Thirteen etching plates for bookplates designed by Joseph Budko, twelve of them accompanied by the resulting bookplates (hand-signed by Budko), and three additional bookplates made by Budko for himself and his wife. [Berlin, 1911-1919].
· Thirteen etching plates for bookplates: "Ex-libris Yosef Ben Yaakov" (Hebrew; an etching plate for one of the bookplates Budko had designed for himself, 1912), Maurice J. Budko (1913), Katia Roscamp (1913), Dr. Julius Meisel (1916), Irene Schwarz (1916), Rahel Goldschmidt (1917), Paul Sachs (1917), Dr. Karl Schwarz (1917), Karl und Elza Baer (1918), S. Bachrach (1918), Albert und Emmy Badt (1918), Rudolf von Goldschmidt Rothschild (1919), Exlibris Heinrich Eisemann (1916). All the plates except for the last one are accompanied by prints of the bookplates (signed in pencil, on the margins).
· Three bookplates designed by Joseph Budko for himself and his wife, hand-signed by him: "Ex-libris Rachel Budko" (a Hebrew bookplate depicting Rachel's Tomb, designed by Budko for his wife Rachel, 1911); two bookplates Budko had designed for himself in 1912 and 1917 (one with an illustration of a street in his hometown of Plonsk).
Enclosed: Joseph Budkos jüdische Exlibriskunst [The Art of Joseph Budko's Jewish Bookplates], by Avraham Horodisch (printout from Soncino Blätter, vol. III, 1929); JNF stamp, a woodcut designed by Joseph Budko (depicting a structure flanked by two palm trees inside a Star of David).
A total of 13 etching plates and 15 bookplates. Size and condition vary, good overall condition.
Provenance:
1. Artist's estate.
2. Private collection.