Mizrach poster, printed in large format with many illustrations. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and publishers of Shaarei Tzion, [ca. 1876-1885].
At the top of the poster is the word Mizrach, headed by an illustration of a deer and lion holding the two tablets, with flags captioned "Jerusalem", and below them the quote: "Be fleet as a deer and strong as a lion". At the center of the poster is a large illustration of the Western Wall and Temple Mount, with the Mount of Olives in the background, with explanations of the sites appearing in the illustration, headed by a caption. On the sides of the posters, many additional illustrations of Jericho, Shechem, the tomb of Zechariah, the Cave of Machpelah, the tomb of R. Meir Baal HaNes, as well as Aaron (headed by the priestly blessing) and Moses (headed by the verse stating he would put a veil over his face), next to additional decorations of cedars. On the bottom of the poster appear the place of printing and the names of the printers and the publisher, R. Avraham son of R. Bentzion Schechtman.
Leaf, 59X44.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Light stains. Marginal wear and creases. Many folding marks. Small tears and open tears to folding marks and margins, affecting illustrations and text.
Rare, unknown leaf. Undocumented by Sh. Halevy and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, and does not appear in the NLI catalog.
