“Gedolei Yisrael” / “Gallerie Berühmter Männer in Israel, Tableau II. Rabbiner des XVIII.–XIX Jahrhunderts.” Lithograph by C. Fischer. Published by M. Poppelauer, Berlin, in collaboration with A. M. Bleichrode, New York; printed by J. Hesse, Berlin, ca. 1869.
Large, high–quality lithograph featuring portraits of 22 renowned rabbis from Central Europe from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the “Ketav Sofer” (Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer), Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher, Rabbi Yisrael Lifschitz, Rabbi Solomon Eger, Rabbi Dov Berush Meisels, the “Maharatz” (Zvi Hirsch) Chajes, and others. A legend giving the names of all the rabbis, along with the cities over which they presided, appears in Hebrew in the lower margin.
This lithograph represents Print No. 2 in a series created as a cooperative effort between publishers and booksellers in Berlin and New York, as indicated by the print information which appears in the margins (see previous item). The lithograph is dedicated (in print) to the erudite academic and scholar Dr. Albert Cohn of Paris, who served as director of the Baron James Mayer de Rothschild’s charitable foundation.

Sheet 78X62.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains and creases. Tears, most mended professionally and artfully.

• Great Jewish Treasures, by Moshe Bamberger. New York, 2015, p. 274-275.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. 112.011.051.

Gedolei Yisrael, poster featuring portraits of Torah leaders. Warsaw: Lit. Moses Danzigerkrohn, [ca. late 19th century].
Portraits of forty–three rabbis, public figures, maskilim, physicians and scholars; mostly from Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, England and France. Including: Moses Montefiore, R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer the Ktav Sofer, R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, R. Yaakov Ettlinger the Aruch LaNer, R. Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg Rabbi of Königsberg, R. Nachum of Horodna, R. Eliyahu Guttmacher of Greiditz, R. Nathan Adler Rabbi of London, R. Dov Ber Meisels Rabbi of Warsaw, Wolf Heidenheim, R. Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg, R. Akiva Lehren of Amsterdam, R. Elchanan Rosenstein of Berlin, Jonas Jeitteles of Prague, and many more (Hebrew name beneath each portrait).
Printer's details in Hebrew and Russian at the foot of the leaf, with censorship authorization (lacking date).

23.5X22.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains and wear. Tears, professionally restored. Four corners lacking and repaired (with damage to text in one corner). Inscriptions on verso (faded).

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.073.

Two large portraits. Oil on canvas. Signed: "B. Mordchin", dated 1915 and 1916.
Presumably, these portraits portray Rabbi Nathan Ehrenfeld (1843–1912), chief Rabbi of Prague for over 20 years, and his wife, Ida (1852–1926) [the portrait of Rabbi Ehrenfeld is dated 1916 – some four years after his passing, and was presumably made after a photograph]
There exist in the Jewish Museum in Prague several portraits bearing identical signatures to those in the present lot – "B. Mordchin" – dated 1914–1919. Possibly, the artist is Boris Mordchin, a native of Russia (1865), who was also active in New York, who signed his works "B. Mordkhin" (a signature almost identical to the signatures in the present lot, except for the slightly different spelling).

Two portraits. Oil on stretched canvas (without frame). 96.5X86. Fine Condition. Blemishes, abrasions and tears.

Provenance: Archive of Rabbi Dr. Heinrich Brody, son–in–law of Rabbi Ehrenfeld, and successor as chief Rabbi of Prague.
See:
• The Jewish Museum in Prague, item no. 082332, and additional portraits by the same artist.
• William J. Jenack Auctioneers, New York, January 2018, item no. 292.

Provenance: Private collection.

Colorful, illustrated ketubah in booklet format. Mashhad (Iran), 12th Elul 1894.
Elaborate ketubah, with (Islamic) floral designs in the margins in hues of gold, red, blue and purple. Booklet format, comprising six written pages, signed by the writer at the end. Other signatures.

[4] leaves (6 written and illustrated pages + parchment paper between leaves for protection). 21.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Folding marks. Tiny tears to folds. New binding.

Exhibition:
• The Ketuba. An Exhibition of Jewish Marriage Contracts. December 1–18. Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1975, p.62–63.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 035.011.003.

Ketubah. Damascus (Syria), 15th Tammuz 1898.
The text of the ketubah is scribed at the foot of the leaf within a rectangular frame containing verses of blessings. A large flowerpot surmounts the frame, with flowering branches covering most of the ketubah. Two additional flowerpots flank the ketubah text. The leaf is framed with a floral border. The flowerpots and corner ornaments are made from cutouts backed with gold colored paper.
With additional conditions undertaken by the groom, in following with the Damascene rite.

Approx. 45X65 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Framed; not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Private Collection.