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Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Esther Scroll with Illustrations by Otto Geismar – Berlin, 1936
Opening: $100
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll with illustrations by Otto [Nathan] Geismar. Berlin: Dr. H. Löwenstein / M. Lessmann press, 1936.
Mounted unto Efalin paper, which allows for convenient rolling up, and housed in a matching cardboard case. A printed Hebrew inscription at the end of the text names the ritual scribe responsible for the calligraphy: "Manuscript by scribe Weissenberg."
Otto (Nathan) Geismar (1873-1957) was an art teacher at the Jewish community school in Berlin in the years 1904-36. In 1930, he was sent to Palestine on behalf of the community, and spent a number of months there. He emigrated to Brazil along with his wife in 1939. Following the Second World War, the couple moved to England.
Height: 20 cm. Overall good condition. Height of case: 22.5 cm.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Mounted unto Efalin paper, which allows for convenient rolling up, and housed in a matching cardboard case. A printed Hebrew inscription at the end of the text names the ritual scribe responsible for the calligraphy: "Manuscript by scribe Weissenberg."
Otto (Nathan) Geismar (1873-1957) was an art teacher at the Jewish community school in Berlin in the years 1904-36. In 1930, he was sent to Palestine on behalf of the community, and spent a number of months there. He emigrated to Brazil along with his wife in 1939. Following the Second World War, the couple moved to England.
Height: 20 cm. Overall good condition. Height of case: 22.5 cm.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts