Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

The Esther Scroll of Wolf Poppers (Germany, 1746) – Fine Facsimile in Scroll Format

Opening: $250
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium

The Esther Scroll of 1746, facsimile of an illustrated manuscript, in scroll format. Cologne: Taschen, 2012. German.
Copy no. 13 of 50 "AP" copies (from an edition the total of 1746 copies).
Deluxe edition facsimile of a German–language illuminated Esther scroll. The original manuscript was created by Wolf Leib Katz Poppers, a Jewish scribe and illustrator from Hildesheim (the manuscript is currently held by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library in Hannover).
This edition was published in scroll format, with two wooden handles, placed in a fine wooden box. Appended to the scroll is a text volume (Hebrew, English, German and French), containing the text of the Book of Esther, color plates, and information on the composition of Poppers' scroll by historian Falk Wiesemann and Emile Schrijver.


Scroll: 33.5 cm. Wooden box: 42X23.5X18.5 cm. Text volume: 144, 39, [1] pages. 22X33.5 cm. Good condition.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection.

Facsimiles, Bibliophilia and Research Books
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