Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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"The book Shelom Yerushalayim [Peace of Jerusalem], In which I Respond to Those who Mocked what is Written in my Book Darchei Noam [Pleasant Paths], printed in the city of Bilogrado [Belgrade]", by Rabbi Judah Alkalai. Ofen (today Budapest), [1840]. Ladino (in Rashi script). "Shelom Yerushalayim" [Peace of Jerusalem] by Rabbi Judah ben Solomon Chai Alkalai (1798-1878), rabbi and writer, one of the precursors of Zionism in the 19th century. The greater part of the work is dedicated to hints and evidence from the Bible regarding the salvation that is at hand, and is to begin in the year 1840. Throughout the book the author responds to the mockery voiced against similar writings in the introduction to his work "Darchei Noam". The book also contains in the introduction a first reference on Alkalai's part to the Damascus Blood Libel, which occurred in the same year. Rabbi Alkalai was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, studied the Torah with his father who was a dayan in the Sarajevo community and with Rabbi Eliezer Papo, author of the "Pele Yoetz". At 27 he was appointed rabbi of the Sephardic community in Semlin (today part of Belgrade), where he also served as a melamed (for which position he wrote his first book, "Darchei Noam", for the instruction of Hebrew). In 1840, following the Damascus Blood Libel, he began to consolidate a plan for solving the problem of the Jewish Exile, based on immigration to Palestine. He disseminated his doctrine regarding settlement in Palestine in various works, and on trips he took to different communities throughout Europe. In his book "Goral la-Adonai" (A Lot for the Lord) he presented a detailed political-Zionist plan for establishing a home for the Jewish people in Palestine [this book, which was certainly familiar to Theodor Herzl since his father had been a pupil of Rabbi Alkalai, greatly influenced Herzl's conceptions and the writing of "The Jewish State"]. Rabbi Alkalai died in 1878, four years after immigrating to Palestine. 10 pp, 102 leaves, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Original leather binding. Stains and creases. Some pen inscriptions. Tears to binding.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,800
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Der Judenstaat, Versuch Einer Modernen Lösung Der Judenfrage [The Jewish State: Proposal of a Modern Solution for the Jewish Question], by Theodor Herzl. Vienna-Leipzig: M. Breitenstein, 1896. First edition. German.
"The Jewish State: Proposal of a Modern Solution for the Jewish Question". Herzl's famous book in which he presents the Jewish problem and the need for a political-national solution.
In 1896 a number of German editions of "The Jewish State" were printed, identical except for a slight difference in the floral decoration printed on the last page and on the back cover (see enclosed material). The present copy is accompanied by a printed leaf written by Shlomo Shva: "This is the very first edition, published in 300 copies. In the same year, a second edition of 3,000 copies was published, and a third edition, also of 3,000 copies. The first edition can be identified by the printer's device at the end of the booklet, which contains one flower and points to the left. In the second edition there are two flowers pointing left and right…" (Hebrew).
86 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. One leaf is cut in the bottom right corner (without damage to text). Pencil inscriptions, pen notations on two leaves. Small tears to margins of some leaves. Stains to title page and endpapers. A few light stains to main text. New leather binding.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
"The Jewish State: Proposal of a Modern Solution for the Jewish Question". Herzl's famous book in which he presents the Jewish problem and the need for a political-national solution.
In 1896 a number of German editions of "The Jewish State" were printed, identical except for a slight difference in the floral decoration printed on the last page and on the back cover (see enclosed material). The present copy is accompanied by a printed leaf written by Shlomo Shva: "This is the very first edition, published in 300 copies. In the same year, a second edition of 3,000 copies was published, and a third edition, also of 3,000 copies. The first edition can be identified by the printer's device at the end of the booklet, which contains one flower and points to the left. In the second edition there are two flowers pointing left and right…" (Hebrew).
86 pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition. One leaf is cut in the bottom right corner (without damage to text). Pencil inscriptions, pen notations on two leaves. Small tears to margins of some leaves. Stains to title page and endpapers. A few light stains to main text. New leather binding.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
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Tel Aviv, a Story, by Theodor Herzl. Hebrew version by N. S. [Nahum Sokolow]. Published by the Russian Zionist Organization, "HaTsfira" printing press, Warsaw, 5662 (1902) [on the front cover: 5663; on the reverse of the title page there is a censorship approval from 1903].
First Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's utopian novel "Altneuland", published in German in the same year. The Hebrew title is explained on p. 80: "And Friedrich whispered: Tel Aviv! (Altneuland: Tel - an ancient ruin, aviv [spring] - revival, something new blossoms, and that is the place's name). - Indeed! You aimed well. This had been a tel of ages, a tel of ancient ruins, and now it is a tel of spring and of life. On our ancient land we have founded a new state".
[1] leaf (front wrapper), 319 pp [back wrapper missing], 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Detached binding (with defects). Detached leaves. Stains and tears to some leaves. Stamps. Worming.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
First Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's utopian novel "Altneuland", published in German in the same year. The Hebrew title is explained on p. 80: "And Friedrich whispered: Tel Aviv! (Altneuland: Tel - an ancient ruin, aviv [spring] - revival, something new blossoms, and that is the place's name). - Indeed! You aimed well. This had been a tel of ages, a tel of ancient ruins, and now it is a tel of spring and of life. On our ancient land we have founded a new state".
[1] leaf (front wrapper), 319 pp [back wrapper missing], 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Detached binding (with defects). Detached leaves. Stains and tears to some leaves. Stamps. Worming.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
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Herzl, Zionism, JNF
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,750
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Tapestry with a portrait of Theodor Herzl gazing at Jerusalem. [1920s]. Machine weave.
The tapestry design is based on an illustration by Ephraim Moses Lilien to the "Lieder des Ghetto" by Morris Rosenfeld. Lilien's illustration, called Der Jüdische Mai [The Jewish May], shows an Exilic Jew entangled in a thicket of thorns seething with snakes, gazing longingly towards the sun rising above Jerusalem.
In the tapestry, Herzl replaces the Exilic Jew. He stands on the left, his hands stretched forward, towards Jerusalem which is on the right (in the East). Between them are mountains and trees, and in the middle is the Dome of the Rock topped by a Star of David. The tapestry's margins are decorated with floral motifs and Stars of David.
Approx. 80X160 cm. Fringes. Good condition.
See: "Herzl in Profile, Herzl's Portrait in the Applied Arts". Tel Aviv Museum, 1978 (Hebrew). This catalogue notes that the tapestry was produced in Eastern Europe.
The tapestry design is based on an illustration by Ephraim Moses Lilien to the "Lieder des Ghetto" by Morris Rosenfeld. Lilien's illustration, called Der Jüdische Mai [The Jewish May], shows an Exilic Jew entangled in a thicket of thorns seething with snakes, gazing longingly towards the sun rising above Jerusalem.
In the tapestry, Herzl replaces the Exilic Jew. He stands on the left, his hands stretched forward, towards Jerusalem which is on the right (in the East). Between them are mountains and trees, and in the middle is the Dome of the Rock topped by a Star of David. The tapestry's margins are decorated with floral motifs and Stars of David.
Approx. 80X160 cm. Fringes. Good condition.
See: "Herzl in Profile, Herzl's Portrait in the Applied Arts". Tel Aviv Museum, 1978 (Hebrew). This catalogue notes that the tapestry was produced in Eastern Europe.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
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Carpet with a portrait of Theodor Herzl. [First decades of the 20th century].
On the upper left part of the carpet is a portrait of Theodor Herzl gazing from the balcony in Basel towards the Tower of David and the walls of Jerusalem, beneath them a procession of new immigrants. On the lower part of the carpet is a seven-branched menorah. Surrounding these is a frame decorated with Stars of David.
101.5X60.5 cm. Fringes on upper and lower margins. Good condition. Slight defects. Slightly faded.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
On the upper left part of the carpet is a portrait of Theodor Herzl gazing from the balcony in Basel towards the Tower of David and the walls of Jerusalem, beneath them a procession of new immigrants. On the lower part of the carpet is a seven-branched menorah. Surrounding these is a frame decorated with Stars of David.
101.5X60.5 cm. Fringes on upper and lower margins. Good condition. Slight defects. Slightly faded.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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Herzl, Zionism, JNF
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Portrait of Theodor Herzl in profile, painting on cloth. [Ca. mid-20th century].
137X107 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Unraveling to margins. Some holes and tears.
137X107 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Unraveling to margins. Some holes and tears.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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"Conference of the Zionists, Basel 1897" (Hebrew). [USA, early 20th century].
Portraits of 162 participants in the first Zionist Congress - a picture in a unique format: on the reverse, alongside a New Year Greeting in Hebrew, English and Russian, appear dozens of photos of rabbis, poets and leading Jewish figures, photos of Palestine and of Jewish life. Some of the photos can be folded and conceal other photos. The entire sheet was designed to be folded into a notebook-like pamphlet.
Size of Congress photo when open: 52.5X50 cm. Folded: 9.5X13.5 cm. Fair condition. Tears to folding lines, creases and some stains. Pen inscription beneath the portraits of the congress delegates.
Portraits of 162 participants in the first Zionist Congress - a picture in a unique format: on the reverse, alongside a New Year Greeting in Hebrew, English and Russian, appear dozens of photos of rabbis, poets and leading Jewish figures, photos of Palestine and of Jewish life. Some of the photos can be folded and conceal other photos. The entire sheet was designed to be folded into a notebook-like pamphlet.
Size of Congress photo when open: 52.5X50 cm. Folded: 9.5X13.5 cm. Fair condition. Tears to folding lines, creases and some stains. Pen inscription beneath the portraits of the congress delegates.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Stenographisches Protokoll der Verhandlungen des II. Zionisten-Congresses gehalten zu Basel vom 28. bis 31. August 1898 [Stenographic Protocol of the Negotiations at the Second Zionist Congress in Basel...]. Industrie Press. Vienna: Verlag des Vereines "Erez Israel", 1898. German.
Proceedings of the sessions of the Second Zionist Congress, held in Basel in 1898. Fine, unique leather binding, embossed with the book's title in golden letters and two groups of seven silvered Stars of David (apparently in reference to the "seven-starred flag" conceived by Herzl).
257, [2] pp, 22.5 cm. Top edges gilt. Endpapers illustrated with golden flowers. Good condition. Some stains. Stains and slight damage to binding.
Proceedings of the sessions of the Second Zionist Congress, held in Basel in 1898. Fine, unique leather binding, embossed with the book's title in golden letters and two groups of seven silvered Stars of David (apparently in reference to the "seven-starred flag" conceived by Herzl).
257, [2] pp, 22.5 cm. Top edges gilt. Endpapers illustrated with golden flowers. Good condition. Some stains. Stains and slight damage to binding.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $550
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Medallion commemorating the Second Zionist Congress, 1898.
Obverse: Five portraits. In the center - Herzl's portrait surrounded by those of Max Nordau, Bernard Lazar, Max Emanuel Mandelstam and Rabbi Moshe Gaster (the name in Hebrew appears under each portrait). The portraits are surrounded by vegetal decorations.
Reverse: a Star of David, in the center of which is the verse "I shall take the sons of Israel and bring them to their land". Surrounding inscription in Yiddish: "Presidium dem 2-tn kongres der tsayonistn in Basel 28-30 August 1898" [Second Zionist congress in Basel].
Diameter: 29 mm. Suspension loop and chain.
Obverse: Five portraits. In the center - Herzl's portrait surrounded by those of Max Nordau, Bernard Lazar, Max Emanuel Mandelstam and Rabbi Moshe Gaster (the name in Hebrew appears under each portrait). The portraits are surrounded by vegetal decorations.
Reverse: a Star of David, in the center of which is the verse "I shall take the sons of Israel and bring them to their land". Surrounding inscription in Yiddish: "Presidium dem 2-tn kongres der tsayonistn in Basel 28-30 August 1898" [Second Zionist congress in Basel].
Diameter: 29 mm. Suspension loop and chain.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Three paper items from the Fourth Zionist Congress in London, August 13-16,1900.
1. Delegate card (blank). On the card is an illustration by D. Willenberg depicting the destruction of Zion, with the verse (in Hebrew), "Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness" (Isaiah 1, 27). Facing is an illustration showing farmers cultivating the land of Palestine, with the Hebrew inscription "Rishon Le'Zion". The card's edges are gilt. 12.5X20 cm. Good condition. Some stains, slight defects to edges.
2. Official postcard. The postcard shows exiles gazing towards the Land of Israel, to which an angelic figure is pointing. Riemer no. 5. 9.5X14 cm. Good condition. Stains, light creases to edges. Has been posted.
3. Programme of Music, the music program for August 16, 1900. 22X29 cm. Good-fair condition. Holes, slight tears and stains. Vertical folding mark. Ownership stamp on reverse.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
1. Delegate card (blank). On the card is an illustration by D. Willenberg depicting the destruction of Zion, with the verse (in Hebrew), "Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness" (Isaiah 1, 27). Facing is an illustration showing farmers cultivating the land of Palestine, with the Hebrew inscription "Rishon Le'Zion". The card's edges are gilt. 12.5X20 cm. Good condition. Some stains, slight defects to edges.
2. Official postcard. The postcard shows exiles gazing towards the Land of Israel, to which an angelic figure is pointing. Riemer no. 5. 9.5X14 cm. Good condition. Stains, light creases to edges. Has been posted.
3. Programme of Music, the music program for August 16, 1900. 22X29 cm. Good-fair condition. Holes, slight tears and stains. Vertical folding mark. Ownership stamp on reverse.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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"The Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel" - official postcard from the 5th Zionist Congress, held in Basel in 1901, with an illustration by E.M. Lilien.
Undivided postcard. Riemer no. 6. Good condition. Stains.
Undivided postcard. Riemer no. 6. Good condition. Stains.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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Sold for: $600
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Five postcards with caricatures of the participants of the 19th and 20th Zionist congresses, by Jacob Bickels, a psychiatrist and caricaturist born in Lvov. Switzerland, 1935-1937.
1-4. Four postcards with portraits (caricatures) of the participants of the 19th Zionist Congress. [Lucerne, 1935]. Portrayed are Berl Katznelson, Menachem Ussishkin, David Ben-Gurion and Selig Brodetsky. On the reverse of the postcards is the caption "Caricatures of the Zionist Congress" (Hebrew) - Kongress-Karikaturen. Apparently out of a series of 20 postcards. 15.5X10.5 cm.
5. Postcard with a caricature inspired by the 20th Zionist Congress. Zurich, 1937. Portraits of Haim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, Ussishkin and others. Approx. 9.5X14 cm.
Condition varies.
1-4. Four postcards with portraits (caricatures) of the participants of the 19th Zionist Congress. [Lucerne, 1935]. Portrayed are Berl Katznelson, Menachem Ussishkin, David Ben-Gurion and Selig Brodetsky. On the reverse of the postcards is the caption "Caricatures of the Zionist Congress" (Hebrew) - Kongress-Karikaturen. Apparently out of a series of 20 postcards. 15.5X10.5 cm.
5. Postcard with a caricature inspired by the 20th Zionist Congress. Zurich, 1937. Portraits of Haim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, Ussishkin and others. Approx. 9.5X14 cm.
Condition varies.
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