A collection of 147 original illustrations for books, created by Henryk Hechtkopf (1910-2004). The collection includes drawings, texts and printing proofs for books published by "Tapuach", among them "Tzizi Pitzi", "Harpatkaot uFela'ot", "Hatula veKhinora", "Aba Shelanu", "Tziz veTzvitz", "Lichvod Shabat", "Dov Ikar", "Et Kulanu Yeshenim", "Hass, Ima Yeshena", and "Bayit Kat BaAliya". Parchment sheets with instructions to the printer concerning colors are attached original illustrations. Additionally, the collection includes printing proofs with corrections and transparencies for offset printing.
Total of about 163 original illustrations in color and black and white, as well as tens of proofs, transparencies and sections of text. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Enclosed is a bag with more drawings, in very poor condition, with heavy damage to drawings.

1. "Grammar for School" (Hebrew), published by "Hanhalat HaIvrit". Djerba, 1946.
67 pp, 13.5 cm. Fair condition. Worming (mainly to binding and to first and last leaves); stains and some creases. Vowelization, completed in handwriting, on several leaves.
2-4. Three copies of the book "Sefer HaNikud". Editor: Shimon Cohen. Published by: "Education Committee of 'Ateret Zion' Society". Chara-Kabira, Djerba, 1951.
[36] pp (irregular pagination), approx. 13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Slight stains, creases and damage. Slight worming holes (mainly to wrappers). Some corrections and completions written by hand in each of the booklets.

Jüdische Merckwürdigkeiten, (Jewish Notabilia), fourth volume, by Johann Jacob Schudt. Frankfurt: Wolffgang Christoph Multzen, 1718. German, some Hebrew and some Yiddish.
Johann Jacob Schudt (1664-1772) was a Hebraist, Ethnographer and rector of the gymnasium in Frankfurt. His book "Jüdische Merckwürdigkeiten", published in four parts from 1714 to 1718, deals with an ethnographic examination of Jewish congregations worldwide and the Jewish community in Frankfurt that he knew well. Schudt describes the various characteristics of Jews, cites earlier writings and provides new information concerning different customs. He compares the manner in which Jews follow commandments with similar customs in other religions. The book is anti-Semitic in nature; for example, Schudt claims that on the eve of Yom Kippur Jews transfer their sins to Christians. At the same time, it should be noted that ethnographic writings of the period about non-Christian groups was always characterized by prejudice and by emphasizing the superiority of Christianity.
This is the fourth volume with supplements and additions to the first three parts, all printed in one volume.
[16] leaves, 320 pp; pp; 47, [1], 192 pp; [19] leaves, 48 pp, [1] leaf + [5] engraving plates, three are folded and two are smaller than the size of the book. Two additional full-page engravings are paginated.21 cm. Good condition. Bound in a contemporary vellum binding. Two open tears. Restored open tears. Some tears to margins of several leaves. Foxing. Dark leaves. Ex-Libris. Ink stamps. Pen inscriptions. Pen inscription on the binding.

Engraving portraying Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ("Suss the Jew"), by Matthäus Deisch. Stuttgart, 1738. German.
Oppenheimer's portrait in a frame. A medallion below shows the hanging cage in which Oppenheimer's body was held after his execution. Anti-Semitic text in the bottom of the print.
Approx. 28.5X20 cm. Good condition. Stains, some creases and tears to margins. Horizontal folding mark. Papers pasted at corners, on verso.

Unser Verkehr, nach der neuesten Darstellung [our crowd]. Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz. [Nuremberg? 19th century]. German.
An engraving depicting eight Jewish figures out of the anti-Semitic play by Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa "Unser Verkehr" (our crowd), first performed in Königsberg, 1815. The figures are presented in a ludicrous manner with their name and role in the play by their side.
Approx. 14.5X16 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and folding marks. Restored tears at upper margins and a 7-cm-long restored tear on the right side with some damage to the print and text.