Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Panorama de Jerusalem avant la 2de destruction [panorama of Jerusalem before the second destruction]. Engraving created and published by H. Braverman. Pest (Hungary), 1858.
An illustration of Jerusalem from the east appears in the center, surrounded by a dozen more illustrations depicting Jerusalem, the Temple and the Temple vessels. Each illustration is titled in Hebrew and French.
On the lower part, underneath the illustration of the Western Wall, the publisher writes: "I searched in my books archive… and found the plan of the Temple… on the printing altar for remembrance… Hillel David Braverman" (Hebrew).
48X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains (some dark). Tears at margins (some open tears to bottom margin and a long tear at right margin, slightly affecting the engraving).
An illustration of Jerusalem from the east appears in the center, surrounded by a dozen more illustrations depicting Jerusalem, the Temple and the Temple vessels. Each illustration is titled in Hebrew and French.
On the lower part, underneath the illustration of the Western Wall, the publisher writes: "I searched in my books archive… and found the plan of the Temple… on the printing altar for remembrance… Hillel David Braverman" (Hebrew).
48X38 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains (some dark). Tears at margins (some open tears to bottom margin and a long tear at right margin, slightly affecting the engraving).
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Mosque of Omar, Shewing the Site of the Temple. Lithograph in color, after a drawing by David Roberts. Titled in the plate. [ca. 1840s].
The lithograph appeared in "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" by Roberts.
David Roberts (1769-1864), active in London, was one of the first painters in the 19th century who came to the Middle East and published and shared its views with the European audience. Roberts prepared quick sketches "In Situ" using watercolors, and later produced lithographs available to the public.
Lithograph: 33X49 cm. Without margins (the margins were cut). Mounted on a thick paper board: 44X62 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Adhesive tape marks at margins.
The lithograph appeared in "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" by Roberts.
David Roberts (1769-1864), active in London, was one of the first painters in the 19th century who came to the Middle East and published and shared its views with the European audience. Roberts prepared quick sketches "In Situ" using watercolors, and later produced lithographs available to the public.
Lithograph: 33X49 cm. Without margins (the margins were cut). Mounted on a thick paper board: 44X62 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Adhesive tape marks at margins.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Bilder Aus dem Heiligen Lande. Vierzig ausgewaehlte Original-Ansichten biblisch-wichtiger Orte treu nach der Natur gezeichnet von J. M. Bernatz, mit erläuterndem texte von G. H. v. Schubert, Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, [ca.1839]. German.
Pictures from the Holy Land, forty lithographs after paintings by Johann Martin Bernatz, with text by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert.
39 lithograph plates portraying views and sites in Palestine and the vicinity - Jerusalem, Tiberias, Mount Carmel, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, Damascus, Sinai (Panorama on a folding plate; numbered "6-8" in the list of plates), and more.
[43] leaves + [39] plates. 33X24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some dark leaves. Margins of a number of plates are trimmed. Creases at upper corners of leaves. Defects to binding.
Pictures from the Holy Land, forty lithographs after paintings by Johann Martin Bernatz, with text by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert.
39 lithograph plates portraying views and sites in Palestine and the vicinity - Jerusalem, Tiberias, Mount Carmel, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, Damascus, Sinai (Panorama on a folding plate; numbered "6-8" in the list of plates), and more.
[43] leaves + [39] plates. 33X24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some dark leaves. Margins of a number of plates are trimmed. Creases at upper corners of leaves. Defects to binding.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Charles Wilson. New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1881. First edition, two volumes. English.
Detailed and comprehensive guidebook to Palestine, written by a number of expert scholars. Detailed engravings on each page showing the area's landscapes, the garb of its residents, their customs and more.
First volume: [2], X, 480 pp + [20] engraved plates; second volume: X, 476 pp + [20] engraved plates and [2] maps; 32 cm. Original leather bindings. Good condition. Stains and slight defects. Wear to bindings (mostly to spine and margins).
Detailed and comprehensive guidebook to Palestine, written by a number of expert scholars. Detailed engravings on each page showing the area's landscapes, the garb of its residents, their customs and more.
First volume: [2], X, 480 pp + [20] engraved plates; second volume: X, 476 pp + [20] engraved plates and [2] maps; 32 cm. Original leather bindings. Good condition. Stains and slight defects. Wear to bindings (mostly to spine and margins).
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Alte Denkmäler aus Syrien, Palastina und Westarabien [Ancient Monuments in Syria, Palestine and Western Arabia], by Ahmed Djemal Pasha [and Theodor Wiegand]. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1918. Ottoman-Turkish and German.
A study accompanied by photograph plates depicting sites in Palestine, in Syria and Arabia, including Jerusalem , Tiberias, Bethlehem, Damascus, Baalbek and more. Preceding each photograph plate appears a sheet with a text in German and Ottoman-Turkish.
The archaeologist Theodor Wiegand was famous for his study in Asia Minor. In World War I he was drafted to the German army in Asia and was employed as supervisor of antiquities in Syria, Palestine and Arabia on behalf of Ahmed Djemal Pasha. As part of his position he conducted studies about archaeology and antiquities in the region and these studies were later published as a series of books. This book was commissioned by Ahmed Djemal Pasha (who wrote the book's introduction) and published shortly before the defeat of the "Central Powers" in World War I, after which the Ottoman Empire lost control of the territories mentioned in the book.
[1] leaf, [7] pp, [100] leaves + 100 photograph plates, 34.5 cm. Good condition. One detached gathering. Defects to binding. Unraveled spine, worn and partly detached.
A study accompanied by photograph plates depicting sites in Palestine, in Syria and Arabia, including Jerusalem , Tiberias, Bethlehem, Damascus, Baalbek and more. Preceding each photograph plate appears a sheet with a text in German and Ottoman-Turkish.
The archaeologist Theodor Wiegand was famous for his study in Asia Minor. In World War I he was drafted to the German army in Asia and was employed as supervisor of antiquities in Syria, Palestine and Arabia on behalf of Ahmed Djemal Pasha. As part of his position he conducted studies about archaeology and antiquities in the region and these studies were later published as a series of books. This book was commissioned by Ahmed Djemal Pasha (who wrote the book's introduction) and published shortly before the defeat of the "Central Powers" in World War I, after which the Ottoman Empire lost control of the territories mentioned in the book.
[1] leaf, [7] pp, [100] leaves + 100 photograph plates, 34.5 cm. Good condition. One detached gathering. Defects to binding. Unraveled spine, worn and partly detached.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Reiss in das gelobte Land, von Wien auss Oesterreich, durch Ungariam, Serviam... Syriam und Judaeam auff Jerusalem [Journey in the Promised Land, from Vienna… to Jerusalem] by Hans Jacob Ammann. Zurich: Johann Hardmeyer, 1618. German.
A travel book in Palestine by Hans Jacob Ammann, 1586-1658, physician, traveler and author, born in Switzerlans.
[8] leaves, 228 pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Ancient inscription in ink on last page. Cardboard binding with some defects. Slight tears to spine.
A travel book in Palestine by Hans Jacob Ammann, 1586-1658, physician, traveler and author, born in Switzerlans.
[8] leaves, 228 pp, 15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Ancient inscription in ink on last page. Cardboard binding with some defects. Slight tears to spine.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Foure Bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy, and Ilands adioyning, by George Sandys, London: printed for W. Barrett, 1621. Second edition. English.
Description of George Sandys's travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Palestine (Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judean Mountains and more), Italy and the islands surrounding it. With about 45 engravings portraying the central sites and the architecture of every country. The book opens with a double-page map (engraving) of the Mediterranean countries.
The author, George Sandys (1577-1644) was a British traveler and poet. This book, first published in 1615, is considered one of the most important travel-books of the period.
[1] leaf, [1] map, [2], 209, [1] p, 27 cm. One folded engraving (view of Istanbul) missing. Good-fair condition. Stains. Front binding, front endpaper and title page detached. Tears and worming to title page. Tears to a number of leaves. Inscriptions on front endpapers.
Description of George Sandys's travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Palestine (Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judean Mountains and more), Italy and the islands surrounding it. With about 45 engravings portraying the central sites and the architecture of every country. The book opens with a double-page map (engraving) of the Mediterranean countries.
The author, George Sandys (1577-1644) was a British traveler and poet. This book, first published in 1615, is considered one of the most important travel-books of the period.
[1] leaf, [1] map, [2], 209, [1] p, 27 cm. One folded engraving (view of Istanbul) missing. Good-fair condition. Stains. Front binding, front endpaper and title page detached. Tears and worming to title page. Tears to a number of leaves. Inscriptions on front endpapers.
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The Historie of the Holy Warre by Thomas Fuller. Printed by Thomas Buck, Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1639. English.
A book about the crusades in Palestine by the English historian Thomas Fuller. The book includes a map of Palestine (folding plate) and an illustrated title page - engravings by William Marshall. A leaf with a rhymed poem is bound at the beginning of the book, titled "A Declaration of the Frontispiece". Pen inscription on the second title page "Viscounter Kingsborough".
[9] leaves, 286, [2] blank pages, [28] pp + [1] engraved plate (map), 29 cm. Good overall condition. Foxing. Two tears at margins of map, repaired with adhesive tape. Contemporary leather binding, detached and defected, no spine. Bookplate on inner side of front binding. Front endpapers and first leaf are detached.
A book about the crusades in Palestine by the English historian Thomas Fuller. The book includes a map of Palestine (folding plate) and an illustrated title page - engravings by William Marshall. A leaf with a rhymed poem is bound at the beginning of the book, titled "A Declaration of the Frontispiece". Pen inscription on the second title page "Viscounter Kingsborough".
[9] leaves, 286, [2] blank pages, [28] pp + [1] engraved plate (map), 29 cm. Good overall condition. Foxing. Two tears at margins of map, repaired with adhesive tape. Contemporary leather binding, detached and defected, no spine. Bookplate on inner side of front binding. Front endpapers and first leaf are detached.
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January 9, 2018
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Le voyage de la Terre-Sainte, contenant une veritable description des lieux plus considerables que nostre Seigneur a sanctifié de sa presence, predications, miracles & souffrances, by Jean Doubda. Paris: Pierre Bienfait, 1661. French.
A book about a voyage to Palestine by the clergyman Jean Doubdan who travelled to Palestine in 1652. Accompanied by ten engraved plates (out of which five are folding plates) depicting sites in the country - Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, and more.
[6] leaves, 664, [8] pp + [10] engraved plates (possibly missing one or more engravings), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Front endpaper is almost completely detached. Ink inscription on front endpaper. Tears and defects to some of the engraved plates (several plates are mounted on paper for restoration). Bound in a leather binding, damaged. Tears to spine and corners of binding.
A book about a voyage to Palestine by the clergyman Jean Doubdan who travelled to Palestine in 1652. Accompanied by ten engraved plates (out of which five are folding plates) depicting sites in the country - Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, and more.
[6] leaves, 664, [8] pp + [10] engraved plates (possibly missing one or more engravings), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Front endpaper is almost completely detached. Ink inscription on front endpaper. Tears and defects to some of the engraved plates (several plates are mounted on paper for restoration). Bound in a leather binding, damaged. Tears to spine and corners of binding.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Viaggio da Venezia al S. Sepolcro, et al monte Sinai [Journey from Venice to the Church of the Sepulcher and Mount Sinai], by Noe Bianco. Lucca (Italy): Domenico Marescandol, [ca. 1700?]. Italian.
Guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land with instructions and advices for the pilgrims; description of the Christian holy sites, table of distances between the various sites, and more. Accompanied by numerous woodcuts integrated into the text, among them woodcuts depicting Jerusalem, the Temple, Bethlehem, Jericho, Nazareth and more.
192 pp, 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Title page and front cover are detached. Ink inscription on front cover. Tears to title page. Loose gatherings, partly detached.
Guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land with instructions and advices for the pilgrims; description of the Christian holy sites, table of distances between the various sites, and more. Accompanied by numerous woodcuts integrated into the text, among them woodcuts depicting Jerusalem, the Temple, Bethlehem, Jericho, Nazareth and more.
192 pp, 14.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Title page and front cover are detached. Ink inscription on front cover. Tears to title page. Loose gatherings, partly detached.
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January 9, 2018
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Four different editions of the book "A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697" by Henry Maundrell. English.
1. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1703. First edition.
Eight engraved plates (five folded plates) depicting Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, Solomon's Pool, and more.
[16], 142, [8] pp + [8] plates, 22 cm. Front binding is detached.
2. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. The sixth edition, to which is now added an Account of the Author's Journey to the Banks of Euphrates at Beer, and to the country of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1740. Sixth edition.
A chapter has been added to this edition about the journey of the author to Beer on the banks of the Euphrates River and to Mesopotamia, and it includes 15 engraved plates (nine of which are folded plates).
[6] leaves, 171 pp + [15] plates, 19 cm. Detached binding.
3. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697. The Seventh Edition, To which is now added… Oxford: Printed at the theater, 1749. Seventh edition.
This edition includes the chapter recording the author's journey to the town of Beer on the banks of the Euphrates River and to Mesopotamia and 15 engraved plates (nine folded plates).
[6] leaves, 171 pp + [15] plates, 20 cm.
4. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697. Also, a Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and Back Again. London, 1810.
This edition includes one more composition - A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again" (translated by Robert Clayton). Along the fifteen engraved plates which appeared in previous editions as well, this copy includes a large engraved map of Syria (folded plate).
XI, [1], 282 pp + [16] plates, 23.5 cm.
Condition varies. Some of the bindings are detached or loose. Stains. Ownership inscriptions in some of the copies.
1. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1703. First edition.
Eight engraved plates (five folded plates) depicting Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, Solomon's Pool, and more.
[16], 142, [8] pp + [8] plates, 22 cm. Front binding is detached.
2. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697. The sixth edition, to which is now added an Account of the Author's Journey to the Banks of Euphrates at Beer, and to the country of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1740. Sixth edition.
A chapter has been added to this edition about the journey of the author to Beer on the banks of the Euphrates River and to Mesopotamia, and it includes 15 engraved plates (nine of which are folded plates).
[6] leaves, 171 pp + [15] plates, 19 cm. Detached binding.
3. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697. The Seventh Edition, To which is now added… Oxford: Printed at the theater, 1749. Seventh edition.
This edition includes the chapter recording the author's journey to the town of Beer on the banks of the Euphrates River and to Mesopotamia and 15 engraved plates (nine folded plates).
[6] leaves, 171 pp + [15] plates, 20 cm.
4. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697. Also, a Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and Back Again. London, 1810.
This edition includes one more composition - A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again" (translated by Robert Clayton). Along the fifteen engraved plates which appeared in previous editions as well, this copy includes a large engraved map of Syria (folded plate).
XI, [1], 282 pp + [16] plates, 23.5 cm.
Condition varies. Some of the bindings are detached or loose. Stains. Ownership inscriptions in some of the copies.
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Nine books on the subject of Palestine and Jerusalem. Germany and France, early 19th till mid-20th century (most books from the 19th century). German, some French and English.
Among the books: • Erinnerungen aus meiner Pilgerreise nach Rom und Jerusalem by Joseph Salzbacher, two volumes. Vienna: L. Grund, 1839. • Palestina by Karl von Raumer. Leipzig: F.A. Brochhaus, 1838. • Jerusalem und das heilige Land, by Johann Nepomuk Sepp, two volumes. Schafhausn: Fr, Hurter, 1863. • Jerusalem, Gegenwärtiges und Vergangenes by A.G.W. [Alexander Graf von Wartensleben-Schwirsen?]. Berlin: Paul Scheller, 1870. • and more books.
Many of the books include engravings as well as illustrations and maps, some in color. A complete list of books will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
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Among the books: • Erinnerungen aus meiner Pilgerreise nach Rom und Jerusalem by Joseph Salzbacher, two volumes. Vienna: L. Grund, 1839. • Palestina by Karl von Raumer. Leipzig: F.A. Brochhaus, 1838. • Jerusalem und das heilige Land, by Johann Nepomuk Sepp, two volumes. Schafhausn: Fr, Hurter, 1863. • Jerusalem, Gegenwärtiges und Vergangenes by A.G.W. [Alexander Graf von Wartensleben-Schwirsen?]. Berlin: Paul Scheller, 1870. • and more books.
Many of the books include engravings as well as illustrations and maps, some in color. A complete list of books will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
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