Aandenken uit het heilig land - A souvenir from the Holy Land - Early greeting card, apparently self-published, with blessings from Jerusalem by ladislaus schneider.
Dutch.
On one side of the card greetings, the place: Jerusalem, and the date August 24, 1882, on the reverse side is a flower and leaves, and the inscription in Dutch: bloemen uithet h. land - Flowers from the Holy Land. A prayer was printed in the back.
Souvenir albums in the form of dried flowers from the Holy Land began to appear in the 1890s. It is rare to find souvenirs from the Holy Land in the form of a card from that year. 16x13 cm. [open]. Stains. fine condition.