Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places in Palestine and Vicinity – Facsimile – with Notes by Cecil Roth – London, 1929

Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
The Casale Pilgrim: A Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places Reproduced in Facsimile, With Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Cecil Roth. London: Soncino Press, 1929. English. A high-quality facsimile of a Hebrew manuscript: an illustrated guide to holy places in Palestine and its vicinity, written in the 16th century by an anonymous author of Italian origin. English translation, introduction, and notes by Cecil Roth (1899-1970), British-Jewish historian who specialized in Jewish history and was renowned, among other things, for his collection of Jewish art and Judaica. This is copy no. 76 from a limited edition of 580 copies. Original, fine vellum binding, with gilt design to front. Top edges gilt. Heavy, high-quality paper. [1], 91 pp., 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming to leaves and front board.
Bibliophile Editions, Facsimiles Hebrew Printing
Bibliophile Editions, Facsimiles Hebrew Printing