Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Soncino Society – Collection of Printed Items – Berlin, 1920s-30s

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Eight printed items issued by "Socino Gesellschaft" (Soncino Society). Berlin, 1920s-30s. Germany and some Hebrew.
1. (Szefiroh-Melodie), Zur ersten Geburtstagsfeier der Soncino-Gesellschaft am 1. Siwan 5685 (24. Mai 1925). A long, narrow leaf with a ten-stanza poem printed on it, for the one-year anniversary of the Soncino Society, May 1925.
2. Von Gotts gnaden Johans Friderich… [Berlin, 1925]. A facsimile edition of a decree issued in 1543 by Johann Friedrich I, refering to Martin Luther's arguments against the Jews.
3. Verzeichniss der auserlesenen Büchersammlung des seeligen Herrn Moses Mendelssohn. Belrin, 1926. A facsimile edition of a book published in 1786 with a review of Moses Mendelssohn's library, with an essay by Hermann Mayer.
4. Suezkint, der Jude von Trimberg, Minnelieder. [Berlin, 1926]. Six poems by the Jewish bard Suezkint from Trimberg.
5-6. Lesebuch für jüdische Kinder [Reading Passages for Children], David Friedländer and Moses Mendelssohns. [Berlin], 1927.
A facsimile edition of a textbook for "Hevrat Chinuch Nearim", the first modern Jewish school. Accompanied by an introduction booklet by Moritz Stern.
7. Der Jüdische Spieler by Heinrich Loewe. Berlin, 1930. Copy no. 286 out of 300 copies.
8. Psalms 92. Berlin, 1932. Printed in 700 copies.
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