Five engravings from works about the Bible in Latin with various Biblical scenes, France, 1529.
Joshua striking the Jordan, Samuel annointing Saul, various scenes with Saul and David.
Matted. Each engraving measures 8×10 cm. The leaf measures 27×17 cm.
Aging stains. Moderate-fine condition.
Six engravings of Biblical scenes, one painted by hand from the time of printing.
Engravings depicting Moses and the Tablets of the Covenant, Samson with his legs amputated, King David at prayer, Jewish armies and more.
Average size: 8×12 cm.
Stains, fine condition.
Five engravings of Biblical scenes; the spies before entering Eretz Yisrael, a group for the Passover sacrifice; Haman passing by Mordechai with Queen Esther in the background, and more.
Average size: 20×26 cm.
Minimal stains, varying conditions, overall fine condition.
Four impressive engravings of Biblical scenes.
Moses in the ark with Miriam looking at him; Moses praying during the battle with Amalek, with Aaron and Chur holding his arms; Israelites collecting manna in the desert; the tents of the Israelites in the desert, according to the tribal designations.
Size:20×32 cm.
Fine condition.
Seven engravings of scenes from the Torah.
The Sacrifice of Isaac; expelling Hagar; Tower of Babel; Abraham and Sarah descending to Egypt; the Israelites carrying the Ark of the Covenant in the desert; catching the wood gatherer [“mikoshesh eitzim”]; the spies with a cluster of grapes arriving in front of Moses and Aaron.
[4] leaves. Six engravings appear as pairs on both sides of the leaf.
Large engraving [the spies]: 22×35 cm. The others measure 20×14 cm.
Minimal stains, marginal tears. Fine condition.
Five engravings depicting the high priest lighting the menorah; priests washing their hands by the laver of the Tabernacle; the high priest with the firepan between the altar and the cherubs; high priest with the breastplate on his neck with a priest at his side; and the temple menorah.
Average size: 16×20 cm, other than the engraving of the menorah which measures 24×33 cm [on both sides of the leaf].
Varying conditions. Minimal stains. Overall fine condition.
Four engravings depicting the Temple with the courts [azarot] and chambers [lishkot].
Two engravings of 17×12 cm. An additional engraving sized: 40×19 cm. And an engraving of 41×30 cm.
Varying conditions. Stains. Minimal tears in the margins of one of the engravings.
Fine overall condition.
A colored lithograph of the city of Tiberius next to the Sea of the Galilee. By David Roberts – stamped, described and dated on the plate 1839, published by F.G. Moon, London 1844.
David Roberts [1796-1864], an English artist. One of the pioneers of the artists who came to paint in Israel in order to circulate his paintings among the European public. Roberts visited Israel between 1838-1840 and painted scenes from the Holy Land in watercolor and oil paints. His paintings quickly became the most beautiful painted at the time. On returning to England, he prepared lithographs based on his paintings at Louis Haghe, between the years 1842-1849.
Size: 34×49 cm. Frame: 43×60 cm.
A few aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
Five engravings of the interiors of various synagogues during prayer. Europe, 19th century. The engravings depict the raising of the Torah scroll, removing the Torah scroll from the Ark, the Rabbi’s sermon and more. In each engraving, the congregation appears in clothing characteristic of that country.
* The Great Synagogue in Paris 1868. Signed D. Lancelu on the plate. 18×13 cm.
* The Nuovo synagogue in Italy, 16×18 cm. Signed on the plate.
* The Synagogue in London. 24×16 cm.
* The Synagogue in Paris, 1869. An engraving signed on the plate, Barbanj, 34×24 cm.
* The Synagogue in Bordeaux, France. 1864. Signed on the plate: Poevens 23×16 cm.
The engravings are attached to a board for preservation. Very fine condition.
A colorful poster calling for the public to come and visit the Arms Exhibition which will take place in Haifa, 1957.
In 1957, Various events took place throughout Israel to mark ten years of the State of Israel. In addition to the Decade Exhibition in Binyanei HaUmah in Jerusalem, the Decade March which also took place in Jerusalem, an IDF display in Ramat Gan, and the first National Bible Contest, the Arms Exhibition took place in Haifa from June 1957. It was intended to mark the Sinai War and to publicize the fortitude of the IDF.
Size: 70×50 cm.
Folding marks. Reinstored tear next to the bottom left corner.
Fine condition.
An election poster depicting the Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion who represents the Tzadik party playing with a chess soldier with the letter ‘Pay’ on his clothes, Israel, 1950’s.
It is possible that the soldier is a reference to Shimon Peres and that the poster hints to the years in which Ben Gurion resigned from the premiership and retired to Sde Boker [between 1953-1955]. In those years in which he worked on making the desert bloom, Ben Gurion continued to pull the strings behind the scenes of the government and Moshe Dayan and Shimon Peres acted according to Ben Gurion’s instructions without the knowledge of the Prime Minister at the time – Moshe Sharet. So, for example, Dayan activated troops after conferring with Ben Gurion without Moshe Sharet’s knowledge. The poster before us was published with his return to Israeli politics, although the poster could possibly hint to a different political scenario.
Size: 48×35 cm.
Signs of burning in the bottom margin, minimal tearing in the margins.
Moderate-fine condition.
Original draft of a poster for a “Yizkor” for killed Lechi fighters. Printed pieces of paper pasted together to form a mosaic of the poster that was then copied and distributed.
At center there is a picture of the founder and first commander of the Lechi, Avraham Stern, known by his underground name “Yair” (taken from Elazar ben Yair, commander in the great revolt against the Romans). He was killed by the British secret police in February, 1942. It is topped by [Hebrew] text “On the 25th of Shevat, 1942, he was felled by a bullet of the foreign government” – with the name Yair. Underneath the picture, there are pasted, printed pieces of paper with the [Hebrew] text “The blood of the Lechi has been spilled in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, in Haifa and Yavniel, in Ranana and Mevot Kefar Atta, in the Mountains of the Galilee and the expanses of the Negev.” This is followed by another pasted piece of paper that states: “On the 25th of Shevat, the nation will remember the Lechi dead, its heroic fighters! Honor their memory!” On the right and left there are two additional printed pieces of paper with tens of names of Lechi fighers who died in battles on behalf of the land.
Size: 50×65 cm. Mounted on a stiff, protective surface.
Aging stains, fold marks at center. Marginal tears.
Moderate-fine condition.
Harsh poster from the “National Council for Accident Prevention” showing a blood-red child’s face, at the top a car is running over a bicycle and bloody remains on the ground. At the bottom “This could also happen to you!” is written.
Size: 69×48 cm.
Tears in the margins. Lack in the lower left corner with light lack in the text. The margins are burnt in a number of places.
Moderate – fine condition.
An advertising poster for the “Tiferet” store, which was one of the first to use an electronic sewing machine. The Land of Israel, circa 1940’s.
‘The wonders of technology in the work of embroidery’… we hereby announce to the honorable public that I opened a store and factory with electricity for high-quality embroidery and sewing of various cloths, called “Tiferet”.
The poster lists the various types of sewing work. In the center is an illustration of women in the electronic sewing machine – one of the first to be found in the Land of Israel.
Rare. Does not appear in the National Library’s Ephemera collection.
[1] paper leaf. 31×24 cm. Filing holes. Folding marks. Tears.
Moderate-fine condition.
An advertising poster of the theatrical production ‘Simlat HaShabbat shel Chanale’ – from the Nursery Teachers’ Center and the Teachers’ Union Center. Efroni. Colored lithographic printing press – Graphika Bezalel. Circa 1950’s.
In the center is Chanala by light of the moon and stars, surrounded by various scenes from the play.
A theatrical show based on the book which has become one of the most well-known Israeli children’s books, written originally by Yitzchak Damiel in the 1930’s and has since received countless adaptations, fiction editions, and plays.
Size: 82×55 cm.
Folding mark in the center. A few creases.
Fine condition.
13 rare paper items; posters, placards, and newspapers of the Poalei Eretz Yisrael party.
* A placard: ‘The Pogromic Defamation!’ August 23, 1929, against – “The haters and enemies of the workers – the imperialist regime, the Muslim Council and the revisionists”.
* A public letter to the Poalei Yerushalayim Council and its parties from 1928. Against the imprisonment of workers in prison in Israel and the plan to expel them from Israel.
* A poster for the First of May gathering, HaPoalim printing press, Jerusalem. A poster about ‘Memorial Ball’ on January 24 1936 in the Workers’ Club. A poster “The Law Forbidding Strikes!”. A poster “The First of May for all of the workers in Israel! The workers of all countries unite!”, a poster “Long live the First of May!”
* A placard: A week of explanations to the questions of the National Committee of the Laborers in the Moshavot.
* Tzav di Stellers un boy-erbetter in Yaffo! 1924. A large poster in Yiddish. Ivri printing press.
* Erbetter = Wert. A booklet copied from a manuscript by Poalei Zion. Rare.
* A booklet “B’Derech L’Congress or L’Derech HaMa’amad?” Tel Aviv 1933. Published by the Noar HaOved in the name of B. Borochov by Poalei Eretz Yisrael. Clarification of the claims of the opponents to Poalei Zion.
* The ‘Bma’aracha’ newspaper, January 1929, published by the Poalei Eretz Yisrael party. Pages are not cut.
* “Poalei Zion” journal, Tel Aviv, May 4, 1929, stencil print.
Sizes and conditions vary, fine overall condition.
An important poster from the General Federation of the Hebrew Workers in the Land of Israel which addresses the Yemenite Jews who were on their way to immigrate to Israel in terms of affection and endearment:
“We know your great suffering and your tremendous afflictions since the day you left the land of your imprisonment and set your sights on the way to Zion, the land of your hearts and souls’ desire.. we will not rest until we merit to see your faces here with us in the land of our forefathers, entrenched and working in it each person under his vine and under his fig tree…and may our brethren the Jews of Aden who bore a significant part of your burdens and worries be blessed…”
Size: 20×28 cm.
Tears in the margins, folding marks. Laminated.
Moderate condition.
Interesting poster with an appeal on behalf of the “Keren HaYesod” announcing speeches in synagogues and batei medrash calling to support the fund.
“On Shabbat…the 9th of Kislev 1938…the Chief Rabbis will speak, rabbis, trustees and communal activists will speak in all synagogues, batei medarsh…regarding the Keren HaYesod and its mission at this decisive moment: building, settlement, industry and security.”
Size: 63×94 cm.
Fold marks, minimal marginal folds. Fine condition.
An official certificate for “The recipient of the excellence award for dedicated work for “Keren Tel Hai” by the board of directors of Keren Tal Hai. London, 1930’s.
At the top of the certificate is an agricultural worker. On the right is a figure standing on the edge of a cliff, surrounded by pictures of the building of the Land of Israel.
The fund was founded in London in 1929 after the 1929 massacres, and filled many roles in establishing educational and training institutions for agricultural settlement, in building cities, and in supporting those members of the Revisionist movement who needed assistance.
Size: 27×21 cm.
A few stains. Fine condition.
Poster issued by the World Agudat Yisrael appealing for ritual items for Jews who had their personal items confiscated by the Nazi government.
“A Holy request from the Holy Nation to the Holy City.” “From the valley of European suffering we have received a shocking cry from the remnants of our brethren in the detention camps, they do not cry for sustenance, not for physical needs, but rather for the necessities of the soul, they beg us: bring us tefilin, bring us mezuzot, bring us prayer books, holy books and tallit prayer shawls. ” The Agudah announces that they are accepting donations of all the above mentioned ritual items for Jews whose religous items were confiscated.
Rare poster, not in the National Library.
Size: 30×36 cm.
Fold marks, minimal tears in the upper and bottom margins. Fine condition.
A poster from the Hatzvi organization – Histadrut Tzeirei Bnei HaYeshivot Yerushalayim, pointing to desecration of the Shabbat in the holy city of Jerusalem and the consumption of non-kosher food as the cause for the murder of millions by the Nazis and for pogroms against the Jews throughout the diaspora. Itnach printing press. Jerusalem, beginning of the 1940’s.
“Who subjected Jacob to plunder and Israel to spoilers?! Who is guilty for the sighs and pleadings of millions of our Jewish brethren under the yoke of the evil Nazi Hitler regime: hundreds of thousands in the Old Reich – Germany, hundreds of thousands in Austria, hundreds of thousands in Czechoslovakia and millions in Poland?!… Who is guilty for the blood of our Jewish brethren being spilled like water?! The abandonment of the Holy Shabbat, especially in Jerusalem! This is the reason for the lot of millions of our Jewish brethren who are suffering indescribable suffering… and these two desecrations – that of the Holy Shabbat – the soul of Judaism, and of the Jewish body – consuming non-kosher food, are the primary reasons for the blood of our Jewish brethren being spilled like water…”
Size: 47×31 cm.
Very fine condition.
“And a great danger…of decimation and destruction is looming…over a large group of thousands of thousands and hundreds of hundreds of thousands, some three and a half million of our Jewish brethren” – a poster calling for prayer for the safety of Polish Jewry and for the welfare of the British kingdom as they came to fight against Hitler’s fores after Poland was conquered by the Nazis. Printed by “Itach” Jerusalem. 1939. Rare.
The poster begins with a description of the terrifying events in Nazi-controlled Europe: “The enemy who hates Israel, who has directed all of the black and evil forces among the nations of the world with his boots to hatred, persecution and expulsion of the eternal nation… Hitler, the Teutonic dictator may his name be blotted out, who declares that the chosen nation “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” is a low and disgraced race, and this serpent who wants to eliminate God’s nation from beneath the Heavens has declared war and has pounced on the country of Poland in murderous and vengeful wrath, and a great and terrible danger of decimation and destruction is looming God forbid over a large group of thousands of thousands and hundreds of hundreds of thousands, some three and a half million of our Jewish brethren who dwell in the country, may God have mercy.”
The writers add that people must pray for the welfare of the Jews in Poland, as well as or the British kingdom who were standing up against the Nazi enemy at that time:
“Now as the great British empire has declared war on the government of malice, in addition to our holy obligation to pray for the welfare of the monarchy in whose shadow we rest, we must also pray for the safety of our Jewish brethren who are residents of the embattled countries…”
In the margins of the poster a sentence intended to transmit a message of affection to the British authorities in Israel” “We hereby remind our brethren who are merchants of the strict prohibition against profiteering, as apart from the law of the land , this is a severe prohibition according to the Holy Torah, and may there be peace upon Israel.”
The poster is signed with the printed signatures of the Rabbis of Jerusalem, Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz and Rabbi Eliyahu Bahrash.
Size: 47×32 cm.
Fine condition.
“Kol Koreh” poster to hold a general public fast on the persecution of religion in Russia and the Ukraine by the “Jews are wicked our yevseks” signed in print signed by Maran Ha-Chafetz Chaim, Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, and Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodz , The Association of Rabbis in Poland, and the Rabbinical Committee Dwilna, Poland, 1929. Rare.
“Here is the situation of our brethren of Israel in Russia and Okerina is very terrible … Close to three million people from Israel are in distress and distress, apart from the physical destruction … Our hair will not be deafened by the great and terrible disaster, our persecuted brethren for their religion and their faith, Who want to uproot and uproot our Holy Torah and to forget the name of God from our mouth, to close the chader and yeshivas … Synagogues and batei midreshot are closing down and turning to the Cloves, seeking plots to shut up the mikvahs, Their livelihood depended on the unholy authorities to circumcise their sons, and they were as real as they had been And those who have a work shift for them are forced to be inciting and rejecting the Sabbath and eating chametz on Passover in public, and this is a decree that leads to assimilation, assimilation and destruction … “.
The banner contains a call to gather all the people in synagogues and batei midrashim and to observe a fast on the first day of shlitot 1929 in the Holy Land and in all the diaspora to pray, and in addition to the Rabbis in Eretz Israel and in all the diaspora.
Size: 41X25 cm.
Minor tears on the right side, few folding marks.
Very good condition.
Poster with photos depicting Israeli policemen brutally hitting demonstrating yeshiva students and difficult scenes from charedi demonstrations. Without name of printer. Printed for dissemination amongst the Jews in the Diaspora to disclose the injustices perpetrated against the Charedi community in Israel. Start of the 1970s.
The compartmentalized poster features various pictures of uniformed policemen hitting yeshiva students with batons; spraying water on demonstrators; imprisoned yeshiva students; garbage cans burning in Meah Shearim; pictures of demonstraters holding signs decrying police commissioner Shlomo Hillel who relates to Charedim like terrorists and more.
Each photo is accompanied by an English caption: “Israel police in Meah Shearim dragging an unconscious yeshiva student”; “Detective Barzel (with yarmulke) and associate overpowering a yeshiva student”; Yisroel Bernat and Shmuel Weisenstern are led in chains to prison.”
The poster includes quotes from Israeli newspapers (Panim el Panim, Yediot Achronot) describing the disproportionate use of police force against the demonstrating yeshiva students [termed anti-Semitism in a number of places] and the fact that they were imprisoned merely to break their spirit and not for sufficient reasons.
Two leaves with print on both their sides [4 pages], 40×58 cm. Fold marks. Stains. Tears.
Moderate condition.
