Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Three Illustrated Miniature Psalm Books, 1948

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Psalms, illustrated by Shlomo Cohen. Tel-Aviv: Sinai, [1948].
Three copies of a miniature Psalms book published by Sinai. Illustrations depict themes such as persecutions by gentiles, survival, victory, Jerusalem and Eretz Israel.
1. A dedication leaf is mounted in the first book "Gift for soldiers for the New Year 1949 from HaMizrahi Association in Eretz Israel…with Greetings for a Year of Victory and Redemption".
2. The second book opens with a mounted dedication leaf "With Wishes for a Speedy Recovery…Ketivah VeHatima Tova, I.A. Halevi Herzog Chief Rabbi, Shlomo Goronchik, Lieutenant Colonel, Chief Military Rabbi, Elul, 1948".
3. The third book opens with a dedication written by hand, erased: "To Gadi, for his fiftieth year".
[1] leaf, 161 pp. Good condition. Stains, foxing, worn and faded binding.
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel