A view of St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula.
A rare 1830 1st edition of Marquis Leon de Laborde’s (1807-1869) voyages into the Arab world is the most expensively estimated lot at the Fine Period Interiors sale at James Adam in Dublin on May 22. For at least ten years these were the only graphic representation of Petra available in the western world.
Laborde and his travelling companion Louis de Bellefonds set off for Petra from Cairo via Mount Sinai and St. Catherine’s Monastery dressed as Bedouin. The book, which contains an introductory essay and plates on views and maps, is estimated at 10,000-15,000. Illustrated is a view of St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula.
UPDATE: THE ALBUM SOLD FOR 9,000 AT HAMMER