Рим [Rome], by Nikolai Gogol. Illustrations by Philippe Hosiasson. Berlin: Вальтер и Ракинт (Walter, Rakint & Co.), 1924. Russian. Limited edition.
Illustrated edition of the unfinished work "Rome" by Nikolai Gogol, which was written in 1824.
Copy no. 45 from an edition of 400 copies, with five illustrations (lithographs) by Philippe Hosiasson.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852), a Russian writer and playwright of Ukrainian origin, one of the greatest writers of Russian and European literature in the 19th century.
Philippe Hosiasson (1898-1978), a Jewish painter and illustrator, born in Odessa. In the 1920s he settled in Paris; fought and was wounded during World War II. His work is identified with the School of Paris and with abstract painting after World War II.
43, [3] pp. + 5 plates (lithographs), 25 cm. Good condition. Several unopened pages. Dampstains and minor blemishes to binding.

Four catalogues of works by Marc Chagall, including catalogues featuring original lithographs. New York, 1971-75. English.
1. Chagall at the "Met", with text by Emily Genauer. New York: Metropolitan Opera Association Inc., 1971.
149, [1] p., [2] ff., 35 cm. Good condition. Few stains. Stains to binding. Minor blemishes and stains to dust jacket.
2. Chagall Monumental Works, special issue of the XXe siècle Review. Editor: G. di San Lazzaro. New York: Tudor Publishing Company [1973]. With a double-page folding original color lithograph by Marc Chagall at the beginning of the volume.
[1] original lithograph (folding double-page spread), [2], 133, [3] pp., 31 cm. Good condition. Stains to flyleaves and lithograph. Minor blemishes to dust jacket.
3. The Biblical Message of Marc Chagall, with introduction by Jean Chatelain. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1973. Frontispiece, original color lithograph.
199, [1] p., 32 cm. Good condition. Stains to verso of lithograph. Minor blemishes to edges of dust jacket.
4. Chagall's Posters, A Catalogue raisonné, with introduction by Jean Adhémar. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975.
146, [13] pp., 32 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor blemishes to edges of dust jacket.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

20 bookplates, most of them illustrated. Italy and elsewhere, 19th and 20th centuries (one earlier bookplate).
Collection includes bookplates from public and private libraries in Italy, including some early bookplates (one from 1795), a bookplate of Jehuda Leon Cassuto, bookplate of Saly Mayer, chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, bookplate of Collegio Rabbinico Italiano, bookplate designed by Italian painter Ulvi Liegi (1858-1939), and more.
Enclosed: illustrated postcard (Livorno, 1925).
Size and condition vary.

Song of Songs, illustrated by Ze'ev Raban. Berlin: HaSefer, 1923. Hebrew and English. First Edition.
26 illustrated color plates by Ze'ev Raban, glued to leaves of book, to the right of each spread. The biblical text of the Song of Songs appears in the margins of the illustrations. The English translation is printed on the left side of each spread. Ze'ev Raban created this set of illustrations to the Song of Songs in the years 1911-18. It was during this period that he immigrated from Poland to Palestine and joined the art faculty of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. The present copy represents the first edition of the book. With regard to this edition, in an article published in the local newspaper Haaretz (December 7, 1923), Mordechai Narkiss – a Bezalel graduate who later became director of the Bezalel Museum – wrote (in Hebrew) that "this book deserves attention, for the Hebrew reader has truly never seen the likes of it – works created by Bezalel artist Z. Raban. This artist has been endowed not only with a deep and delicate sensitivity that penetrates the depths of the pristine poetry, the poems of King Solomon, but he has also displayed an ability to create works [that are] the essence of beautiful simplicity [in a language] clearly understandable to the people as a whole […] The artist Z. Raban is fortunate to be [capable of] creating a [truly] original work, the illustration of an ancient Hebrew book, and he has succeeded in large measure in imparting the ancient Hebrew spirit in simplicity, beauty, and softness, and most importantly … in the unseen tears of love […] Aiding this effort, not insignificantly, was the painter's great love for the subject matter and for the beautiful Land of Israel".
31 ff., approx. 33 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Minor creases. Few stains. Original binding, blemished and worn. Tears to length of spine.