Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
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1. Yonatan HaSapan ["Yonatan the Sailor"], illustrations by Lev Dickstein, rhymes by A. Sh. [Avraham Shlomo] Amiel. Published by A. Lichtenstein.
2. Ma'aseh BeNirah ["Nirah's Story"], illustrations by Lev Dickstein, rhymes by A. Sh. [Avraham Shlomo] Amiel. Published by A. Lichtenstein.
3. Dan HaTzayar ViHaKevess ["Dan the Artist, and the Sheep], " by Eliezer Berger and Lev Dickstein. Rodin publishers.
4. Dan HaTzayar VeHaKibbutz ["Dan the Artist, and the Kibbutz], " by Eliezer Berger and Lev Dickstein. Rodin publishers.
[16] pp. per booklet (including covers), approx. 17X13.5 cm (covers larger than inner leaves). Condition varies. Few stains and creases. Tears to covers of "Dan HaTzayar VeHaKevess" and "Dan HaTzayar VeHaKibbutz" (some open tears).
1. Palestine Children's Calendar 1946/47. [22] pp.
2. Palestine Children's Calendar 1947/48. [28] pp.
The calendars feature color illustrations – Jewish holidays, the landscapes of Palestine, and more. On the last page of each calendar, a short text by the designer, Ruschkewitz, addressed to the children of the Diaspora. In the 1946/47 calendar he writes: "Dear Children, this calendar is a greeting from Palestine […] I hope that you will like it and that it will bring you closer to the Jewish Homeland. – Every year this calendar should hang on the wall of your room to remind you of the cities and villages, the mountains and fields, and above all of the people of Eretz-Israel, the work of rebuilding, and the happy life of the children of Palestine".
Approx. 13.5X17 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and some minor tears.
1. "Chaverim Tovim". 1944.
[15] ff., 24.5X16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and wear (many stains on cover). Tears, some repaired. Re-sewn with thread; with new fabric spine. Pencil inscription on inside front cover.
2. "Kulanu Nos'im!". Lewin-Epztein press, 1954. Not in NLI.
[6] ff., 16.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Worming to inner margins (minor damage to some illustrations). Tear to edges of cover and to spine (open tear to back cover).
3-5. Three Illustrated postcards, published by Ruschkewitz. Two are dated 1955 on verso (all three were mailed in the early 1960s).
9.5X14.5 cm (one postcard larger). Good condition.
Mickey Ma'oz is considered the first Hebrew comic magazine. The issues include comic strips after Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck ("Dani Avzani"), as well as strips featuring local comic heroes – detective David Tidhar, Omer and Gomer, and others.
[8] / [12] pp., approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Leaves of first booklet detached. Some stains. Minor blemishes. Some minor tears and pinholes to second booklet (some restored).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Eight issues:
• Year I: issues nos. 1-4 (1944-1945.) • Year II: issues nos. 1, 2-3 (double issue) and 4 (1945-1946.) • Year III: first issue (1946.)
The issues feature stories and poems by the great writers of modern Hebrew literature, news from Palestine, focusing on the cultural world, illustrations (by B. Malchi, Isac Fridlander, Arieh Navon, and others), pictures (among them, a picture taken by Helmar Lerski), and more. The magazine's articles are reprints from the Hebrew sections of various Canadian-Jewish newspapers – the Canadian Zionist, the Judaean, and the Canadian Jewish Eagle, and their tone is one of Zionist patriotism. Many articles emphasize the various educational activities carried out by the Zionist "Canadian Hebrew Culture Fund, " such as the publishing of Hebrew books and the distribution of Zionist
promotional materials.
The Canadian Hebrew Culture Fund was established in Montreal by Jerachmiel (Jerzy) Wajngarten (1902-1982), a native of Warsaw, pedagogue, author and editor of children's magazines; among his various activities, he worked in one of Korczak's orphanages. Wajngarten established a chain of Hebrew schools and a few Hebrew magazines in north America. Died in Tel Aviv.
8 magazine issues, 16-32 pp. each. Approx. 23 cm. Condition varies.
Issues nos. 1-10, and issue no. 12, of the first year of publication of the Hebrew monthly "The Youth". Featuring poems and articles on Jewish matters, a news column with reports on current affairs in the Jewish world, Judaism and humor columns, and more. With illustrations by Ephraim Moses Lilien, Sol Aronson, and others, and pictures. Beneath some of the articles are added English translations of difficult Hebrew words and expressions. Among the writers: Zevi Scharfstein, Ephraim Lisitzky, Abraham Soyer, Hillel Bavli, Hirsch Loeb Gordon, and others.
The magazine's editor was Zevi Scharfstein (1884-1972), a Jewish-American educator, native of Dunaivtsi (today part of the Ukraine). Scharfstein devoted his life to the advancement of Jewish culture and to the propagation of the Hebrew language – goals which, among other means, he pursued through the publication of the present magazine.
11 issues, 8 pp. per issue, 31 cm. Condition varies. Overall fair-poor condition. Many stains and wear. Fold lines and creases. Detached leaves. Tears, including long tears, with damage to text. Long horizontal tear to each leaf of the last issue.
Single printed leaf, with a Hebrew translation of the traditional Christian hymn"Veni Creator Spiritus" – 52 vocalized lines, arranged in two columns, within an ornamental border.
Rare. Not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, nor in OCLC.
The present version of the hymn was written by the orientalist Christoph Hammer (1550-1597), who was among the first professors of Oriental languages in Jena; he dedicated the hymn to Friedrich Wilhelm I, duke of Saxe-Weimar. Perhaps inspired by Martin Luther's German translation of the hymn, Hammer wrote the Hebrew version in metre and rhyme, unlike the original Latin version.
Most Hebrew works published in the 16th century Germany were printed in Christian presses, which, due to a lack of sufficient knowledge of Hebrew, employed Jewish typesetters and proofreaders (this holds true to the present hymn as well.) The great majority of Christian Hebrew texts printed during the 16th century were Bibles, grammar books, and scholarly works; the publication of a traditional Christian hymn in the Hebrew language during this period was an exceedingly rare occurrence.
[1] f., approx. 41 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases. Fold lines. Closed and open tears to edges and along fold lines. Small inscription in margin. Mounted on thin paper.
Latin booklet for the study of Hebrew; motto on verso of title page (in Hebrew and latin): "The Holy Tongue is the mother of all tongues". At the end of the booklet, Hebrew translation of three Christian prayers: Lord's Prayer (Oratio dominicalis), Ave Maria (Salutatio Angelica) and Apostle's Creed (Symbolum Apostolorum).
The book was printed by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide). It opens with a preface by Italian philologist Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi (1740-1792), professor of Greek at the University of Rome La Sapienza and superintendent of the press of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.
The Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (since 1982 – the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) was founded by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 to arrange missionary work on behalf of the various religious institutions. It established its own library and press in Rome, as well as a seminary for the training of missionaries (Collegium Urbanium) and encouraged its people to study Hebrew and other languages that they would encounter in their missionary work.
16 pp., 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes to inner margin of title page (minor damage to imprint). Inner margins of title page and several other leaves repaired with paper. Rebound in card boards with leather spine.
Collection of booklets and leaflets, printed in Paris – prayers and poems in honor of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, including official publications of the Assembly of Jewish Notables and the Grand Sanhedrin established by Napoleon in Paris.
• Printed leaflet, call from "The Assembly of Deputies of the Jewish People, residing in France and Italy, convened here in Paris, to their co-religionists". Paris, Tishrei / October 1806. Hebrew and Italian (on facing pages).
• Printed leaflet, call issued by the Grand Sanhedrin, to pray for the success of Napoleon. Paris, [1806]. With the (printed) signatures of: R. Yosef David Sinzheim, R. Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbogen, R. Yehoshua Ben Zion Segre, R. Mazal Tov Modena, R. Avraham Chai de Cologna, and others. Hebrew only.
• Printed booklet in honor of Napoleon's birthday – "Ode pour le Jour de la Naissance de Napoleon le Grand" [Ode for the birthday of Napoleon the Great], by R. Avraham Chai de Cologna of Mantua. Paris, 1806. Hebrew and French.
• Printed booklet in honor of Napoleon's birthday – "L'Augusto Anniversario della Nascita di s. m. Napoleone il Grande" [The August anniversary of the birth of Napoleon the Great], by R. Mazal Tov (Buonaventura) Modena, "Dedicated to the president of the gathering, R. Avraham Furtado". Paris, 1806. Hebrew and Italian.
• Printed booklet, "Prayer for the Jewish people residing in France and Italy, for the success of the armies of our master, the emperor and king, Napoleon the Great". Paris, Cheshvan 1806. "Printed in the imperial printing house".
• "Orazione Degli Ebrei di Mantova" [Prayer of the Jewish People of the Mantua Community], printed leaf, one side Hebrew and the other side Italian – prayer for a healthy, easy pregnancy and birth for "the Empress and Queen Marie Louise… wife of His Majesty… the Emperor and King Napoleon the Great", Mantua, [ca. 1811].
Napoleon's relationship with the Jews was complex. On the one hand, Jews received equal rights under his protection, and he tried to obtain their allegiance with various gestures. One the other hand, he aspired to increase the the control over the Jews and sought to "reform" them. In July 1806, Napoleon convened the "Assembly of Jewish Notables" in Paris, which included rabbis mostly from France and Italy, in order to discuss and reach conclusions regarding the Jews in his empire. Later that year, Napoleon decided to assemble a more exclusive gathering, named "Sanhedrin" and numbering 71 members, to authorize and thus accord religious validity to the conclusions issued by the Assembly. R. David Sinzheim, author of Yad David, was appointed head of the Sanhedrin, and some of the leading Italian rabbis of the time served as members. These printed items were for the most part issued that year in Paris, by representatives of the Jewish Assembly and of the Grand Sanhedrin (for more information regarding Napoleon and the Jews, see: Baruch Mevorach, Napoleon UTekufato, Jerusalem 1968).
6 items. Size varies. Most booklets and leaflets in good condition.
• Verordeningen Voor Het Israelitisch Kerkgenootschap Binnen Het Koningrijk Der Nederlanden [Regulations for the Jewish Community in the Kingdom of the Netherlands]. Three Volumes. The Hague: Algemeene Lands Drukkerij, 1822, 1830, 1842. Parts 1-3.
Three volumes, including 150 regulations – comprising all the regulations legislated since 1814, when the organization of the "Nederlands-Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap" [Dutch Israelite Religious Community] was established, until 1840. The regulations are numbered I-CL.
Including a title page and a list of regulations. Original paper wrappers (thick, blue paper).
• 40 regulations from the years 1841-1868 – separate booklets (marked "fourth part" on the upper-left corner).
Number of pages varies, 22-23 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases (mostly minor). Minor marginal tears to a few leaves. Handwritten notations to several leaves. Wrappers slightly worn; Open tears to spines.
Bne-Zion: ein religiös-moralisches Lehrbuch für die Jugend israelitischer Nation [Bne-Zion: a Religious-Moral Primer for the Youth of the Israelite Nation], [by Naphtali Herz Homberg.] Vienna: Verlagsgewölbe des k. k. Schulbücher-Verschleisses [official publisher of school books in Austria, ] 1812. German.
A textbook for Jewish youth, by the maskil Naphtali Herz Homberg (1749-1841.) Modelled on Austrian catechisms, it aimed to guide the youth in the Jewish faith, and teach them loyalty to the Austrian authorities.
The book includes chapters on the nature of man, the Ten Commandments, God, the duties of man to himself and to his fellow man, and his civil duties. It was written in early 19th century and received an approbation from Rabbi Mordechai Banet. In 1810, an imperial decree dictated that the book be used as a required textbook in Jewish schools throughout the Austrian Empire, and that Jewish couples be examined on its contents before receiving permission to marry.
Bene-Zion was printed twice in 1812: once in Vienna, without indication of the author's name, and once in Augsburg, with the name of the author appearing on the title page.
Homberg, a student of Moses Mendelssohn, was a loyal adherent of the Austrian regime. He worked as a teacher and a censor, and was the superintendent of the Jewish-German schools in Galicia. Notorious for his relentless efforts to modernize Jewish education traditions, Homberg was a thoroughly despised figure in the traditional Jewish world.
For further reading, see: Rachel Manekin, "Herz Homberg, the Individual and the Image." Zion, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2006. pp. 153-202 (Hebrew.)
[4] ff., 182 pp., 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming, with minor damage to text. Minor open tears to upper corners of some leaves. Open tear to title page. Repaired worming to title page (minor damage to text). Slits in two leaves (pp. 69-72), with minor damage to text, restored in part with paper. Scribbles and ink stains to several leaves. New binding.
29 photographs from the estate of Gerson Margolies, cantor of the Tempelgasse Synagogue in Vienna. Most photographs are printed on postcards. Vienna, London, Manchester, Leeds, Budapest, and other places. Ca. first half of the 20th century.
The collection is comprised of various portrait and group photographs (most of them printed on postcards), given to the cantor Gerson Margolies by his colleagues – cantors from Austria, England, Hungary, and elsewhere; among them are Don Fuchs (Vienna), Israel Tkatch (Budapest), Harris Newmann (Manchester), and others. Some bear autograph dedications by the cantors photographed. Pen inscriptions on most photographs.
Some photographs were taken at the funeral of rabbi Zwi Perez Chajes (1876-1927.)
Enclosed: printed greeting card, with portrait of cantor Yitzhak Zvi Hirsch Heilpern (autogrp dedication in Heilpern's hand on verso;) paper card with a portrait of Gerson Margolies.
Gerson Herz Margolies was born ca. 1885 in Kalvarija, Lithuania. Served as chief cantor in the liberal Tempelgasse Synagogue (Leopoldstädter Tempel), in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna. Margolies was a well-known cantor in his day – a tenor who toured extensively, and performed for Jewish communities around the world.
Margolies was a devoted Zionist activist. According to newspaper reports from the period, he immigrated to Palestine in 1935, but apparently did not settle there. Other sources, including an identification card, issued in his name by the Jewish community of Vienna (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien; see next lot), indicate that Margolies served as the Tempelgasse synagogue cantor at least until June 1938; the synagogue was burnt to the ground during the Kristallnacht pogrom, several months later. Margolies managed to escape to England, and from there he continued on to the USA; he died in New York in 1953, and, in accordance with his last will and testament, was buried in Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem. Recordings of his performances, which were never published, are found in the archives of " ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, " in Tel Aviv.
31 photographs. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains and minor blemishes.