A collection of some 11 engravings from important books about Jewish customs by Picart, Luyken and others, Europe, 18-19th century.
[6] engravings from the book Customs of All of the Peoples of the World, by Picart, from the first edition and later editions, the 18-19th centuries (dedication of the synagogue in Amsterdam, redeeming of the firstborn and Brit Milah, Simchat Torah, religious items and Yom Kippur).
[1] A Jewish Synagogue a print by E.Challis, London, 1851.
[2] Succot and Reading the Sefer Torah by Ezra from Biblical engravings of Johannes Jan Luyken, Holland, beginning of the 18th century.
[1] Festival of bringing Bikkurim, Augistinus Calmet, France, 1725.
[1] Candelabrum Aureum, the Menorah and its Vessels, 18th century?
E.M. Lilien – Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der zeichnenden Kunste (E.M. Lilien’s Significant Contributions to Art) by Edgar Alfred Regener. Berlin-Leipzig, 1905. Dozens of illustrations.
[5] 227 pages, 24 cm. German, quality paper.
Book describes Efraim Moshe Lilien’s significant contribution to art. Many illustrations and reproductions of his works. The book was printed during Lilien’s youth, with a portrait of him on special paper. Lilien later immigrated to Jerusalem and helped found Bezalel.
Original embossed binding, rubbed and stained. The leaves of the book are in fine-very fine condition.
Bilder aus dem altjüdischen Familien-Leben
Pictures from traditional Jewish life, by Moritz Oppenheim. Frankfurt, 1901.
Deluxe album with 20 reproductions of paintings of Jewish family life in 19th-century Germany; paintings of the home, synagogue, and Jewish quarter. The first fifteen pages feature an introduction and explanation of each picture in German.
The pictures measure 18×22 cm., the cardboard plates 28×38 cm. Protective tissue paper on each picture.
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882) was the first Jewish painter of the modern era. He painted the Rothschild family in Frankfurt in his youth, and then started creating his pictures of Jewish family life.
Original binding, with magnificent embossing. Light chafing on the spine. Gilt edges. Very fine condition.
Bilder aus dem aljudischen Familienleben. Portfolio. First edition of this noted work by Moritz Oppenheim. Frankfurt am Main, 1866. Rare.
[6] picture plates, pasted to cardboard, [2] introductory leaves by Leopold Stein in German. Large portfolio with the name of the book and illustrations. The pictures measure 22×18.5 cm., the cardboard measure 33×48 cm., and the portfolio measures 34×50 cm.
Moritz Oppenheim (1820-1882) was the first Jewish artist to depict authentic Jewish family life. These pictures are from the only edition printed during the author’s lifetime and were made under his supervision. This first section includes six pictures and was published in 1866. The second section was published in 1868. Art publisher Heinrich Keller of Frankfurt commissioned Oppenheim to make these pictures in tones of grey, a technique known as “Grisaille” so that they could be photo-mechanically reproduced.
Original printed cardboard portfolio, stained and worn. The pictures and leaves are in fine-very fine condition.
“Jew in Thought.” Oil on wood. O. Benedict. Beginning of the 20th century.
26×21 cm. Old wood frame.
Fine condition.
“Jewish Woman.” Artist unknown. United States, beginning of the 20th century.
Oil on wood. 21×27 cm. Not signed. Double wood frame, with matting.
The back section features a card with the name: Minnie (Hymen) Hirsch from Pennsylvania, United States.
Fine condition.
“Talmudic Debate,” signed “K. Steiner.” Austria, 19th century.
Oil on wood. 26×31 cm.
Old, elegant wood frame. Lightly rubbed. Fine condition.
A large engraving of the Kaddish with Kabbalistic illustrations of ‘Ma’ase Merkava’, Chayot and names of angels combined with calligraphy of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The work of the artist Abram Krol in memory of his parents and brothers who were murdered in the Holocaust. Signed and numbered. Circa 1960’s.
52*67cm, engraving on paper in a frame. Signed in pencil, 18/60.
Abram Krol (1919-2001), an artist and engraving artist, native of Pabianice in the region of Lodz, Poland. He survived the Holocaust under a false identity in France. Due to the influence of the Chassidic atmosphere of his childhood, his work includes a lot of biblical elements, as well as the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. This engraving, like additional works, was dedicated to his family who were murdered in the Holocaust.
Age stains, moderate – fair condition.
Mizrach. Handpainted on paper, depicting holy sites and verses, dedicated in memory of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Yadler. Jerusalem, c. [1917].
26×40 cm. Nice wood frame, 58×44 cm.
Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Yadler (1843-1917) was born in Vilna but moved as a young man to Eretz Yisrael. He was an outstanding Torah scholar and gave a Torah lecture to many listeners in the Churvat Rabbi Yehudah HaChassid in Jerusalem. He was renowned for his Tiferet Zion – his monumental treatise on Midrash Rabbah. His father was the “Jerusalem Maggid,” Rabbi Ben Tzion Yadler.
Water stains, restored tears, faded. Moderate-fine condition.
Printed Mizrach. Rich decorations and images: Moses and Aaron; King David and Solomon; 12 tribes; Miriam the prophetess at center leading a group of women and men in the Yam Suf, and more. [Central Europe, beginning of 20th century.]
26×35 cm. Printed on brown paper and pasted to cardboard.
Very fine condition.
* Ketubah from the Knesset Yisrael community in London, 1897. Printed on parchment with handwritten personal details, illustrated border, English translation on its back. Groom: Henry Simmons; bride: Rachel Cohen.
24×34.5 cm. Fold marks. Fine condition.
* Ketubah from Philadelphia, United States, [1919]. Printed on paper with handwritten personal details. Illustrated border in renaissance style with additional Jewish motifs and an illustration of a typical Jewish-American wedding. Hebrew. Hebrew Publishing, 1915.
27×37 cm. Matted. Fold marks. Fine condition.
A collection of magnificent exhibition books and catalogs of Jewish art, Jewish collections, and the history of the printing press, Hebrew and English, 1944-2007.
* Yeshayahu Shachar, The Feuchtwanger collection: Jewish Tradition and Art, 1971.
* N. Ben Menachem, MiGinzei Yisrael B’Vatican, 1954.
* Heschel Golintski, B’Machzor HaYamim: Moed V’Chol B’Omanut U’BFolklore HaYehudi, 1963.
* Michael Avi Yona, Megillot and Manuscripts, 1978.
* Jewish Art, 1995.
* Treasures of the Jewish Museum, 1986.
* Jewish Art Treasures from Prague, 1980.
* Bibliography of Jewish Art, 1967.
* The Israel Museum Journal, Vol. VI, 1987.
* The Hebrew Bible in Art, 1944, the copy of the Secretary of State, the British Foreign Office.
* The Dead Sea Scrolls of St. Mark’s Monastery, Vol. 1, 1950.
* Jewish Art: An Illustrated History, 1961.
* Sacred: Books of the Three Faiths, 2007.
* The Makings of the Medieval Hebrew Book, 1993.
