 24 plates & 3 separate pages laid in cloth folder tied with string. Folder strings partly missing and torn. Folder slightly stained/dirty. Folder spine upper part stained. Folder corners and edges bumped. First text page yellowing and slightly age-stained, edges worn. First photograph bottom left corner wrinkled. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of early 20th-century photographs from British-rules Palestine is in good condition.