Lot 357
Catalogue - Woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt - Jerusalem - Two Original Prints
Woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt, Being the Catalogue of the Collection E.M.-R., Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, ca. late 1940s]. English.
A typewritten catalogue recording a collection of more than 400 woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt, from the years 1912-1946. Several reproductions of woodcuts by Steinhardt are mounted on the catalogue leaves as well as two original prints, signed by Steinhardt: one depicting beggars in a wedding in Jerusalem (proof print; see Kolb, no. 226), and the other depicts a pogrom in a Jewish town (printed on a separate leaf bound with the catalogue leaves; see Kolb, no. 13).
On the inner side of the front cover appears an ink-stamp: "Universitas Booksellers" - a bookstore in Jerusalem owned by Hermann Meyer, one of the heads of friends of the Hebrew book "Soncino" (Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches) in Berlin, owner of the collection recorded in this catalogue.
[20] leaves, 28 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Half of the leaves are detached. Cover in fair condition, with tears, creases and adhesive tape marks. Front cover is detached.
