Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics
December 21, 2021
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Nomenclature des bureaux de poste et de télégraphe de L'empire [Nomenclature of the Post and Telegraph Offices of the Ottoman Empire]. Constantinople: Direction générale des postes des télégraphes et des telephones Ottomans [The head office of the Ottoman telegraph and telephone stations], Mahmoud Bey Press, 1909. French and Arabic.
Alphabetic list of the post and telegraph offices of the Ottoman empire, including departments, places, districts, travel directions, and more. A bilingual book, in French and Arabic, with title pages in the two languages. At the beginning of the book, there is an index of abbreviations and references and lists of offices located on the railroads from Turkey to Asia (including Jerusalem and Haifa) and from Turkey to Europe. On the inside front cover (on the French side) is a bookplate (by E.M. Lilien) of Davis Trietsch (1870-1935) – a writer, Zionist activist, and member of the Democratic Fraction, the young opposition party that presented an alternative to Herzl's doctrine. Inked stamp on front cover (on the French side) – presumably, the stamp of Heinrich Karl Abraham Imhoff Pascha (1854-1918), a Lieutenant General of the Prussian and Ottoman armies and a military writer.
[2] leaves, 48 pp, [3] leaves; 92, [2] pp (mispagination), 31 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. The first leaves of the French part are dark. Tears along edges of several leaves. The French title page is cut in its upper part (missing piece, slightly affecting text). Several leaves are detached. Minor worming. Stains and blemishes to binding.
Not in OCLC. Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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![Catalogo Gerusalemme 1910. Published by Tipografia dei PP. Francescani, [Jerusalem, 1910]. Italian, Arabic, French, and addit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale84-public/17.jpg "The Franciscan Printing Press, Jerusalem – Publications Catalogue, 191")
Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Catalogo Gerusalemme 1910. Published by Tipografia dei PP. Francescani, [Jerusalem, 1910]. Italian, Arabic, French, and additional languages.
Publications catalogue of the Franciscan printing press in Jerusalem, listing over a hundred titles of documents published prior to the First World War: sacred texts, travel guides for pilgrims, literature relating to Palestine, Arabic-language textbooks, and more. Roughly half the catalogue is devoted to Arabic-language texts, and the remainder to works in Italian, Latin, French, Turkish, and other languages. The Franciscan printing press, located in the San Salvador monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem, established in 1847 with the support of the Archbishop of Vienna, is thought to be one of the earliest printing houses in Jerusalem. The machines and printing blocks were specially imported from Vienna, and monks of the Order of St. Francis in Jerusalem were sent to Austria to learn the art of printing. The printing house was renowned for its contribution to the cause of promoting literacy in Jerusalem, thanks in no small measure to the hundreds of Arabic books printed there throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
[1], 21 pp., approx. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor creases. Minor tears to edges of several leaves.
Rare.
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $150
Sold for: $238
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Two broadsides published at the time of the "War of Languages", dealing with the language of instruction at educational institutions in Palestine. Hebrew.
1. "Gilui Daat" (Public Statement), broadside issued by the Teachers' Center, the Language Committee and the Committee for Strengthening Hebrew Education in Palestine. [Palestine, late 1913]. The broadside expresses opposition to the decision of the board of governors of the Technion according to which "all general sciences at the Reali School and the Technion of Haifa will not be taught in Hebrew but rather in a foreign language" and explains the importance of the Hebrew language: "The language is the soul of the nation; the revival of our language is an essential element in the revival of our nation." The broadside is signed in print by Dr. Yosef Luria on behalf of the Teachers' Center (the future Teachers Federation); Eliezer Ben Yehuda on behalf of the Language Committee; and by six members of the Committee for Strengthening Hebrew Education in Palestine. Approx. 40X25 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Punch holes to left margin. 2. "Kol Koreh" (Public Appeal), broadside issued by the Haifa Committee for Maintaining Hebrew Education. Haifa, December 1913. The broadside expresses opposition to the decision by the "Ezra" society to the effect that the language of instruction at its educational institutions should be German; announces the establishment of a Hebrew science- and mathematics-oriented school in Haifa (the Reali school); and encourages parents to send their children to the new school. It opens with a description of the violent struggle within the educational institutions of the "Ezra" society in Jerusalem. (In the wake of a strike at the "Ezra" institutions, Ottoman policemen and soldiers were stationed at the institutions, and, according to the broadside, these forces dealt violently with the teachers and students.) Ottoman revenue stamp on upper part of broadside. 43X22.5 cm. Good condition. Few minor stains. Torn punch holes to margins. Small tears along fold lines and one open tear to upper right corner. Mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Two diplomas issued by the Hadassah Training School for Nurses, the first nursing school in Palestine. One handwritten diploma (on vellum); one typescript diploma. Both signed by Henrietta Szold. Awarded to Hannah Katznelson upon her graduation with the school's first graduating class. Jerusalem, 1921. Hebrew and English.
Two diplomas, one in Hebrew and the other in English, certifying that "Hannah Katznelson, pupil at the Hadassah Training School for Nurses at Jerusalem, completed the three years' course in the theory and practice of nursing […] and […] is hereby given the title of graduate nurse". Both signed by Henrietta Szold (school committee chair), Anna Kaplan (principal) and others. Both diplomas are identical in content. The Hebrew diploma is written in calligraphic scipt on vellum; the English diploma is typed and signed by hand. The Hadassah Training School for Nurses was founded in Jerusalem in 1918 by the American Zionist Medical Unit (later renamed Hadassah Medical Organization), with the aim of training nurses according to the principals of modern nursing theory and practice. It was the first professional post-secondary school for Jewish women in Palestine, as well as the first nursing school. These diplomas were awarded to Hanna Katznelson, who graduated with the first class. Hanna Katznelson (1897-1985), Berl Katznelson's younger sister, worked as a nurse for a while before turning to social work. Lived and worked in Jerusalem.
Hebrew diploma: 34X27 cm. Good condition. English diploma: 33X27 cm. Minor creases and stains. Both diplomas with serial number, handwritten in pink ink; Hebrew diploma with official inked stamp.
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,000
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British broadside comparing two war decrees – General Allenby's declaration on the conquest of Jerusalem and the German Colonel Gloss's declaration on the occupation of Holnon, France. Place and date not indicated, [ca. 1917]. English, French and Arabic.
Both original declarations, facing each other, at top; Allenby's promising the wellbeing and freedom of the inhabitants of Jerusalem (English), Gloss's subjecting Holnon's residents to forced labor (French). At center, a shorter Arabic text, in larger typeface, emphasizing the difference between the British and German occupation. At bottom, Arabic translation for both declarations. Two additional versions of the broadside are known of, one in Arabic in Hebrew characters and the second in Tamil. Presumably, this broadside was distributed during World War I in areas occupied by the British Empire.
74X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Fold marks. Minor closed and open tears to edges. Several pinholes, tears and small open tears to center, somewhat affecting print.
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $100
Sold for: $138
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Notice Illustrée sur Al-Haram Al-Sharif Jerusalem, visitor's guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif – the Temple Mount. Published by the Supreme Muslim Council (SMC). Jerusalem, 1924. First edition. French.
Visitor's guide to the Temple Mount, a descriptive guide to the buildings and structures on the Temple Mount, as well as their history and significance. With seven photographs: a panoramic view of the Temple Mount; Sabil Qaitbay (Fountain of Qayt Bay); Minbar al-Sayf (the Summer Pulpit); the Dome of the Rock; the Foundation Stone ("The Rock"); and the Al Aqsa Mosque (views of the exterior and interior). The guide begins with a statement declaring that on account of the sacredness of the entire site to Muslims, visitors are requested to refrain from smoking and from bringing dogs into the compound. This guide was published on behalf of the Supreme Muslim Council (SMC) which represented the religious interests of the Arab population in Palestine in the years of the British Mandate. The Council was established in 1922 and was entrusted with the management of the properties of the Waqf (the Muslim Trust) – including the Temple Mount – and with the administration of the Muslim judicial system. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was elected president of the SMC. Interestingly, despite the fact that the guide was written from a Muslim perspective, it specifically defines the Haram Al-Sharif as the historical location of the Jewish Great Temple. On page 3, it is stated that "T his site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest (perhaps from pre-historic) times. Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which David ‘built there an altar unto the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings' [2 Samuel, 24:25]."
This guide was simultaneously printed in English (see: Kedem, Auction 80, Part I, lot 52). The above quote is taken here from the English edition.
16 pp., 24.5 cm. Original cover, printed, to which an additional (blank) paper cover is attached. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Fold lines to length of leaves. Small strips of paper glued to title page and to last leaf (to cover inked stamps). Leaves detached from covers. The upper left corner of original printed back cover – a stub bearing, in part, the inked stamp of the Supreme Muslim Council – was torn off (missing).
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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![[Palästina Wirtschaftsatlas (Economic Atlas of Palestine), by Davis Trietsch. Berlin: Orient, 1926]. German.
Thirty color](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale84-public/22.jpg "\"Economic Atlas of Palestine\" – Davis Trietsch – Berlin, 1926")
Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
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[Palästina Wirtschaftsatlas (Economic Atlas of Palestine), by Davis Trietsch. Berlin: Orient, 1926]. German.
Thirty color plates (four of them folding), consisting of a broad assortment of diagrams, graphs, and maps providing a wealth of information regarding Palestine and the Jewish people (historic boundaries of the Land of Israel, population growth and density, employment, immigration, industry, imports and exports, and more). Davis Trietsch (1870-1935), editor, author, and Zionist activist, native of Germany. Member of the Greater Executive Committee of the World Zionist Organization (WZO), where he represented "HaFraktziah HaDemokratit" (an opposition party within the WZO that challenged Theodor Herzl's vision). Dedicated much of his time to the issue of Jewish settlement, and proposed settling Jews on the island of Cyprus as an alternative to the Uganda Plan. Translated and published both poetry and prose, and was among the editors of the monthly journals "Ost und West" and "Palästina." Also authored the yearbook "Palästina Handbuch, " and was one of the founders of the Jüdischer Verlag publishing house. Enclosed: Page containing the table of contents to the "Atlas der Jüdischen Welt" ("Atlas of the Jewish World"), an additional atlas Trietsch published in Berlin in 1926, which included several of the plates appearing in the present album.
[30] loose plates, 38X25 to 75X38 cm. No table of contents. Good condition. Minor blemishes to several plates, mostly at edges. Blank paper cover, worn and torn (in half).
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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"Eretz Israel" by Yehuda Grazovsky, with a Hebrew map of Palestine, and two additional Hebrew maps of the country. Warsaw, Jerusalem and New York, 1903-1918.
1. "Eretz Israel, textbook on the geography of Eretz Israel", by Yehuda Grazovsky. Warsaw: Tushiyah, 1903. With a color map of Palestine (folding) at end; lithograph. Hebrew. Book: 43 pp. Stains. Open tear to final pages. Damage to binding. Map (open): 25.5X19 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to verso). Some marginal tears (one tear slightly affecting map). 2. "Palestine and Syria", color map. Jerusalem: A.L. Monsohn, [1911]. Originally printed in: HaMeir, a popular science monthly devoted to Eretz Israel and its settlement, edited by Israel Belkind (year I, booklet 3). 45X39 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Several tears, slightly affecting map. Long tear (approx. 15 cm) to one fold line. 3. "Palestine, after the Hebrew map by E. Sapir – E. Krauze, with additions and emendations"; color map. New York: Poale Zion Palestine Committee, [1918]. Hebrew and Yiddish. Originally printed in David Ben-Gurion and Yitzchak Ben Tzvi's book, "Eretz Israel in the Past and Present" (New York, 1918; Yiddish). With small inset map of Palestine at top, depicting the tribal territories. 66.5X45.5 cm. Fold lines. Good condition. Minor wear and minor tears to margins and fold lines (slightly affecting map).
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Sold for: $425
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Altneuland: Illustrirer Choydesh-zhournal, Gevidmet Eretz-Yisrael [Old-New Land: Illustrated Journal dedicated to the Land of Israel], edited by Yitzchak Triwaks. Issues 1 to 3 and issue 4-5 (double issue). Warsaw, 1919. Yiddish.
The monthly Altneuland (after Theodor Herzl's utopian novel by the same name), edited by Yitzchak Triwaks, dealt with various matters related to Palestine – politics, economics, Zionist policy, the Arab residents of the country, and more. According to the mission statement at the beginning of the first issue, the journal's goal was to "… present before our readers the Land of Israel, in a manner suitable for everyone" (Yiddish). The present issues feature articles by Max Nordau, Arthur Rupin, Davis Trietsch, Aaron Aaronsohn, Yisrael Zangwill, Nachum Sokolov, David Ben Gurion, Yitzchak Ben Zvi and others, as well as pictures and illustrations by Chaim Goldberg (1888-1943) and others and two maps of Palestine .
Four issues bound together, with the original covers. Issue no. 1: 47 pp. Issue no. 2: 48 pp. + [2] plates. Issue no. 3: 48 pp. + [2] plates. Issue no. 4-5: 77, [3] pp. Approx. 22.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Small tears to edges of some leaves. Minor worming, not affecting text. New binding.
Category
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Sold for: $525
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"Tel Aviv and Surroundings". Photo-illustrated booklets describing the city of Tel Aviv and its development, with a map of Tel Aviv by Architect Leo Sheinfeld, considered the first map of Tel Aviv after its separation from Jaffa. Tel Aviv: Ittin-Shoshani, 1924 (the maps are dated 1923/1924). Hebrew, Yiddish, German and English.
In the early 1920s, the British authorities agreed to separate Tel Aviv from Jaffa and granted Tel Aviv autonomous municipal jurisdiction (township status). The bounderies of the municipal jurisdiction of Tel Aviv were finalized in 1923, after several neighborhoods, including Neve Tzedek, Ohel Moshe, Achva, Machane-Yehuda, and Machaneh-Yosef, were annexed to Tel Aviv. The present booklets feature two versions of a map drawn by architect Leo Sheinfeld upon the request of municipal engineer Yehuda Magidovitch, including all the neighborhoods, plots and streets of Tel Aviv after its separation from Jaffa. The maps (folding plates) differ slightly from each other in color, design and marking of several plots; one is dated 1923 and the other 1924 (the booklets also contain a short text on the history of the city and its commerce and pictures of important buildings). In 1968, architect Leo Sheinfeld presented a copy of the map to the "Beit Ha'ir" Meuseum (the old City Hall of Tel Aviv), where it was placed in Meir Dizengoff's office, behind his desk.
Booklet I: 16, 8 pp. (Hebrew, Yiddish and English text) + folding map. Booklet II: 10, 14 pp. (Hebrew, German and English text). Booklets: 24 cm. Maps: 65X40 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes and stains to text leaves. Tears to spines (covers partly detached). Tear to edge of both maps.
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Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Two guides of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with maps of Tel Aviv:
1. "Commercial and Economic Guide of Tel-Aviv, also Jerusalem, with Mape [sic] of Tel-Aviv". Tel-Aviv: Palestine Union, 1933. Hebrew, English and German.
Trilingual guide (Hebrew, English and German) with information regarding various businesses – restaurants, hotels, factories and more, mostly in Tel Aviv and some in Jerusalem; with two short articles on Tel Aviv and its commerce, numerous advertisements, pictures and a folding map of Tel Aviv.
30 pp. + folding map, 24.5 cm. 2. "Street Directory of Tel-Aviv". Tel-Aviv: Glicenstein, [after 1933]. English.
Street directory of Tel Aviv, with a schematic map of the city, advertisements and a list of hotels and boarding houses.
38, [2] pp., 13.5 cm. Condition varies.
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Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Establishment of the State of Israel
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Sold for: $275
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Two booklets, aimed at donors and tourists, from the early years of Netanya. 1928 and 1937. Hebrew and English.
1. "The Story of Nathanyah, the Aim, Ambition, and Outlook of Erez Yisroel's Youngest Colony." Tel Aviv: Amanut, [1928]. English. Booklet issued by the Bne Binyamin Society (an organization representing the residents of the colonies ["moshavot"] whose members established Netanya), addressed to potential donors to the cause of the incipient colony. The content is evidently intended to appeal simultaneously to both the profit-making aspirations and Zionist conscience of wealthy individuals: "It is purely business, denuded of all sentiment, and deals with the new colony NETHANYAH, its possibilities for profitable investment, and what such an investment will do for you, the colonists, and the development of Erez Yisroel, the Jewish Homeland" – excerpt from the booklet's introductory appeal to the reader. The booklet contains information regarding investment in the citrus industry in Netanya, and includes photographs of members of the sponsoring organization; of the vicinity; of Nathan Straus, the philanthropist after whom the colony was named; a map of Palestine; data tables; and photocopies of letters relating to the enterprise from Straus, James de Rothschild, and others. Toward the end of the booklet, there is a sample copy of a contract form – to be filled in by a purchaser of citrus plots – drafted by the company "HaNote'a, " specially established for this purpose. 32, [4] pp., + [8] plates (photographs) + [1] map. 24 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of cover and last leaf. Cover stained, slightly worn. 2. "Bo LiNethanya" – "Come to Nathanya, " edited by Aharon Even-Chen. Netanya: Ofek, 1937. Booklet appealing to tourists to come and visit Netanya. Includes brief articles written by various writers, such as Kadish Yehuda (Leib) Silman and Itamar Ben-Avi, who sing the praises of the settlement and enumerate its many charms, and its attractiveness as a place of tourism, leisure, and recreation, bustling with development, a major accomplishment of Zionism in practice, and so on. The booklet also includes pictures and advertisements of local places of business. Front cover with illustration by Ze'ev Raban. Rare. Not in NLI catalogue nor in OCLC. [18] ff., 24X16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Cover slightly worn, with minor tears to spine and edges.
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