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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Map of Jerusalem and the surroundings II, edited by A. Grayevsky [Avraham Grayevsky]. Monsohn lithographic press, Jerusalem, [ca. 1909].
Map of Jerusalem and the surroundings, scale 1:8335. Names of streets and sites are printed in Hebrew. Two paper-labels of the "American and German Tourist Express Company" owned by Grayevsky and S. Isacoff in Cairo are pasted on the two upper corners of the map. Printed on one label - the map is "a souvenir for the year 5670 from the owners of the tourism company" (Hebrew).
70X49.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, creases and stains. Tears and open tears, professionally repaired. A piece of about 10X5 cm is lacking at lower right corner.
Map of Jerusalem and the surroundings, scale 1:8335. Names of streets and sites are printed in Hebrew. Two paper-labels of the "American and German Tourist Express Company" owned by Grayevsky and S. Isacoff in Cairo are pasted on the two upper corners of the map. Printed on one label - the map is "a souvenir for the year 5670 from the owners of the tourism company" (Hebrew).
70X49.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, creases and stains. Tears and open tears, professionally repaired. A piece of about 10X5 cm is lacking at lower right corner.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Fourteen maps - Palestine and Jerusalem. Most maps were printed in Germany or France in the 17th-20th centuries (most are from the 18th century). Some are engravings, partly colored by hand.
Among the maps:
• Jerusalem die Heilige Viereckete Stadt, in Grund Gelegt und Eigentlich Abgemalet. View of Jerusalem from the east. Woodcut, out of "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" ["Travel through holy scriptures"] by Heinrich Bünting. [Magdeburg, 1600]. Laor 968B. Faded and defected printing.
• Orbis Bibliis sacris cognitus, seu geographia sacra. Carte de la géographie sacrée pour l'Ancien Testament. Engraving (some border lines are colored by hand) - map of Europe, North Africa and the Near East, with Noah's children tribal borders, by Pierre Moullart-Sanson. Paris, 1716.
• La Judee ou Palestine, Dressee pour l'intelligence de l'Histoire Sainte. Engraving (some borders are colored by hand) - Map of Palestine, on both sides of the Jordan river, with the territories of the twelve tribes, by Louis Brion de la Tour. Paris, [1767]. Laor 131.
• Jerusalem - East - "Map of Palestine" [USA?], [1937]. "Mizrah". Lithograph on paper. Hebrew, Yiddish and English. In the center - Map of Palestine with the tribes territories. Drawings of towns and holy sites in Palestine. List of 22 colonies in Palestine and space for marking memorial dates (Yahrzeit).
Size and condition vary.
Detailed list of maps will be sent upon request.
Among the maps:
• Jerusalem die Heilige Viereckete Stadt, in Grund Gelegt und Eigentlich Abgemalet. View of Jerusalem from the east. Woodcut, out of "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" ["Travel through holy scriptures"] by Heinrich Bünting. [Magdeburg, 1600]. Laor 968B. Faded and defected printing.
• Orbis Bibliis sacris cognitus, seu geographia sacra. Carte de la géographie sacrée pour l'Ancien Testament. Engraving (some border lines are colored by hand) - map of Europe, North Africa and the Near East, with Noah's children tribal borders, by Pierre Moullart-Sanson. Paris, 1716.
• La Judee ou Palestine, Dressee pour l'intelligence de l'Histoire Sainte. Engraving (some borders are colored by hand) - Map of Palestine, on both sides of the Jordan river, with the territories of the twelve tribes, by Louis Brion de la Tour. Paris, [1767]. Laor 131.
• Jerusalem - East - "Map of Palestine" [USA?], [1937]. "Mizrah". Lithograph on paper. Hebrew, Yiddish and English. In the center - Map of Palestine with the tribes territories. Drawings of towns and holy sites in Palestine. List of 22 colonies in Palestine and space for marking memorial dates (Yahrzeit).
Size and condition vary.
Detailed list of maps will be sent upon request.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $550
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Eight maps of Palestine and the surroundings. English, German and Dutch.
1. Das Heilig Landt mit ausztheilung der zwoelff Geschlechter. From the book Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster, Basel, [1588]. Laor 532. Was completely restored. Colored by hand (late coloring).
2. Canaan, or the Land of Promise, Possessed by the Children of Israel, and Travelled through by our Saviour Jesus Christ and his Apostles. Amsterdam, [1671]. Laor 521.
3. Het Heylige Land verdeeld in de Twaalf Stammen Israels; Waar in duydelyk is aangeweesen de Reysen van Iesus Christus & c.. Amsterdam, [1700]. Laor 508.
4. Byzondere Kaart van de Landen daar de Apostelen het Evangelium Gepredikt Hebben, Van de Vermaardste Plaatsen, van Hunne Reyzen, En van den Weg van Paulus na Rome, Pieter Mortier. Amsterdam, [1725?]. Laor 224.
5. Nieuwe Kaart van Irak Arabi, Kurdistan, Diarbek, Turkomannia, Syria en het Heilige Land, Isaak Tirion. Amsterdam, [1732]. Laor 772.
6. Map of the journey in the wilderness, and the conquest and partition of the land of Canaan, by the children of Israel, according to this history. [Probably Dublin, 1744].
7. Syria, Drawn and Engraved by J. Rapkin. [Published by J. & F. Tallis. London, 1850].
8. Modern Palestine, Drawn and Engraved by J. Rapkin. [Published by J & F Tallis. London, ca. 1851].
Size and condition vary.
1. Das Heilig Landt mit ausztheilung der zwoelff Geschlechter. From the book Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster, Basel, [1588]. Laor 532. Was completely restored. Colored by hand (late coloring).
2. Canaan, or the Land of Promise, Possessed by the Children of Israel, and Travelled through by our Saviour Jesus Christ and his Apostles. Amsterdam, [1671]. Laor 521.
3. Het Heylige Land verdeeld in de Twaalf Stammen Israels; Waar in duydelyk is aangeweesen de Reysen van Iesus Christus & c.. Amsterdam, [1700]. Laor 508.
4. Byzondere Kaart van de Landen daar de Apostelen het Evangelium Gepredikt Hebben, Van de Vermaardste Plaatsen, van Hunne Reyzen, En van den Weg van Paulus na Rome, Pieter Mortier. Amsterdam, [1725?]. Laor 224.
5. Nieuwe Kaart van Irak Arabi, Kurdistan, Diarbek, Turkomannia, Syria en het Heilige Land, Isaak Tirion. Amsterdam, [1732]. Laor 772.
6. Map of the journey in the wilderness, and the conquest and partition of the land of Canaan, by the children of Israel, according to this history. [Probably Dublin, 1744].
7. Syria, Drawn and Engraved by J. Rapkin. [Published by J. & F. Tallis. London, 1850].
8. Modern Palestine, Drawn and Engraved by J. Rapkin. [Published by J & F Tallis. London, ca. 1851].
Size and condition vary.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Eighteen engravings - maps, drawings and scientific schemes of the globe. [ca.16th, 17th and 18 th centuries].
Among the items:
• L'univers, a map colored by hand, engraving out of the book La cosmographie universelle (Paris, 1575).
• Typus Orbis Terrarum, map with the eastern and western hemispheres, an engraving by Jan Janssonius, apparently from the Latin edition of the book "Atlas Minor" (Holland, early 17th century).
• Aevi Veteris Usque Ad Annum Salutis Nonagesimum Supra Milles Quadringentos Cogniti Tantum Typus Geographic. Map of the eastern hemisphere, engraving by Vincenzo Coronelli, apparently from the book Atlante Veneto (Venice, ca. 1691).
• Den Aardkloot nade Zondvloed, in Haar Gebroken Stand, met Bergen en Dalen, Groote Zee-Boesem, en der Selver Eilanden en Ondiepten Vertoond, a map with the eastern hemisphere and below it the western hemisphere, an engraving after Thomas Burnet. [Amsterdam, ca. 1690].
• Astronomie, Hemisphere Boreal (astronomic map of the northern hemisphere) and Astronomie Hemisphere Austral (astronomic map of the southern hemisphere) apparently out of the book Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers [encyclopedia or systematic dictionary of sciences, arts and the professions ("The great encyclopedia")]. [ca. mid-late 18th century].
• and more.
Two items are colored by hand.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Among the items:
• L'univers, a map colored by hand, engraving out of the book La cosmographie universelle (Paris, 1575).
• Typus Orbis Terrarum, map with the eastern and western hemispheres, an engraving by Jan Janssonius, apparently from the Latin edition of the book "Atlas Minor" (Holland, early 17th century).
• Aevi Veteris Usque Ad Annum Salutis Nonagesimum Supra Milles Quadringentos Cogniti Tantum Typus Geographic. Map of the eastern hemisphere, engraving by Vincenzo Coronelli, apparently from the book Atlante Veneto (Venice, ca. 1691).
• Den Aardkloot nade Zondvloed, in Haar Gebroken Stand, met Bergen en Dalen, Groote Zee-Boesem, en der Selver Eilanden en Ondiepten Vertoond, a map with the eastern hemisphere and below it the western hemisphere, an engraving after Thomas Burnet. [Amsterdam, ca. 1690].
• Astronomie, Hemisphere Boreal (astronomic map of the northern hemisphere) and Astronomie Hemisphere Austral (astronomic map of the southern hemisphere) apparently out of the book Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers [encyclopedia or systematic dictionary of sciences, arts and the professions ("The great encyclopedia")]. [ca. mid-late 18th century].
• and more.
Two items are colored by hand.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Panorama de Jerusalem avant la 2de destruction [panorama of Jerusalem before the second destruction]. Engraving created and published by H. Braverman. Pest (Hungary), 1858.
An illustration of Jerusalem from the east appears in the center, surrounded by a dozen more illustrations depicting Jerusalem, the Temple and the Temple vessels. Each illustration is titled in Hebrew and French.
On the lower part, underneath the illustration of the Western Wall, the publisher writes: "I searched in my books archive… and found the plan of the Temple… on the printing altar for remembrance… Hillel David Braverman" (Hebrew).
48X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains (some dark). Tears at margins (some open tears to bottom margin and a long tear at right margin, slightly affecting the engraving).
An illustration of Jerusalem from the east appears in the center, surrounded by a dozen more illustrations depicting Jerusalem, the Temple and the Temple vessels. Each illustration is titled in Hebrew and French.
On the lower part, underneath the illustration of the Western Wall, the publisher writes: "I searched in my books archive… and found the plan of the Temple… on the printing altar for remembrance… Hillel David Braverman" (Hebrew).
48X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains (some dark). Tears at margins (some open tears to bottom margin and a long tear at right margin, slightly affecting the engraving).
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Mosque of Omar, Shewing the Site of the Temple. Lithograph in color, after a drawing by David Roberts. Titled in the plate. [ca. 1840s].
The lithograph appeared in "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" by Roberts.
David Roberts (1769-1864), active in London, was one of the first painters in the 19th century who came to the Middle East and published and shared its views with the European audience. Roberts prepared quick sketches "In Situ" using watercolors, and later produced lithographs available to the public.
Lithograph: 33X49 cm. Without margins (the margins were cut). Mounted on a thick paper board: 44X62 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Adhesive tape marks at margins.
The lithograph appeared in "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" by Roberts.
David Roberts (1769-1864), active in London, was one of the first painters in the 19th century who came to the Middle East and published and shared its views with the European audience. Roberts prepared quick sketches "In Situ" using watercolors, and later produced lithographs available to the public.
Lithograph: 33X49 cm. Without margins (the margins were cut). Mounted on a thick paper board: 44X62 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Adhesive tape marks at margins.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Bilder Aus dem Heiligen Lande. Vierzig ausgewaehlte Original-Ansichten biblisch-wichtiger Orte treu nach der Natur gezeichnet von J. M. Bernatz, mit erläuterndem texte von G. H. v. Schubert, Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, [ca.1839]. German.
Pictures from the Holy Land, forty lithographs after paintings by Johann Martin Bernatz, with text by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert.
39 lithograph plates portraying views and sites in Palestine and the vicinity - Jerusalem, Tiberias, Mount Carmel, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, Damascus, Sinai (Panorama on a folding plate; numbered "6-8" in the list of plates), and more.
[43] leaves + [39] plates. 33X24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some dark leaves. Margins of a number of plates are trimmed. Creases at upper corners of leaves. Defects to binding.
Pictures from the Holy Land, forty lithographs after paintings by Johann Martin Bernatz, with text by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert.
39 lithograph plates portraying views and sites in Palestine and the vicinity - Jerusalem, Tiberias, Mount Carmel, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, Damascus, Sinai (Panorama on a folding plate; numbered "6-8" in the list of plates), and more.
[43] leaves + [39] plates. 33X24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some dark leaves. Margins of a number of plates are trimmed. Creases at upper corners of leaves. Defects to binding.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $200
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Charles Wilson. New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1881. First edition, two volumes. English.
Detailed and comprehensive guidebook to Palestine, written by a number of expert scholars. Detailed engravings on each page showing the area's landscapes, the garb of its residents, their customs and more.
First volume: [2], X, 480 pp + [20] engraved plates; second volume: X, 476 pp + [20] engraved plates and [2] maps; 32 cm. Original leather bindings. Good condition. Stains and slight defects. Wear to bindings (mostly to spine and margins).
Detailed and comprehensive guidebook to Palestine, written by a number of expert scholars. Detailed engravings on each page showing the area's landscapes, the garb of its residents, their customs and more.
First volume: [2], X, 480 pp + [20] engraved plates; second volume: X, 476 pp + [20] engraved plates and [2] maps; 32 cm. Original leather bindings. Good condition. Stains and slight defects. Wear to bindings (mostly to spine and margins).
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Alte Denkmäler aus Syrien, Palastina und Westarabien [Ancient Monuments in Syria, Palestine and Western Arabia], by Ahmed Djemal Pasha [and Theodor Wiegand]. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1918. Ottoman-Turkish and German.
A study accompanied by photograph plates depicting sites in Palestine, in Syria and Arabia, including Jerusalem , Tiberias, Bethlehem, Damascus, Baalbek and more. Preceding each photograph plate appears a sheet with a text in German and Ottoman-Turkish.
The archaeologist Theodor Wiegand was famous for his study in Asia Minor. In World War I he was drafted to the German army in Asia and was employed as supervisor of antiquities in Syria, Palestine and Arabia on behalf of Ahmed Djemal Pasha. As part of his position he conducted studies about archaeology and antiquities in the region and these studies were later published as a series of books. This book was commissioned by Ahmed Djemal Pasha (who wrote the book's introduction) and published shortly before the defeat of the "Central Powers" in World War I, after which the Ottoman Empire lost control of the territories mentioned in the book.
[1] leaf, [7] pp, [100] leaves + 100 photograph plates, 34.5 cm. Good condition. One detached gathering. Defects to binding. Unraveled spine, worn and partly detached.
A study accompanied by photograph plates depicting sites in Palestine, in Syria and Arabia, including Jerusalem , Tiberias, Bethlehem, Damascus, Baalbek and more. Preceding each photograph plate appears a sheet with a text in German and Ottoman-Turkish.
The archaeologist Theodor Wiegand was famous for his study in Asia Minor. In World War I he was drafted to the German army in Asia and was employed as supervisor of antiquities in Syria, Palestine and Arabia on behalf of Ahmed Djemal Pasha. As part of his position he conducted studies about archaeology and antiquities in the region and these studies were later published as a series of books. This book was commissioned by Ahmed Djemal Pasha (who wrote the book's introduction) and published shortly before the defeat of the "Central Powers" in World War I, after which the Ottoman Empire lost control of the territories mentioned in the book.
[1] leaf, [7] pp, [100] leaves + 100 photograph plates, 34.5 cm. Good condition. One detached gathering. Defects to binding. Unraveled spine, worn and partly detached.
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Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Reiss in das gelobte Land, von Wien auss Oesterreich, durch Ungariam, Serviam... Syriam und Judaeam auff Jerusalem [Journey in the Promised Land, from Vienna… to Jerusalem] by Hans Jacob Ammann. Zurich: Johann Hardmeyer, 1618. German.
A travel book in Palestine by Hans Jacob Ammann, 1586-1658, physician, traveler and author, born in Switzerlans.
[8] leaves, 228 pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Ancient inscription in ink on last page. Cardboard binding with some defects. Slight tears to spine.
A travel book in Palestine by Hans Jacob Ammann, 1586-1658, physician, traveler and author, born in Switzerlans.
[8] leaves, 228 pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Ancient inscription in ink on last page. Cardboard binding with some defects. Slight tears to spine.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Foure Bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy, and Ilands adioyning, by George Sandys, London: printed for W. Barrett, 1621. Second edition. English.
Description of George Sandys's travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Palestine (Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judean Mountains and more), Italy and the islands surrounding it. With about 45 engravings portraying the central sites and the architecture of every country. The book opens with a double-page map (engraving) of the Mediterranean countries.
The author, George Sandys (1577-1644) was a British traveler and poet. This book, first published in 1615, is considered one of the most important travel-books of the period.
[1] leaf, [1] map, [2], 209, [1] p, 27 cm. One folded engraving (view of Istanbul) missing. Good-fair condition. Stains. Front binding, front endpaper and title page detached. Tears and worming to title page. Tears to a number of leaves. Inscriptions on front endpapers.
Description of George Sandys's travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Palestine (Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judean Mountains and more), Italy and the islands surrounding it. With about 45 engravings portraying the central sites and the architecture of every country. The book opens with a double-page map (engraving) of the Mediterranean countries.
The author, George Sandys (1577-1644) was a British traveler and poet. This book, first published in 1615, is considered one of the most important travel-books of the period.
[1] leaf, [1] map, [2], 209, [1] p, 27 cm. One folded engraving (view of Istanbul) missing. Good-fair condition. Stains. Front binding, front endpaper and title page detached. Tears and worming to title page. Tears to a number of leaves. Inscriptions on front endpapers.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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The Historie of the Holy Warre by Thomas Fuller. Printed by Thomas Buck, Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1639. English.
A book about the crusades in Palestine by the English historian Thomas Fuller. The book includes a map of Palestine (folding plate) and an illustrated title page - engravings by William Marshall. A leaf with a rhymed poem is bound at the beginning of the book, titled "A Declaration of the Frontispiece". Pen inscription on the second title page "Viscounter Kingsborough".
[9] leaves, 286, [2] blank pages, [28] pp + [1] engraved plate (map), 29 cm. Good overall condition. Foxing. Two tears at margins of map, repaired with adhesive tape. Contemporary leather binding, detached and defected, no spine. Bookplate on inner side of front binding. Front endpapers and first leaf are detached.
A book about the crusades in Palestine by the English historian Thomas Fuller. The book includes a map of Palestine (folding plate) and an illustrated title page - engravings by William Marshall. A leaf with a rhymed poem is bound at the beginning of the book, titled "A Declaration of the Frontispiece". Pen inscription on the second title page "Viscounter Kingsborough".
[9] leaves, 286, [2] blank pages, [28] pp + [1] engraved plate (map), 29 cm. Good overall condition. Foxing. Two tears at margins of map, repaired with adhesive tape. Contemporary leather binding, detached and defected, no spine. Bookplate on inner side of front binding. Front endpapers and first leaf are detached.
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