Auction 24 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Jewish Graphics between the years 1625-1825 – Interesting Dedication

Opening: $600
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Judische Graphiker aus der zeit von 1625-1825, von S. [Sally] Kirschstein. Berlin: Der Zirkel, 1918. German.
One of the most important researches of Sally Kirschtein (1869-1935), author and Jewish Art collector, collecting mainly Jewish Graphics and Iconography; focusing on Jewish etchings, amongst them numerous portraits and architectural drawings. Sixty illustration plates, some of them large, folded. On the first leaf, a handwritten dedication, in German, Prof. Herman Zondek, a doctor from Berlin (made aliya in 1934). The dedication is for Dr. Moshe Wallach, founder of "Sha'arei Zedek" Hospital in Jerusalem (Jerusalem, 1947). [9], 72 pp, 60 plates, 36.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
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