87 Abbildungen böhmischer und mährischer Gelehrten und Künstler [87 Portraits of Bohemian and Moravian Scholars and Artists], a book of engravings by Johann Balzer. Prague: [ca. 1780]. German.
A volume containing 87 engraved portraits of scholars and researchers, clergymen and artists of Bohemia and Moravia, by the engraver Johann Balzer (1738–1799). The volume contains one of the most wide-spread portraits of Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschutz (ca. 1694–1764), and a portrait of Rabbi David Oppenheimer, Rabbi of Prague, both made after Johann Kleinhard, brief biographical notes on the personages depicted in the portraits, and an allegorical engraved frontispiece by Balzer.

19 pp. + 87 engraved plates + [1] plate (frontispiece). 20 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Paper cover, worn and stained. Minor tears to spine.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB. 101.

Portrait of R. Sekel Leib of Michelstadt. Lithograph by an unidentified artist (signed: Toussainct / Moll Lith.?). [Presumably Germany, ca. 1830s].
Hebrew caption beneath the portrait: "R. Sekel Leib Michlestadt". The lithograph was presumably printed during his tenure as rabbi of Michelstadt (in the 1830s).
R. Seckel Leib (Yitzchak Aryeh) Wormser (1768–1847) – the Baal Shem of Michelstadt, a scion of the Luria Ashkenazi family, relative of the Maharshal and the Arizal. As a child, he earned the reputation of a Talmudic prodigy, and received his Torah education from his father. He founded and headed a yeshiva in Michelstadt. Torah leaders in his times, including the Chatam Sofer and the Chiddushei HaRim, would send his requests for prayer. On Rosh Hashana 1847, he prepared his students for his passing, and he indeed died the following day, on the Fast of Gedalia.

24X20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Some tears, professionally restored. Small pieces of paper pasted on verso.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.012.

Portrait of R. Asher Leib Ginzburg–Wallerstein. Lithograph by Simon fils. à Strasbg. [Frédéric–Émile Simon], [Strasbourg, ca. 1820].
Hebrew caption beneath the portrait (with some errors): "Portrait of R. Asher, rabbi of Karslruhe and the region: son of the leader of the entire Diaspora, R. Aryeh author of Shaagat Aryeh and Turei Even"; German caption follows.

R. Asher Ginzburg–Wallerstein (1754–1837), rabbi of Wallerstein and Karlsruhe, a Torah leader in his times. Already in his youth, he exchanged extensive halachic correspondence with contemporary Torah giants, such as the Noda BiYehuda, the Haflaah, and the Or Chadash. Youngest son of the Shaagat Aryeh (1695–1785), and his leading disciple in the Metz yeshiva. He lectured in the Metz yeshiva and later in the Niederwerrn yeshiva. After the passing of his father the Shaagat Aryeh, the members of the Metz community implored him to succeed his father as rabbi of Metz, yet he adamantly refused. In ca. 1788, he was appointed rabbi of Wallerstein, serving for 25 years as rabbi of the region. In 1819, he went to serve as rabbi of Karlsruhe, and chief rabbi of the state of Baden.

42.5X30 cm. Overall good condition. Wide margins. Creases. Some tears repaired with tape on verso. Some stains.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.058.

Portrait of R. Nachum Trebitsch. Lithograph by an unknown artist. [Prague? ca. mid–19th century].
The portrait is followed by a caption in German: "Rabbi Nehemias Trebitsch, / k.k. mähr. schles. Oberlandesrabbiner, / geb. am 14 Aug. 1779. gest. am 4 Juli 1842 in Prag"; and in Hebrew: "Portrait of R. Nachum Trebitsch of Prague, rabbi of Nikolsburg and the provinces of Moravia and Silesia, author of Shalom Yerushalayim on the Jerusalem Talmud and Kovetz al Yad on the Rambam".

R. Nachum Trebitsch (1779–1842), rabbi of Nikolsburg (Mikulov) and Moravia. Disciple of R. Yaakov Ginzburg, the Zera Yaakov. Rabbi of Prostitz (Prostějov, present day: Czech Republic); following the passing of R. Mordechai Banet, he was appointed rabbi of Nikolsburg and the entire Moravia, a position he held until his passing. He authored Shalom Yerushalayim on the Jerusalem Talmud, and Kovetz al Yad on the Rambam. Responsa of R. Nachum Trebitsch was published by Machon Yerushalayim (1989).

38X28.5 cm. Fair–poor condition. Many open tears. Creases, tears and folding marks, repaired. Stains. Margins lacking (printing details may have appeared there). Mounted on acid–free paper.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.011.

Portrait of R. Dov Ber Meisels. Lithograph by H. Aschenbrenner. Warsaw: J. Rothwanda i N. Winkelhakena, [ca. 1860].
The portrait is followed by a caption in Hebrew "Dov Ber Meisels / rabbi of Warsaw"; and Polish: "Baer Meisels, Rabin Okregow Warszawskich", with his (printed) signature in Hebrew and Polish.
R. Dov Ber Meisels (1798–1870), chief rabbi of Kraków and Warsaw and leader of Polish Jewry. He authored Chiddushei Mahardam on Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam.

35.5X24–24.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Some open tears. Some stains and creases. Right margin cut on a slant. Stamp on verso.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.059.