Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $5,000
Unsold
Eleven Honorary Keys made of silver and brass, with engraved decorations and dedications. Given to contributors to synagogues, yeshivot and Jewish institutes in the USA and England during 1927-1975.
~ Five Honorary Keys given on behalf of communities and institutes in the USA: 1927-1944:
1. A large key, given on behalf of the Ohav Emeth community (New Jersey, USA). On one side is the inscription "Donated by Mr & Mrs Freund" and in the other side: "To The Cong. Ohav Emeth Anshe Ungarn, September 11, 1927". Cast brass. Length: 33.5 cm.
2. Key, given to Lazerus and Ethel Greenhill, on behalf of the Hebrew Ladies Home For Aged in Brooklyn, New York. October 16, 1927. At the end of the key is a Star of David with an engraved decoration and the inscription "Moshav Zekenim" (Hebrew). Cast brass. Length: 15.5 cm.
3. Key to the side entrance of the synagogue of the Beth Tfiloh community in Baltimore, March 6, 1927. Given to Oscar Caplan (?). Silver (unmarked). Length: 15.5 cm.
4. Key, given as a token of appreciation to Philip Rosenthal and his wife, on behalf of the Bialystoker Home for the Aged in New York. September 24, 1944. At the end of the key is a Star of David. Cast brass. Length: 21 cm.
5. An especially large key, at its end is a Star of David (without a dedication). Cast brass. Length: 36 cm.
~ Six Honorary Keys made of silver, given to the brothers Arthur and Walter Hubert on behalf of yeshivot and Jewish communities in England, 1969-1975:
6. A key given to Arthur Hubert on behalf of the Jewish community of Whitefield (Manchester), in honor of the opening of the community's synagogue, April 27, 1969. Silver (marked). Length: 10.5 cm.
7-8. Two different keys given on behalf of the Gateshead Yeshiva – Beit Yosef in England, in honor of opening a new lecture hall, November 19, 1972. One was given to W. [Walter] Hubert, and the other was given to A. [Arthur] Hubert. Silver (marked). Remnants of gilding. Length: 11 cm.
The Gateshead Yeshiva (near Newcastle, England), one of the largest most prominent yeshivot in Western Europe, was founded in 1929. During the Holocaust, the yeshiva was a haven for hundreds of young men from Germany who received visas to enter England following the yeshiva's request.
9-10. Two keys to the Hubert Wing of the Manchester Yeshiva, given to Arthur Hubert on January 14, 1973. Silver (marked). Remnants of gilding on both. Length: 13 cm.
11. Key given on behalf of the Jewish Hillock community (Manchester) to Arthur and Walter Hubert, in honor of the opening of the community's synagogue, October 19, 1975. Length: 9 cm. Arthur Hubert was born in Schlüchtern (Germany), son of a family who traded in metals. After the Kristallnacht, he was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. After liberation, his family moved to Frankfurt, where his younger brother Walter studied at the Philantropin School. Later, they moved to England. In 1948, Arthur founded his own business and following the economic success of his business, began a widespread philanthropic career. He and his brother contributed funds to yeshivot, synagogues and many Jewish organizations.
Total of 11 keys. Good condition.
~ Five Honorary Keys given on behalf of communities and institutes in the USA: 1927-1944:
1. A large key, given on behalf of the Ohav Emeth community (New Jersey, USA). On one side is the inscription "Donated by Mr & Mrs Freund" and in the other side: "To The Cong. Ohav Emeth Anshe Ungarn, September 11, 1927". Cast brass. Length: 33.5 cm.
2. Key, given to Lazerus and Ethel Greenhill, on behalf of the Hebrew Ladies Home For Aged in Brooklyn, New York. October 16, 1927. At the end of the key is a Star of David with an engraved decoration and the inscription "Moshav Zekenim" (Hebrew). Cast brass. Length: 15.5 cm.
3. Key to the side entrance of the synagogue of the Beth Tfiloh community in Baltimore, March 6, 1927. Given to Oscar Caplan (?). Silver (unmarked). Length: 15.5 cm.
4. Key, given as a token of appreciation to Philip Rosenthal and his wife, on behalf of the Bialystoker Home for the Aged in New York. September 24, 1944. At the end of the key is a Star of David. Cast brass. Length: 21 cm.
5. An especially large key, at its end is a Star of David (without a dedication). Cast brass. Length: 36 cm.
~ Six Honorary Keys made of silver, given to the brothers Arthur and Walter Hubert on behalf of yeshivot and Jewish communities in England, 1969-1975:
6. A key given to Arthur Hubert on behalf of the Jewish community of Whitefield (Manchester), in honor of the opening of the community's synagogue, April 27, 1969. Silver (marked). Length: 10.5 cm.
7-8. Two different keys given on behalf of the Gateshead Yeshiva – Beit Yosef in England, in honor of opening a new lecture hall, November 19, 1972. One was given to W. [Walter] Hubert, and the other was given to A. [Arthur] Hubert. Silver (marked). Remnants of gilding. Length: 11 cm.
The Gateshead Yeshiva (near Newcastle, England), one of the largest most prominent yeshivot in Western Europe, was founded in 1929. During the Holocaust, the yeshiva was a haven for hundreds of young men from Germany who received visas to enter England following the yeshiva's request.
9-10. Two keys to the Hubert Wing of the Manchester Yeshiva, given to Arthur Hubert on January 14, 1973. Silver (marked). Remnants of gilding on both. Length: 13 cm.
11. Key given on behalf of the Jewish Hillock community (Manchester) to Arthur and Walter Hubert, in honor of the opening of the community's synagogue, October 19, 1975. Length: 9 cm. Arthur Hubert was born in Schlüchtern (Germany), son of a family who traded in metals. After the Kristallnacht, he was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. After liberation, his family moved to Frankfurt, where his younger brother Walter studied at the Philantropin School. Later, they moved to England. In 1948, Arthur founded his own business and following the economic success of his business, began a widespread philanthropic career. He and his brother contributed funds to yeshivot, synagogues and many Jewish organizations.
Total of 11 keys. Good condition.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $3,500
Unsold
Bridal attire, called the "Great Dress" [El-Keswa El-Kbira / Barbariska]. Morocco (Rabat or Tangier), [late 19th century / early 20th century].
These elaborate clothes called El-Keswa El-Kbira – The Great Dress - arrived in Morocco with the Spanish Jews who settled in the north of the country. They served the woman at her wedding and after her marriage were worn on festive occasions and on Jewish festivals.
The apparel is made of four parts: a large wrap-around skirt, a vest, a breastplate and another chest adornment, all made of crimson velvet fabric and decorated with gold embroidery and golden ribbons.
* The skirt, called a Zaltita (derived from the Spanish word giraldeta, meaning encompassing, is cut from several parts sewn together like a fan. The skirt is adorned with golden ribbons and golden embroidery on its lower corners. The width of the skirt along its bottom is 310 cm.
* The vest, called a Gombayz, has short sleeves. Along the opening at the front is a row of metal buttons. The neck opening, the shoulders and the shoulder blades are ornamented with golden ribbons. 50X75 cm.
* The breastplate, cut like a small tallit, called Katef in Arabic and Ponta in Spanish, is adorned with golden embroidery in vegetal patterns (on a cardboard lining). This part is the most elaborate and costly part of the whole attire therefore decorated by the most exclusive embroidery. 45X50 cm.
* Another adornment, also with rich golden embroidery, apparently also used to decorate the chest area. 42X60 cm.
Overall good condition. Some of the golden ribbons are detached. Damage to velvet. Minor tears and damage.
Literature: 1. The Lives of the Jews in Morocco, Aviva Muller-Lantzet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983 (second edition), pp. 200-203.
2. Morocco, Jews and Art in a Muslim Land, Vivian B. Mann (editor), published by Merrell and the Jewish Museum of New York, 2000, pp. 134-136, 174-176.
These elaborate clothes called El-Keswa El-Kbira – The Great Dress - arrived in Morocco with the Spanish Jews who settled in the north of the country. They served the woman at her wedding and after her marriage were worn on festive occasions and on Jewish festivals.
The apparel is made of four parts: a large wrap-around skirt, a vest, a breastplate and another chest adornment, all made of crimson velvet fabric and decorated with gold embroidery and golden ribbons.
* The skirt, called a Zaltita (derived from the Spanish word giraldeta, meaning encompassing, is cut from several parts sewn together like a fan. The skirt is adorned with golden ribbons and golden embroidery on its lower corners. The width of the skirt along its bottom is 310 cm.
* The vest, called a Gombayz, has short sleeves. Along the opening at the front is a row of metal buttons. The neck opening, the shoulders and the shoulder blades are ornamented with golden ribbons. 50X75 cm.
* The breastplate, cut like a small tallit, called Katef in Arabic and Ponta in Spanish, is adorned with golden embroidery in vegetal patterns (on a cardboard lining). This part is the most elaborate and costly part of the whole attire therefore decorated by the most exclusive embroidery. 45X50 cm.
* Another adornment, also with rich golden embroidery, apparently also used to decorate the chest area. 42X60 cm.
Overall good condition. Some of the golden ribbons are detached. Damage to velvet. Minor tears and damage.
Literature: 1. The Lives of the Jews in Morocco, Aviva Muller-Lantzet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983 (second edition), pp. 200-203.
2. Morocco, Jews and Art in a Muslim Land, Vivian B. Mann (editor), published by Merrell and the Jewish Museum of New York, 2000, pp. 134-136, 174-176.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $4,000
Unsold
Torah Ark Curtain ("Parochet") – Rustchuk (today: Ruse [Pyce], Bulgaria), 1896.
Green fabric; golden embroidery, gems.
Frames embroidered in leaf and floral patterns, star decorations. At the top of the "Parochet" appears an embroidered decoration in the shape of Torah crown, set with gems [some are lacking], at its side are the letters Kaf and Taf [=Hebrew initials of Keter Torah] and above the crown is the inscription "Kodesh Le'Hashem". Under the crown appears an ornament in the shape of the Tablets of Law inside adorned gates. At the center of the "Parochet" appears a dedication inside a laurel bouquet tied with a ribbon: "A wonderful gift in honor of the Torah, by Moshe Avraham Vintura and Refael Binyamin Nachmi'es his friend, in memory…at the time of our liberation from darkness to light…in the praiseworthy Rustchuk".
146X195 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tear to several places.
Green fabric; golden embroidery, gems.
Frames embroidered in leaf and floral patterns, star decorations. At the top of the "Parochet" appears an embroidered decoration in the shape of Torah crown, set with gems [some are lacking], at its side are the letters Kaf and Taf [=Hebrew initials of Keter Torah] and above the crown is the inscription "Kodesh Le'Hashem". Under the crown appears an ornament in the shape of the Tablets of Law inside adorned gates. At the center of the "Parochet" appears a dedication inside a laurel bouquet tied with a ribbon: "A wonderful gift in honor of the Torah, by Moshe Avraham Vintura and Refael Binyamin Nachmi'es his friend, in memory…at the time of our liberation from darkness to light…in the praiseworthy Rustchuk".
146X195 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tear to several places.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium
People praying by the Western Wall – appliqué (wall-drape made by connecting various fabrics, with embroidery) made by Shmuel Ben-David.
The appliqué portrays figures praying in the narrow alley before the Western Wall: a mother with her children, the mother's face resting on the Wall; a man wearing a golden cape raising his face to the Heavens; a man wearing an orange cape bowing and other figures close to the Wall or sitting around the square. The floor stones and the vegetation on the Western Wall are stressed, portrayed as if melting and dripping down like the tears of those who are praying (in the lower left corner, the plants are actually seen dropping to the floor); embroidered at the bottom is the verse " put thou my tears into thy bottle" (Psalms 56, 9).
On the frame bordering the praying figures and the tears are large fowl (apparently, peacocks) spreading their wings and bowing their necks. On their large tails are Kiddush goblets which symbolize metaphoric bottles, into each drips a tear from the eye of the bird.
Shmuel Ben-David was born in 1884 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Shmuel Davidov. In his adult years, he was accepted to the Art Academy in Sofia, where in 1903-1905 he studied under Professor Boris Shatz and specialized in weaving carpets and preparing patterns for designing carpets. At the end of December 1905, Ben-David arrived in Eretz Israel together with Boris Shatz and studied in the highest class in the first grade at Bezalel. From 1907, he dealt with organizing Bezalel's Department of Carpets, taught there and later taught perspective, sketching and crafts. Ben-David was one of the founders of the Hebrew Artists Association and was its chairman. Died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the young age of 42. Ben-David was one of the senior teachers at Bezalel. Taught Nachum Gutman, Haim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky and many others and was a significant contributor to the Bezalel Design Language [for more information about Shmuel Ben-David (and other applications he made), see Kedem catalog no. 21, pp. 111-116].
An application very similar to this, also made by Shmuel Ben-David, was exhibited in the exhibition "Bezalel by Schatz, 1906-1929" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem at the end of 1982. The scene presented in that application is only mildly different from this application and the inscription and frame are different (there the inscription is: The Western Wall" and the frame has no embroidery).
See: Bezalel by Schatz, 1906-1929, exhibition catalogue (Jerusalem, 1982), Item 63 (page 16) and see photograph at the colored plates at the beginning of the first volume of the catalogue.
Height: 127 cm, width: 84 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Placed in wooden frame 86X129 cm.
The appliqué portrays figures praying in the narrow alley before the Western Wall: a mother with her children, the mother's face resting on the Wall; a man wearing a golden cape raising his face to the Heavens; a man wearing an orange cape bowing and other figures close to the Wall or sitting around the square. The floor stones and the vegetation on the Western Wall are stressed, portrayed as if melting and dripping down like the tears of those who are praying (in the lower left corner, the plants are actually seen dropping to the floor); embroidered at the bottom is the verse " put thou my tears into thy bottle" (Psalms 56, 9).
On the frame bordering the praying figures and the tears are large fowl (apparently, peacocks) spreading their wings and bowing their necks. On their large tails are Kiddush goblets which symbolize metaphoric bottles, into each drips a tear from the eye of the bird.
Shmuel Ben-David was born in 1884 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Shmuel Davidov. In his adult years, he was accepted to the Art Academy in Sofia, where in 1903-1905 he studied under Professor Boris Shatz and specialized in weaving carpets and preparing patterns for designing carpets. At the end of December 1905, Ben-David arrived in Eretz Israel together with Boris Shatz and studied in the highest class in the first grade at Bezalel. From 1907, he dealt with organizing Bezalel's Department of Carpets, taught there and later taught perspective, sketching and crafts. Ben-David was one of the founders of the Hebrew Artists Association and was its chairman. Died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the young age of 42. Ben-David was one of the senior teachers at Bezalel. Taught Nachum Gutman, Haim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky and many others and was a significant contributor to the Bezalel Design Language [for more information about Shmuel Ben-David (and other applications he made), see Kedem catalog no. 21, pp. 111-116].
An application very similar to this, also made by Shmuel Ben-David, was exhibited in the exhibition "Bezalel by Schatz, 1906-1929" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem at the end of 1982. The scene presented in that application is only mildly different from this application and the inscription and frame are different (there the inscription is: The Western Wall" and the frame has no embroidery).
See: Bezalel by Schatz, 1906-1929, exhibition catalogue (Jerusalem, 1982), Item 63 (page 16) and see photograph at the colored plates at the beginning of the first volume of the catalogue.
Height: 127 cm, width: 84 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Placed in wooden frame 86X129 cm.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $5,000
Unsold
Large elaborate wooden escritoire. Eretz Israel [early 20th century].
Olive wood; carved decorations; a board inlaid with several types of wood. Inscribed: "Jerusalem", "Know before whom you stand, before the King of Kings, The Holy One Blessed be He", "Bezalel", "Yerushalem".
The escritoire is built from two primary wooden pieces, the writing box (the top) and the body of the escritoire (its bottom). Below is a description of its parts and details of their shape:
The writing box is composed of a hinged lid that can be raised, under which is a large storage space (with a lock). In the center of the large rectangular writing surface (the lid is 26X57 cm.) is an impressive craftwork inlaid with several types of wood – light-colored and dark - which portray the view of the Old City of Jerusalem (from the north), the golden Dome of the Rock in the center, The Tower of David in the west and the Gate of Mercy in the east. Above the writing surface are two rectangular compartments (with lock mechanisms) with a thin inner partition in each compartment for papers and letters; on the front are carved grape clusters, vines and leaves.
The sides of the writing box are also decorated with carvings of grape clusters, vines and leaves. Hidden on the right side is a removable wooden pencil box for storing writing utensils, an inkwell, pen etc. divided into four cells. After removing the pencil box from the writing box, it can be attached to its length (by a hinge) for the writer's convenience.
Three massive wooden adornments, carved in vegetal patterns, decorate the place where the writing box is connected to the body of the escritoire (one is missing). The body of the escritoire is built like a large high rectangular box. Each side has a handsome door (with lock mechanisms), which hide three large wooden drawers with carved handles (total of six drawers). The whole escritoire stands on four wooden legs (two are missing).
Height: 92 cm. width: 70 cm. length: 60 cm. Overall good condition. Several cracks and minor damages to the wooden boards. Minor damage to the lock holes; the lock mechanisms work properly. Two keys are enclosed (the rest are missing). Ink stains to the wooden pencil box. One leg is missing; one leg is detached.
Olive wood; carved decorations; a board inlaid with several types of wood. Inscribed: "Jerusalem", "Know before whom you stand, before the King of Kings, The Holy One Blessed be He", "Bezalel", "Yerushalem".
The escritoire is built from two primary wooden pieces, the writing box (the top) and the body of the escritoire (its bottom). Below is a description of its parts and details of their shape:
The writing box is composed of a hinged lid that can be raised, under which is a large storage space (with a lock). In the center of the large rectangular writing surface (the lid is 26X57 cm.) is an impressive craftwork inlaid with several types of wood – light-colored and dark - which portray the view of the Old City of Jerusalem (from the north), the golden Dome of the Rock in the center, The Tower of David in the west and the Gate of Mercy in the east. Above the writing surface are two rectangular compartments (with lock mechanisms) with a thin inner partition in each compartment for papers and letters; on the front are carved grape clusters, vines and leaves.
The sides of the writing box are also decorated with carvings of grape clusters, vines and leaves. Hidden on the right side is a removable wooden pencil box for storing writing utensils, an inkwell, pen etc. divided into four cells. After removing the pencil box from the writing box, it can be attached to its length (by a hinge) for the writer's convenience.
Three massive wooden adornments, carved in vegetal patterns, decorate the place where the writing box is connected to the body of the escritoire (one is missing). The body of the escritoire is built like a large high rectangular box. Each side has a handsome door (with lock mechanisms), which hide three large wooden drawers with carved handles (total of six drawers). The whole escritoire stands on four wooden legs (two are missing).
Height: 92 cm. width: 70 cm. length: 60 cm. Overall good condition. Several cracks and minor damages to the wooden boards. Minor damage to the lock holes; the lock mechanisms work properly. Two keys are enclosed (the rest are missing). Ink stains to the wooden pencil box. One leg is missing; one leg is detached.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $11,000
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Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist Ein Reisebuch, Uber die ganze heilige Schrifft, in zwei Bücher getheilet. Printed by Paul Donat (in Vorlegung Ambrosii Kirchners. Magdeburg, Germany, 1597. German.
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae [Travel book through Holy Scripture], by Heinrich Bünting, (1545-1606), a German pastor, theologian and cartographer, native of Hanover. This is one of the most important travel books, and when first published in 1581, provided the most comprehensive description of biblical geography available. Since then, it has been printed in several editions and has been translated into many languages.
The book describes the Holy Land by following the travels of various notable people from the Old and New Testaments.
Four parts (separate title pages for each part, with the exception of the first part): Part 1 is the longest and deals with the Old Testament recounting the travels of the Prophets, Kings, Judges and various other Biblical figures. Part 2, Itinerarium Noui Testamenti, describes the travels of Joseph, Maria and other figures from the New Testament. Part 3, Uber das Buch Josua, deals with the Book of Joshua; Part 4, De Monetis et Mensuris Sacrae Scripturae is about money and means of payment mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.
The book includes 12 maps (woodcuts), most double size (printed on two pages), depicting the world and Eretz Israel. Three of the maps are figurative maps drawn by Bünting: The first and most well known is the map which portrays the world in the shape of a cloverleaf with three points (the cloverleaf appears on the emblem of the city of Hanover, where Bünting was born). The triple cloverleaf represents three continents, Asia, Europe and Africa. In the center of the leaf, representing the center of the world is the city of Jerusalem. The second map presents the Asian continent in the shape of Pegasus (a winged horse that appears in Greek mythology). On the third map, the European continent is drawn in the shape of a queen wearing a cape and a crown (depicting the Phoenician princess, Europe).
In addition to these figurative maps, the book also contains more conventional maps: a map of the African continent, two world maps, four maps of Eretz Israel, a map of Jerusalem and a sketch of the Holy Temple.
Part 1: [14], 240, [7] pages (lacking another title page?); Part 2: [6], 102, [8], pages; Part 3: [1], 34, pages, [one empty]; Part 4: [6], 15, [2], 14-21 pages. Many mispaginations. Volume 30 cm. Stains, moth damage, minor tears. Some leaves (primarily with the maps), have ancient repairs – tears restored with glued paper. The first title page is detached and damaged, glued on paper for reinforcement. The maps are in fair condition. Most have stains and restored tears (ancient restorations). Some have cutoff margins. The cloverleaf map is detached, with stains, minor tears to margins, paper glued on folding mark. The margins of the queen-shaped map of Europe and the Pegasus map are slightly cutoff. Stains. Restored damage to the folding marks. Restorations with glued paper and tape (the Pegasus map has two strips of tape, 8 and 4 cm. long).
Original binding, with clasps for closing (one clasp is lacking).
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae [Travel book through Holy Scripture], by Heinrich Bünting, (1545-1606), a German pastor, theologian and cartographer, native of Hanover. This is one of the most important travel books, and when first published in 1581, provided the most comprehensive description of biblical geography available. Since then, it has been printed in several editions and has been translated into many languages.
The book describes the Holy Land by following the travels of various notable people from the Old and New Testaments.
Four parts (separate title pages for each part, with the exception of the first part): Part 1 is the longest and deals with the Old Testament recounting the travels of the Prophets, Kings, Judges and various other Biblical figures. Part 2, Itinerarium Noui Testamenti, describes the travels of Joseph, Maria and other figures from the New Testament. Part 3, Uber das Buch Josua, deals with the Book of Joshua; Part 4, De Monetis et Mensuris Sacrae Scripturae is about money and means of payment mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.
The book includes 12 maps (woodcuts), most double size (printed on two pages), depicting the world and Eretz Israel. Three of the maps are figurative maps drawn by Bünting: The first and most well known is the map which portrays the world in the shape of a cloverleaf with three points (the cloverleaf appears on the emblem of the city of Hanover, where Bünting was born). The triple cloverleaf represents three continents, Asia, Europe and Africa. In the center of the leaf, representing the center of the world is the city of Jerusalem. The second map presents the Asian continent in the shape of Pegasus (a winged horse that appears in Greek mythology). On the third map, the European continent is drawn in the shape of a queen wearing a cape and a crown (depicting the Phoenician princess, Europe).
In addition to these figurative maps, the book also contains more conventional maps: a map of the African continent, two world maps, four maps of Eretz Israel, a map of Jerusalem and a sketch of the Holy Temple.
Part 1: [14], 240, [7] pages (lacking another title page?); Part 2: [6], 102, [8], pages; Part 3: [1], 34, pages, [one empty]; Part 4: [6], 15, [2], 14-21 pages. Many mispaginations. Volume 30 cm. Stains, moth damage, minor tears. Some leaves (primarily with the maps), have ancient repairs – tears restored with glued paper. The first title page is detached and damaged, glued on paper for reinforcement. The maps are in fair condition. Most have stains and restored tears (ancient restorations). Some have cutoff margins. The cloverleaf map is detached, with stains, minor tears to margins, paper glued on folding mark. The margins of the queen-shaped map of Europe and the Pegasus map are slightly cutoff. Stains. Restored damage to the folding marks. Restorations with glued paper and tape (the Pegasus map has two strips of tape, 8 and 4 cm. long).
Original binding, with clasps for closing (one clasp is lacking).
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $4,000
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Saggio di Caratteri Ebraici– a book for the study of Hebrew calligraphy, with elaborate illustration plates. Giuseppe Vigevano. Mantua, 1824.
A wide format book. Two parts printed in two different printing techniques. The first part was printed as usual, with an introduction and detailed instructions [in Italian] for studying writing, the way to hold the pen, the various types of Hebrew writing [for a Torah scroll, Rabbinical writing, cursive], etc.
The second part of the book is entirely composed of picture plates - copper etchings, with illustrations of letters and decorations of words, done in a high artistic standard. This part has a special title-page in Hebrew and Italian: "Attempt to write in the Holy Language" [Nisyon Ktav Leshon HaKodesh]. Charts with shapes of the letters, directions of drawing the pen while writing, various types of writing [Ktav Ashurit, script, Rashi script], reading sections written in various types of writing [Adon Olam asher malach and chapters of Psalms], way of enunciating the letters, vowels, gematria value of the letters, cycles of seasons and months of the year, etc. The leaves are illustrated and adorned with frames of floral and geometric patterns, incorporated with figures of animals, fowl and angels.
This book is the earliest printed work teaching Jewish calligraphic skills. The book portrays the special emphasis Italian Jews placed on this art and its integral incorporation into the study of Hebrew reading and writing. Moreover, the book presents a perfect example of the art of illustration and of the quality of printing used by Italian Jews at that time.
On the reverse side of the first title page is a printed approbation [in Italian] by Mantova rabbis: Rabbi Moshe Ariani, Rabbi Ya'akov Kasis, Rabbi Shmuel Sinigalia, Rabbi [Elishama Meir] Padovani.
This copy is autographed at the end of the first part by the author Vigevano.
[2], 24, [1] pages. 12 leaves. High-quality paper. Width: 32 cm. Height: 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, few moth holes. Binding with a parchment spine and corners (19th century or early 20th century). The book was originally bound in softcover. It contains the original front cover, with a pasted price leaf. Original back cover missing. New vorzats leaves.
A wide format book. Two parts printed in two different printing techniques. The first part was printed as usual, with an introduction and detailed instructions [in Italian] for studying writing, the way to hold the pen, the various types of Hebrew writing [for a Torah scroll, Rabbinical writing, cursive], etc.
The second part of the book is entirely composed of picture plates - copper etchings, with illustrations of letters and decorations of words, done in a high artistic standard. This part has a special title-page in Hebrew and Italian: "Attempt to write in the Holy Language" [Nisyon Ktav Leshon HaKodesh]. Charts with shapes of the letters, directions of drawing the pen while writing, various types of writing [Ktav Ashurit, script, Rashi script], reading sections written in various types of writing [Adon Olam asher malach and chapters of Psalms], way of enunciating the letters, vowels, gematria value of the letters, cycles of seasons and months of the year, etc. The leaves are illustrated and adorned with frames of floral and geometric patterns, incorporated with figures of animals, fowl and angels.
This book is the earliest printed work teaching Jewish calligraphic skills. The book portrays the special emphasis Italian Jews placed on this art and its integral incorporation into the study of Hebrew reading and writing. Moreover, the book presents a perfect example of the art of illustration and of the quality of printing used by Italian Jews at that time.
On the reverse side of the first title page is a printed approbation [in Italian] by Mantova rabbis: Rabbi Moshe Ariani, Rabbi Ya'akov Kasis, Rabbi Shmuel Sinigalia, Rabbi [Elishama Meir] Padovani.
This copy is autographed at the end of the first part by the author Vigevano.
[2], 24, [1] pages. 12 leaves. High-quality paper. Width: 32 cm. Height: 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, few moth holes. Binding with a parchment spine and corners (19th century or early 20th century). The book was originally bound in softcover. It contains the original front cover, with a pasted price leaf. Original back cover missing. New vorzats leaves.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $7,000
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Large collection of Samaritan booklets, books and manuscripts from the 19th and 20th centuries, from the estate of Avraham Nur Tsedakah, who during the 1960s and 70s worked as editor and printer of annotated editions of Samaritan manuscripts with explanations of Samaritan laws and customs.
The collection is composed of the following:
Manuscripts by Avraham Nur Tsedakah:
1. "Manuscript" of the "Five Books of Moses – Jewish version, Samaritan version, emphasizing the precise differences between the two" (according to an ancient Samaritan manuscript from the 11th century), edited by Avraham Nur and Ratzon Tsedakah. Four volumes: Bereshit, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim. In this edition, the Jewish version is on the right hand side and the Samaritan version is on the left, without vowels. The preparation of these "manuscripts" was done by cutting and pasting the printed words by hand, (sometimes an individual word is cut out and sometimes several words together. The vowels were erased with correction-fluid). Apparently, these manuscripts were used for repeat printings in the mid-60s. Both versions were printed in Hebrew.
2-3. Manuscripts by Avraham Nur Tsedakah, the second and third parts of the photocopy edition of Tevat Markah. The second part, "about the depths of the Eden spring, by the Great Scholar Our Master Markah" (1990s) is written on large paper sheets in Samaritan. The third part (1995) was written on regular paper leaves. Both parts are written in Samaritan writing, in Hebrew and Arabic (the second part is lacking two leaves).
4. Manuscript by Avraham Nur Tsedakah, sections of the books of Shemot and Devarim, written on large chromo paper sheets. Samaritan writing in square script.
5. Volume of prayers in the handwriting of Avraham Nur Tsedakah, mid 40s. Samaritan writing.
Samaritan manuscripts:
* 14 volumes of Samaritan manuscripts, some from the second half of the 19th century and some from the first decades of the 20th century. Among them: a volume of a Samaritan Chumash (large format), written by Avraham ben Marchiv HaTzafri (1922) and other volumes of the Chumash.
* Many prayer books, including: a volume of prayers from 1856 composed of many varied prayers for Passover, a volume of prayers and songs for the month of Nissan and Passover, with words of praise to G-d by Tuvia ben Yitzchak HaCohen; a volume of prayers from the beginning of the 20s with prayers for Chag HaKatzir (the harvest festival), parts of the Ten Commandments and more; an especially handsome volume of prayers from 1863, by Ya'akov ben Aharon ben Shlomo ben Tuvia HaCohen, with the prayers of Hallel and blessings, Shirat Hayam, prayer and blessing for those who fulfill G-d's laws, prayer for reinforcing belief in G-d, etc; and other volumes with prayers for the Sabbath of Devarim, eve of Midrata and for the day of Mikrata (Ma'amad Har Sinai), for blessing and rain, health and cure of pain, curse for slanderers and enemies, bringing near days of light, counting the Omer and the Festival of Shavuot, etc. Most in Samaritan writing, some in Arabic. Many volumes have moth damage.
* Large certificate related to redemption for marriage and birth, signed by Binyamim ben Shalach HaTzafri (1910s or 20s).
Books, booklets and manuscript photocopies:
Books and booklets published by Avraham Nur and Ratzon Tsedakah (most are lithograph printings of Samaritan manuscripts, in Samaritan writing): * The book of Bamidbar in three columns (the source is in ancient Hebrew, with Samaritan Aramaic translation and Arabic translation). Written, edited and published by Ratzon Tsedakah HaTzafri. Holon, 1968. * The book of Bereshit, Samaritan version with Aramaic and Arabic translations. * Shirot (liturgical poems), the Eve of Kippur, with commentaries on Samaritan laws and customs, written by a selection of various Samaritan writers, Vol. 2, copy handwritten by Ratzon Binyamin Tsedakah. Israel, 1960. * Prayer for the day of Ma'amad Har Sinai (1962). * Prayer of Shabbat Devarim – the Ten Commandments. * Hundreds of photocopied leaves from manuscripts: prayers for the Sabbath and Succot, the Book of Vayikra (Samaritan version), prayers for the weekdays, prayer for the Eve of Chada (Motzaei Shabbat), prayer for Sabbath morning, prayer for the Eve and Day of the New Year, prayer book for the prayers of the Sabbath of Tzamot of Passover (copied and edited by Avraham Nur Tsedakah). Enclosed: * Annotated edition of the Meimar Markah (compilation of homiletics and explanations on the Samaritan Torah written in the 4th century by the Samaritan scholar Markah ben Amram ben Sered), Hebrew-English, edited and translated by John Macdonald. Published by Alfred Töpelmann, Berlin, 1963. Two volumes.
The collection is composed of the following:
Manuscripts by Avraham Nur Tsedakah:
1. "Manuscript" of the "Five Books of Moses – Jewish version, Samaritan version, emphasizing the precise differences between the two" (according to an ancient Samaritan manuscript from the 11th century), edited by Avraham Nur and Ratzon Tsedakah. Four volumes: Bereshit, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim. In this edition, the Jewish version is on the right hand side and the Samaritan version is on the left, without vowels. The preparation of these "manuscripts" was done by cutting and pasting the printed words by hand, (sometimes an individual word is cut out and sometimes several words together. The vowels were erased with correction-fluid). Apparently, these manuscripts were used for repeat printings in the mid-60s. Both versions were printed in Hebrew.
2-3. Manuscripts by Avraham Nur Tsedakah, the second and third parts of the photocopy edition of Tevat Markah. The second part, "about the depths of the Eden spring, by the Great Scholar Our Master Markah" (1990s) is written on large paper sheets in Samaritan. The third part (1995) was written on regular paper leaves. Both parts are written in Samaritan writing, in Hebrew and Arabic (the second part is lacking two leaves).
4. Manuscript by Avraham Nur Tsedakah, sections of the books of Shemot and Devarim, written on large chromo paper sheets. Samaritan writing in square script.
5. Volume of prayers in the handwriting of Avraham Nur Tsedakah, mid 40s. Samaritan writing.
Samaritan manuscripts:
* 14 volumes of Samaritan manuscripts, some from the second half of the 19th century and some from the first decades of the 20th century. Among them: a volume of a Samaritan Chumash (large format), written by Avraham ben Marchiv HaTzafri (1922) and other volumes of the Chumash.
* Many prayer books, including: a volume of prayers from 1856 composed of many varied prayers for Passover, a volume of prayers and songs for the month of Nissan and Passover, with words of praise to G-d by Tuvia ben Yitzchak HaCohen; a volume of prayers from the beginning of the 20s with prayers for Chag HaKatzir (the harvest festival), parts of the Ten Commandments and more; an especially handsome volume of prayers from 1863, by Ya'akov ben Aharon ben Shlomo ben Tuvia HaCohen, with the prayers of Hallel and blessings, Shirat Hayam, prayer and blessing for those who fulfill G-d's laws, prayer for reinforcing belief in G-d, etc; and other volumes with prayers for the Sabbath of Devarim, eve of Midrata and for the day of Mikrata (Ma'amad Har Sinai), for blessing and rain, health and cure of pain, curse for slanderers and enemies, bringing near days of light, counting the Omer and the Festival of Shavuot, etc. Most in Samaritan writing, some in Arabic. Many volumes have moth damage.
* Large certificate related to redemption for marriage and birth, signed by Binyamim ben Shalach HaTzafri (1910s or 20s).
Books, booklets and manuscript photocopies:
Books and booklets published by Avraham Nur and Ratzon Tsedakah (most are lithograph printings of Samaritan manuscripts, in Samaritan writing): * The book of Bamidbar in three columns (the source is in ancient Hebrew, with Samaritan Aramaic translation and Arabic translation). Written, edited and published by Ratzon Tsedakah HaTzafri. Holon, 1968. * The book of Bereshit, Samaritan version with Aramaic and Arabic translations. * Shirot (liturgical poems), the Eve of Kippur, with commentaries on Samaritan laws and customs, written by a selection of various Samaritan writers, Vol. 2, copy handwritten by Ratzon Binyamin Tsedakah. Israel, 1960. * Prayer for the day of Ma'amad Har Sinai (1962). * Prayer of Shabbat Devarim – the Ten Commandments. * Hundreds of photocopied leaves from manuscripts: prayers for the Sabbath and Succot, the Book of Vayikra (Samaritan version), prayers for the weekdays, prayer for the Eve of Chada (Motzaei Shabbat), prayer for Sabbath morning, prayer for the Eve and Day of the New Year, prayer book for the prayers of the Sabbath of Tzamot of Passover (copied and edited by Avraham Nur Tsedakah). Enclosed: * Annotated edition of the Meimar Markah (compilation of homiletics and explanations on the Samaritan Torah written in the 4th century by the Samaritan scholar Markah ben Amram ben Sered), Hebrew-English, edited and translated by John Macdonald. Published by Alfred Töpelmann, Berlin, 1963. Two volumes.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $3,500
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
Stencil circular, written on behalf of the Executive Central Committee of the First Zionist Congress, on official letterhead stationary of the Executive Committee of the Zionist Congress ("Bureau des Zionisten-Congresses") with hand-written signatures of all five committee members, including Herzl. Vienna, December 7, 1897. German.
In the circular, published three months after the First Zionist Congress in Basel, the Executive Central Committee members request to emphasize the importance of regular transfer of the "Schekel" funds, on the 1st and 15th of every month, to enable the routine and continuous activities of the committee. The circular states that the Executive Central Committee deals with many matters for which this funding is essential and the committee members are sure that the recipients of the circular will do all they can to act speedily and efficiently in the spirit of their common goal. The Executive Central Committee requests to receive the funds in cash, by registered mail, immediately, otherwise it "cannot be held responsible for the results".
At the First Zionist Congress held in Basel at the end of August 1897, several decisions were reached whose aim was to realize the vision of the Zionist movement. These included the goal of implementing the "Basel Plan" (which determined that the ambition of the Zionist movement is to establish a homeland for the Jewish People in Eretz Israel) and to establish various institutions that would serve to promote and realize the ideals of the movement, the first of these being the World Zionist Organization.
In the framework of founding the World Zionist Union, a General Central Committee of 18 members was elected, and from these an Executive Central Committee consisting of five members, all residents of Vienna, was appointed. The Executive Central Committee, whose role was to serve as a high-level management body – a sort of 'government' – of the General Central Committee, was headed by Dr. Theodor Herzl.
The five members of the first Executive Central Committee were Dr. Theodor Herzl [the father of Zionism; Chairman], who served as chairman, Dr. Oser Kokesch [attorney, one of the first members of the 'Kadima' student association, a founder of the Viennese Zionist 'Admat Yeshurun' association and member of the first committee of 'Otzar Hityashvut HaYehudim'], who served as secretary, Johann Kremenetzky [wealthy Zionist entrepreneur and industrialist, pioneer of the European electricity industry, first chairman of the JNF], Dr. Alexander Mintz [attorney, participated in the committee for formulating the 'Basel Plan', member of the Committee for Practical Settlement], and Dr. Moritz (Moshe) Tobias Schnierer [author and personal doctor of Theodor Herzl, who also accompanied Herzl on his visit to Palestine in 1898, co-founder of the 'Kadima' student association, the 'Ahavat Zion' association and the 'Admat Yeshurun' association]. These five members of the Executive Central Committee are the signatories of this document.
[1] page (+ three empty pages), 29 cm. Stains to margins. Tears to margins, some reinforced with tape. Filing holes, one torn.
Rare. Only a handful of documents with the signatures of all five members of the first Zionist Executive Central Committee are known to exist (perhaps because Dr. Mintz resigned from the Executive Central Committee after less than a year).
In the circular, published three months after the First Zionist Congress in Basel, the Executive Central Committee members request to emphasize the importance of regular transfer of the "Schekel" funds, on the 1st and 15th of every month, to enable the routine and continuous activities of the committee. The circular states that the Executive Central Committee deals with many matters for which this funding is essential and the committee members are sure that the recipients of the circular will do all they can to act speedily and efficiently in the spirit of their common goal. The Executive Central Committee requests to receive the funds in cash, by registered mail, immediately, otherwise it "cannot be held responsible for the results".
At the First Zionist Congress held in Basel at the end of August 1897, several decisions were reached whose aim was to realize the vision of the Zionist movement. These included the goal of implementing the "Basel Plan" (which determined that the ambition of the Zionist movement is to establish a homeland for the Jewish People in Eretz Israel) and to establish various institutions that would serve to promote and realize the ideals of the movement, the first of these being the World Zionist Organization.
In the framework of founding the World Zionist Union, a General Central Committee of 18 members was elected, and from these an Executive Central Committee consisting of five members, all residents of Vienna, was appointed. The Executive Central Committee, whose role was to serve as a high-level management body – a sort of 'government' – of the General Central Committee, was headed by Dr. Theodor Herzl.
The five members of the first Executive Central Committee were Dr. Theodor Herzl [the father of Zionism; Chairman], who served as chairman, Dr. Oser Kokesch [attorney, one of the first members of the 'Kadima' student association, a founder of the Viennese Zionist 'Admat Yeshurun' association and member of the first committee of 'Otzar Hityashvut HaYehudim'], who served as secretary, Johann Kremenetzky [wealthy Zionist entrepreneur and industrialist, pioneer of the European electricity industry, first chairman of the JNF], Dr. Alexander Mintz [attorney, participated in the committee for formulating the 'Basel Plan', member of the Committee for Practical Settlement], and Dr. Moritz (Moshe) Tobias Schnierer [author and personal doctor of Theodor Herzl, who also accompanied Herzl on his visit to Palestine in 1898, co-founder of the 'Kadima' student association, the 'Ahavat Zion' association and the 'Admat Yeshurun' association]. These five members of the Executive Central Committee are the signatories of this document.
[1] page (+ three empty pages), 29 cm. Stains to margins. Tears to margins, some reinforced with tape. Filing holes, one torn.
Rare. Only a handful of documents with the signatures of all five members of the first Zionist Executive Central Committee are known to exist (perhaps because Dr. Mintz resigned from the Executive Central Committee after less than a year).
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $6,250
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Certificate on parchment, in honor of the Zionist statesman Shimshon Rosenbaum, on behalf of his friends, Zionist and Socialist activists from the Jewish community of Minsk. [Minsk, c. 1908].
The certificate was handwritten and hand-illustrated. In the center, is a long letter written in handsome square letters. Its frame is hand drawn and painted: At the top is an imaginary illustration of the city of Jerusalem crowned with rays of sun; on its right is the figure of an angel and on its left the figure of Moses (?) holding a torch. The right and left margins have several small illustrations: a Star of David, menorah, monogram of the letters Shin and Resh (initials of Shimson Rosenbaum), and other illustrations. Signed on the bottom right corner, "Meir Paranov / Porogov" (?).
In the letter, members of the Minsk Jewish community express their support of Rosenbaum and show their support following his arrest by the Russian Tsarist rule.
40 people, representatives of the Minsk Jewish community, signed at the bottom of the letter. Among them are: Yehoshua Sirkin, Esther Churgin, Noach Tiomkin, Avraham Kaplan, Avraham ben Kalonymus Kalman and others.
Dr. Shimshon Rosenbaum (Simon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum, 1859-1934), Jewish attorney and statesman, native of Pinsk, Belarus. Rosenbaum studied in a cheder and the Volozhin Yeshiva and later studied law at the Odessa University and at the University of Vienna. During his studies, he began his Zionist activities. Rosenbaum was a member of the Hovevei Zion movement, participated in Zionist congresses, was a member of the Zionist General Council, a member of Zionei Zion (who were in favor of a Jewish settlement only in Eretz Israel and strongly opposed the Uganda Scheme), one of the Zionist heads in Minsk and the primary organizer of the Minsk Convention, member of the central committee of the Zionist movement in Russia.
In 1906, Shimshon Rosenbaum was chosen to serve in the first Duma assembly of the Russian empire (the first Russian parliament), and was active as part of the Constitutional Democratic Party, which wished to advance political reforms, civil rights and liberal democracy in Russia. From the beginning of the Duma meeting, the party members raised subject such as release of political prisoners and abolishing the death sentence and they condemned the Tsarist rule at every occasion. In the beginning of July 1906, following the increase in the Duma's radical political pressure, the Tsar decided to close it.
In reaction to the closing of the Duma, some of its members, including Shimshon Rosenbaum, moved to Vyborg (at that time part of Finland), where they signed the Vyborg Manifesto which called for non-violent civil revolt expressed by not paying taxes and non-enlistment. The population as a rule did not heed the calls of those who signed the manifesto. Many of those who signed were arrested and were sentenced to three months imprisonment, and were banned from taking part in the Duma again. This letter relates to Rosenbaum's imprisonment after signing the manifesto.
After the end of his imprisonment, he became an attorney and dealt with files connected to pogroms and anti-Zionist trials. During World War I, he moved to Vilna and became the leader of the Lithuania Zionist movement. With the establishment of independent Lithuania, he became a deputy Foreign Minister and later Minister for Jewish matters. In 1924, he ascended to Eretz Israel. Since 1929, he served as Lithuanian Consul in Eretz Israel. When the organization for Minsk immigrants to Eretz Israel was founded in 1930, Rosenbaum was chosen as honorary president of the organization. Died in Tel-Aviv in 1934 and was buried in the Trumpledor cemetery.
Parchment sheet 44X35.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, minor stains. Minor tears and creases to margins. Several faded signatures.
The certificate was handwritten and hand-illustrated. In the center, is a long letter written in handsome square letters. Its frame is hand drawn and painted: At the top is an imaginary illustration of the city of Jerusalem crowned with rays of sun; on its right is the figure of an angel and on its left the figure of Moses (?) holding a torch. The right and left margins have several small illustrations: a Star of David, menorah, monogram of the letters Shin and Resh (initials of Shimson Rosenbaum), and other illustrations. Signed on the bottom right corner, "Meir Paranov / Porogov" (?).
In the letter, members of the Minsk Jewish community express their support of Rosenbaum and show their support following his arrest by the Russian Tsarist rule.
40 people, representatives of the Minsk Jewish community, signed at the bottom of the letter. Among them are: Yehoshua Sirkin, Esther Churgin, Noach Tiomkin, Avraham Kaplan, Avraham ben Kalonymus Kalman and others.
Dr. Shimshon Rosenbaum (Simon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum, 1859-1934), Jewish attorney and statesman, native of Pinsk, Belarus. Rosenbaum studied in a cheder and the Volozhin Yeshiva and later studied law at the Odessa University and at the University of Vienna. During his studies, he began his Zionist activities. Rosenbaum was a member of the Hovevei Zion movement, participated in Zionist congresses, was a member of the Zionist General Council, a member of Zionei Zion (who were in favor of a Jewish settlement only in Eretz Israel and strongly opposed the Uganda Scheme), one of the Zionist heads in Minsk and the primary organizer of the Minsk Convention, member of the central committee of the Zionist movement in Russia.
In 1906, Shimshon Rosenbaum was chosen to serve in the first Duma assembly of the Russian empire (the first Russian parliament), and was active as part of the Constitutional Democratic Party, which wished to advance political reforms, civil rights and liberal democracy in Russia. From the beginning of the Duma meeting, the party members raised subject such as release of political prisoners and abolishing the death sentence and they condemned the Tsarist rule at every occasion. In the beginning of July 1906, following the increase in the Duma's radical political pressure, the Tsar decided to close it.
In reaction to the closing of the Duma, some of its members, including Shimshon Rosenbaum, moved to Vyborg (at that time part of Finland), where they signed the Vyborg Manifesto which called for non-violent civil revolt expressed by not paying taxes and non-enlistment. The population as a rule did not heed the calls of those who signed the manifesto. Many of those who signed were arrested and were sentenced to three months imprisonment, and were banned from taking part in the Duma again. This letter relates to Rosenbaum's imprisonment after signing the manifesto.
After the end of his imprisonment, he became an attorney and dealt with files connected to pogroms and anti-Zionist trials. During World War I, he moved to Vilna and became the leader of the Lithuania Zionist movement. With the establishment of independent Lithuania, he became a deputy Foreign Minister and later Minister for Jewish matters. In 1924, he ascended to Eretz Israel. Since 1929, he served as Lithuanian Consul in Eretz Israel. When the organization for Minsk immigrants to Eretz Israel was founded in 1930, Rosenbaum was chosen as honorary president of the organization. Died in Tel-Aviv in 1934 and was buried in the Trumpledor cemetery.
Parchment sheet 44X35.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, minor stains. Minor tears and creases to margins. Several faded signatures.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $7,500
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Verve. Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos 33 et 34. Published by Verve, Paris 1956. French.
A book designed in album format. 105 quality black and white reproductions and 28 original lithographs (16 of which are colored), to works with Biblical subject matter created by Chagall during the years 1930-1955. The cover design is also by Chagall.
On the cover page there is a handwritten dedication by Chagall, “To Tuvya and Galila Ruebner (Paris, 1967).” Alongside the dedication Chagall added an illustration of a figure standing by a tree. The copy in front of us is wrapped in a brown paper envelope, on the frontage and on the spine Chagall wrote in colored pastels the following inscription: "Marc Chagall Bible”.
36 cm. Good condition. The cover is slightly loose. Tears on the spine. A few stains. The paper envelope is slightly torn. The lithographs are in good condition.
A book designed in album format. 105 quality black and white reproductions and 28 original lithographs (16 of which are colored), to works with Biblical subject matter created by Chagall during the years 1930-1955. The cover design is also by Chagall.
On the cover page there is a handwritten dedication by Chagall, “To Tuvya and Galila Ruebner (Paris, 1967).” Alongside the dedication Chagall added an illustration of a figure standing by a tree. The copy in front of us is wrapped in a brown paper envelope, on the frontage and on the spine Chagall wrote in colored pastels the following inscription: "Marc Chagall Bible”.
36 cm. Good condition. The cover is slightly loose. Tears on the spine. A few stains. The paper envelope is slightly torn. The lithographs are in good condition.
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Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
January 29, 2014
Opening: $14,000
Sold for: $17,500
Including buyer's premium
1. Poster on behalf of the Shomer HaTza'ir World Union designed by Yohanan Simon. Invitation to the first national convention in Tel Aviv, held on April 20-23, 1938. Printed by E. Strud, Tel Aviv, 1938.
The illustration depicts a man holding a red flag and a sheaf of grain. 63X95 cm. framed: 102.5X70.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases, few stains. Folding marks. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology, Hashomer Hatzair Political Posters 1937-1967". Editor: Shlomo Shaltiel. Published by Yad Yaari and the Ben-Gurion Research Center, 1999. Page 105.
2. Your List - Mem – the Left Front. Poster designed by Yohanan Simon. Printed by Azriel, Tel Aviv [1944].
A poster for the elections to the Histadrut, on behalf of the Left Front – joint list of HaShomer HaTzair, The Socialist League and Po'alei Zion Smol. Signed: Y. S.
34.5X50 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Minor tears, restored. Glued on thick cardboard. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 104.
3. Give a Hand to the Victory of the Left! The Left Front. Poster designed by Franz Kraus, [1944].
Election poster for the General Federation of Laborers (Histadrut Haovdim Haklalit). The illustration depicts a red fist, holding a white ballot with the letter of the party. In the background are masses of the working class, stepping on a blue surface. 32X47 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 103.
4. "For Pioneer Action! For Breaking Through the Siege! For Breaching the Gates!". Poster designed by Yohanan Simon. HaDfus HaChadash Ltd. Tel Aviv [1944].
Election poster. For Great Zionism! For Fighting Socialism! For Brotherhood of Nations!. Signed: Y. S. The illustration portrays the hands of a man holding a hammer and in the background are a water tower and a guard tower, surrounded by barbed wire fences. This illustration created by Simon was a basis for additional posters. 35X49 cm. Good condition. 12 file holes. Creases. Folded.
5. Hashomer HaTzair in Eretz Israel, The Fourth National Convention. Linol.: Institute Named after Zvi Bergman. Printed by Nesher, Tel Aviv, [1984]. Designed by Nafali Bezem. Signed: Naftali. The illustration portrays three figures – a young girl and two boys – wearing Hashomer HaTzair shirts.
One boy is holding a blue flag and the second has a gun behind his back. 48.5X69.5 cm. framed: 78X58 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases, tears to proclamation margins, stains. Folding msrks. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 108.
6. Poster on behalf of Mapam [the United Workers Party]. "For the Census of the Fighting Workers' Camp, Pioneer Industries! Revolutionary Struggle! May 1, 1949". Printed by Nesher, Tel Aviv. Designed by Yohanan Simon. Signed: "Ru-Yo".
50X70 cm. framed: 75X58 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins. Upper left corner lacking (damage to text). Tears restored with tape.
See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 64.
The design of Hashomer Hatzair posters was influenced by communist and socialist workers' union symbols as well as by Zionist symbols. The prominent colors of the posters are red, blue, white and black. The recurring images are the closed fist, the waving flag, factory chimneys, plowed fields and water towers, tools and weapons. These all express the vision of the movement: the establishment of a bi-national socialist state and an alliance between the workers of the cities and villages throughout Israel. Hashomer Hatzair posters were designed by artists, Kibbutz and movement members who stood at the helm of the movement's propaganda.
The illustration depicts a man holding a red flag and a sheaf of grain. 63X95 cm. framed: 102.5X70.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases, few stains. Folding marks. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology, Hashomer Hatzair Political Posters 1937-1967". Editor: Shlomo Shaltiel. Published by Yad Yaari and the Ben-Gurion Research Center, 1999. Page 105.
2. Your List - Mem – the Left Front. Poster designed by Yohanan Simon. Printed by Azriel, Tel Aviv [1944].
A poster for the elections to the Histadrut, on behalf of the Left Front – joint list of HaShomer HaTzair, The Socialist League and Po'alei Zion Smol. Signed: Y. S.
34.5X50 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Minor tears, restored. Glued on thick cardboard. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 104.
3. Give a Hand to the Victory of the Left! The Left Front. Poster designed by Franz Kraus, [1944].
Election poster for the General Federation of Laborers (Histadrut Haovdim Haklalit). The illustration depicts a red fist, holding a white ballot with the letter of the party. In the background are masses of the working class, stepping on a blue surface. 32X47 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 103.
4. "For Pioneer Action! For Breaking Through the Siege! For Breaching the Gates!". Poster designed by Yohanan Simon. HaDfus HaChadash Ltd. Tel Aviv [1944].
Election poster. For Great Zionism! For Fighting Socialism! For Brotherhood of Nations!. Signed: Y. S. The illustration portrays the hands of a man holding a hammer and in the background are a water tower and a guard tower, surrounded by barbed wire fences. This illustration created by Simon was a basis for additional posters. 35X49 cm. Good condition. 12 file holes. Creases. Folded.
5. Hashomer HaTzair in Eretz Israel, The Fourth National Convention. Linol.: Institute Named after Zvi Bergman. Printed by Nesher, Tel Aviv, [1984]. Designed by Nafali Bezem. Signed: Naftali. The illustration portrays three figures – a young girl and two boys – wearing Hashomer HaTzair shirts.
One boy is holding a blue flag and the second has a gun behind his back. 48.5X69.5 cm. framed: 78X58 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases, tears to proclamation margins, stains. Folding msrks. See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 108.
6. Poster on behalf of Mapam [the United Workers Party]. "For the Census of the Fighting Workers' Camp, Pioneer Industries! Revolutionary Struggle! May 1, 1949". Printed by Nesher, Tel Aviv. Designed by Yohanan Simon. Signed: "Ru-Yo".
50X70 cm. framed: 75X58 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins. Upper left corner lacking (damage to text). Tears restored with tape.
See: "Art in the Service of Ideology", page 64.
The design of Hashomer Hatzair posters was influenced by communist and socialist workers' union symbols as well as by Zionist symbols. The prominent colors of the posters are red, blue, white and black. The recurring images are the closed fist, the waving flag, factory chimneys, plowed fields and water towers, tools and weapons. These all express the vision of the movement: the establishment of a bi-national socialist state and an alliance between the workers of the cities and villages throughout Israel. Hashomer Hatzair posters were designed by artists, Kibbutz and movement members who stood at the helm of the movement's propaganda.
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