Ktav chidah, apparently for a wedding. Italian script. Written in three columns. With an illustration of an angel drawn in lead. Signed: Kach”i [קח”י].
Large leaf including a riddle and its solution, in 17 stanzas. Signed at the bottom of the leaf: The youth Kach”i Salat V’Tachnei Kemach S”T [קח”י סלת וטחני קמח ס”ט].
41×30 cm. Light, high-quality paper.
Fine condition: Aging stains. Restored tears in the folds with damage to individual words.
Printed poster: “For a commandment is a lamp and Torah is light.” Large printed leaf with the Chanukah blessings, the “HaNerot Hallallu” hymn and Psalm 30. Wide, decorative border around the writing.
[1] leaf, 43×31 cm.
Fine condition: Fold marks. Small tear in the white margins.
TAFEL DER LENDER DARIN DER APOSTEL PAULUS GEPREDIGET HAT ( Table of the Countries in which the Apostle Paul Preached ) – Woodcut, taken from the book Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae ( Journey of Scripture ). In the same book, there was also a map of the world printed in the form of a clover with Jerusalem at center.
Heinrich Bünting (1545-1606) was a German theologian and cartographer.
[1] leaf, 38×29 cm. Placed in a frame, behind glass.
Very fine condition.
Map of Jerusalem, including a description of many of the city’s sites.
Copperplate, prepared by Olfert Dapper after Hollar.
Late print, probably from the 19th century.
[1] leaf, 70×28 cm. Framed behind glass.
Very fine condition. Fold mark, light line at center due to a fold.
Palaestina in XII Tribus divisa, cum terris adiacentibus denuo
Land of Israel, divided into 12 tribes, with the surrounding countries. Large, detailed map. Latin.
[1] leaf, 52×45 cm.
* Map of the tribes of Menashe and Zevulun, by George Horn, 1662.
* Map of the tribe of Yehudah by George Horn, 1662,
* Conspectus Palestinae in Tabula Veteri Itineraria , Reland 1714
* De Stadt Ierusalem zoot Hedendaeghs Bevonden wordt 1667
Overall very fine condition.
Marc Chagall by B. Aronson, Yiddish translation by Ben Baruch, Berlin, 1924. Regarding the works by artist Marc Chagall, accompanied by picture plates of his works.
31 pp. Very fine condition.
From the lives of Spanish immigrants in Salonika at the end of the 18th century – Raphael Avraham Shalem – lithograph print, Monzon Press. Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1937.
Lighting of the Tamid on the eve of Shabbat – magnificent work by Monzon Press.
The artist Raphael Avraham Shalem [Ra”sh] was born in Salonika in 1888. He was an alumnus of the first class at Bezalel, and later taught there as well. This painting was prepared for print already in 1916, as appears on the painting. However, the printing expenses were too high for him and he only printed it in 1937. He passed away in 1986.
[1] leaf, 42×63 cm.
Very fine condition.
* Das ungerechte Gericht ( The Unfair Trail ), Jean Frédéric Wentzel Press, 36×51 cm, Wissembourg.
* Siège du Grand Prètre . Framed. 32×41 cm.
Very fine condition, Aging stains.
Two leaves from illustrated newspapers published after the passing of the prime minister of Britain, the apostate Jew Benjamin Disraeli.
* Leaf from the newspaper The Illustrated London News with Disraeli’s portrait and a lengthy article about his passing on the back of the page.
* Leaf from the newspaper The Graphic with Disraeli’s portrait and a lengthy article about his passing on the back of the page.
28×40 cm.
Moderate-fine condition, tears and creases in the margins.
* Sketch of northern Palestine & southern Syria
* Eastern front map no. 1
* Western front map no. 2
Very fine condition, fold marks and aging stains.
* Yerushalymah – Travelogue to the Countries Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and the Holy Land by Avraham Elazar – Dr. Ludwig August Frankl, translated by Mendel Stern. Vienna, 1860.
The author Ludwig August Frankl traveled to the Land of Israel in 1856 on a mission from Shimon Lemel to found a modern school in Jerusalem, “The Lemel School.” In the book before us, he writes his impressions of the journey to the Orient and to the Land of Israel in particular. The book’s author was a controversial figure, and the conclusions he drew caused extensive controversy.
[7] 506 [7] pp, 18 cm. German title page and introduction. Musical notes on page 402.
* MiMitzrayim by Dr. Ludwig August Frankl. Vienna, 1862.
Travelogue written by Dr. Ludwig August Frankl, translated by Meir HaLevi Letteris. With the author’s portrait.
The second part of Frankl’s journey to the Land of Israel and environs. With the book Nasi B’Yisrael with a dedicated title page.
[15], 212; [9], 47 pp. With the jacket cover. 19 cm.
Various sizes and conditions. Overall fine condition.