Lot 570
"Shoshanta" - Isac Chagise Edition - Jerusalem
Flower of the Holy Land. Isac Chagise Edition Jerusalem. [Beginning of 20th century].
"Shoshanta" in lithographic print, sold as a souvenir to tourists and Jews from the Diaspora. Eight paper-cut triangles; folded one into another to create the shape of a triangle that reminds you of a rose and on the reverse side, there is a colored rose. Illustrations of holy sites in Eretz Israel arranged in two circles: in the inner circle illustrations are printed in a round frame portraying Yad Avshalom, Metzudat David and other sites; in the outer circle, more important sites: the Holy Temple site, Jerusalem from four directions, praying near the Western Wall, etc. - all in golden frames. In the center of the rose, the details of the printer Isac Chagise appear as above and the word "fish" as well. Placed in original yellowish cover, made of nine illustrations of holy sites in Eretz Israel that can be opened and folded. See Kedem Catalogue No. 9, Item 388 and see: "Amanut V'Omanut B'Eretz Yisrael B'Meah 19", page 207. Open cover: 33.5x29 cm, folded: 14.5x11 cm, detached into three parts. Shoshanta: 27x27 cm, detached into three parts.
