Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Items on Typography – "About Hebrew Letters and Fonts" by Rafael Frank / Catalog of Fonts Zvi Bergman / "Hadassah" Fonts
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Collection of items on Hebrew typography:
1. Über Hebräische typen und schriftarten [About Hebrew Letters and Fonts], by Rafael Frank. Printed at the Berthold foundry, Berlin, 1926.
Essay by the Frank-Ruehl and Miriam Hebrew fonts designer, including Dr. Jacques Adler's work "Die Renaissance des Hebräischen" [The Revival of the Hebrew Language]. Many samples of Hebrew letters. Numbered copy out of a 500-copy numbered edition.
Stains and erasing with white correction fluid. Blemishes to binding.
2. Wooden Fonts (Hebrew), Zvi Bergman. Tel Aviv: "Hedpes" Press, [1938].
Catalog of fonts offered at Zvi Bergman's factory for wooden fonts, inscribed by Bergman.
The body of the catalog is in good condition. The cover is detached and torn (dry and brittle paper).
3. [The Creation of the Hadassah Font], leaflet. Jerusalem: The Hadassah Apprentice School of Printing, [1958].
A black and orange printed leaflet, announcing the creation of the "Hadassah" font by Henry Friedlander.
Enclosed: "Purim Celebration" card by Perth Hebrew School. Printed Bristol card featuring unique typographical design. Perth, Australia, 1920.
Size and condition vary.
1. Über Hebräische typen und schriftarten [About Hebrew Letters and Fonts], by Rafael Frank. Printed at the Berthold foundry, Berlin, 1926.
Essay by the Frank-Ruehl and Miriam Hebrew fonts designer, including Dr. Jacques Adler's work "Die Renaissance des Hebräischen" [The Revival of the Hebrew Language]. Many samples of Hebrew letters. Numbered copy out of a 500-copy numbered edition.
Stains and erasing with white correction fluid. Blemishes to binding.
2. Wooden Fonts (Hebrew), Zvi Bergman. Tel Aviv: "Hedpes" Press, [1938].
Catalog of fonts offered at Zvi Bergman's factory for wooden fonts, inscribed by Bergman.
The body of the catalog is in good condition. The cover is detached and torn (dry and brittle paper).
3. [The Creation of the Hadassah Font], leaflet. Jerusalem: The Hadassah Apprentice School of Printing, [1958].
A black and orange printed leaflet, announcing the creation of the "Hadassah" font by Henry Friedlander.
Enclosed: "Purim Celebration" card by Perth Hebrew School. Printed Bristol card featuring unique typographical design. Perth, Australia, 1920.
Size and condition vary.
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