Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
The Pentateuch – Published by the Soncino Society – Berlin, 1930s
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
The Pentateuch. Berlin: Soncino, 1930-1933.
A fine bibliophile folio edition of 850 copies. The letters and initials were designed by Marcus Behmer "after the letters used in the printing press of Gershom Cohen in Prague".
The Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin in 1924 and published books with meticulous attention to typographic design. The society was dismantled by order of the Nazi authorities in 1937. The Soncino Society meant to continue and print all the other books of the Bible, but the dramatic political changes in Germany at the time led to the early termination of the project.
[134] leaves, 40 cm. Good condition. Thick, high-quality paper. Wide margins. Some stains and minor creases. Cloth-covered binding, with stains and minor blemishes.
A fine bibliophile folio edition of 850 copies. The letters and initials were designed by Marcus Behmer "after the letters used in the printing press of Gershom Cohen in Prague".
The Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin in 1924 and published books with meticulous attention to typographic design. The society was dismantled by order of the Nazi authorities in 1937. The Soncino Society meant to continue and print all the other books of the Bible, but the dramatic political changes in Germany at the time led to the early termination of the project.
[134] leaves, 40 cm. Good condition. Thick, high-quality paper. Wide margins. Some stains and minor creases. Cloth-covered binding, with stains and minor blemishes.
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