Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata, by Adriaan Reland. Utrecht (Trajecti Batavorum), 1714. Latin, some Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two parts in one volume. First edition.
Study of Palestine. Contains 16 engraved plates (seven are folding), including a portrait of the author, maps and charts, a frontispiece and several small in-text engravings.
Adriaan Reland (Adriaan Reelant / Adriaan Reland / Hadriani Relandi, 1676-1718), was a Dutch geographer, cartographer, philologist and one of the first orientalists. Professor of oriental languages at the University of Utrecht from 1701 and lecturer on the history of the Jewish people. In 1695, Reland was sent to Palestine, where he conducted a survey of 2,500 settlements, mapped them and conducted surveys and censuses, all recorded in this volume.
[5] leaves, 511, [1] pp; [2] leaves, [515]-1068 pp, [47] leaves + [16] plates. 20 cm. Good overall condition. Stains, including some dampstains. Tears to a number of folding plates. Long tears to one of the folding plates (Map of Palestine). Bookplate to inner side of front binding and ink-stamp on one of the pages. Vellum binding, slightly damaged.
Study of Palestine. Contains 16 engraved plates (seven are folding), including a portrait of the author, maps and charts, a frontispiece and several small in-text engravings.
Adriaan Reland (Adriaan Reelant / Adriaan Reland / Hadriani Relandi, 1676-1718), was a Dutch geographer, cartographer, philologist and one of the first orientalists. Professor of oriental languages at the University of Utrecht from 1701 and lecturer on the history of the Jewish people. In 1695, Reland was sent to Palestine, where he conducted a survey of 2,500 settlements, mapped them and conducted surveys and censuses, all recorded in this volume.
[5] leaves, 511, [1] pp; [2] leaves, [515]-1068 pp, [47] leaves + [16] plates. 20 cm. Good overall condition. Stains, including some dampstains. Tears to a number of folding plates. Long tears to one of the folding plates (Map of Palestine). Bookplate to inner side of front binding and ink-stamp on one of the pages. Vellum binding, slightly damaged.
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[Jerusalem from the South]. Hand-colored lithograph by Louis Haghe, after a drawing by David Roberts. [Published by Day & Son, London, 1842-1849].
The lithograph appears in the book "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" (London, 1842-1849). Signed in the plate and dated 1839.
David Roberts (1796-1864), worked in London. He was among the 19th century pioneer artists who traveled to the Near East to draw its landscapes and sold them in Europe. Roberts drew watercolors in situ, later transforming them into lithographs available for the public.
32X48 cm. placed in a 45.5X62 cm frame. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
The lithograph appears in the book "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" (London, 1842-1849). Signed in the plate and dated 1839.
David Roberts (1796-1864), worked in London. He was among the 19th century pioneer artists who traveled to the Near East to draw its landscapes and sold them in Europe. Roberts drew watercolors in situ, later transforming them into lithographs available for the public.
32X48 cm. placed in a 45.5X62 cm frame. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
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Citadel of Jerusalem without the Walls. Hand-colored lithograph by Louis Haghe, after a drawing by David Roberts. [Published by Day & Son, London, 1842-1849].
The lithograph appears in the book "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" (London, 1842-1849). Titled in the plate.
David Roberts (1796-1864), worked in London. He was among the 19th century pioneer artists who traveled to the Near East to draw its landscapes and sold them in Europe. Roberts drew watercolors in situ, later transforming them into lithographs available for the public.
23X31 cm. placed in a 56X63.5 cm frame. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
The lithograph appears in the book "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" (London, 1842-1849). Titled in the plate.
David Roberts (1796-1864), worked in London. He was among the 19th century pioneer artists who traveled to the Near East to draw its landscapes and sold them in Europe. Roberts drew watercolors in situ, later transforming them into lithographs available for the public.
23X31 cm. placed in a 56X63.5 cm frame. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
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Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem by W.H. Bartlett. London: Arthur Hall Virtue, [ca. 1845]. English.
Travel book by the painter and master-engraver William Henry Bartlett, written following a tour to Jerusalem in 1842. The book is accompanied by 25 print-plates, illustrated title page (print), and tens of in-text illustrations.
The plates include maps of the city (double plates), Western Wall, Pool of Siloam and Mount Zion.
The book contains depictions of Jerusalem, mostly of its Christian sites, as well as tours to the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and Hebron and other biblical sites.
William Henry Bartlett (1809-1954), master-engraver who specialized in drawing landscapes in a romantic and realistic style. His works included engravings of the Middle East and North America.
VIII, [2], 255, [17] + [25] plates, 24.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Staining. Gilt edges. Thick paper. Previous owners' signature on one of the blank leaves at the beginning of the books. Slight damage and tears to binding.
Travel book by the painter and master-engraver William Henry Bartlett, written following a tour to Jerusalem in 1842. The book is accompanied by 25 print-plates, illustrated title page (print), and tens of in-text illustrations.
The plates include maps of the city (double plates), Western Wall, Pool of Siloam and Mount Zion.
The book contains depictions of Jerusalem, mostly of its Christian sites, as well as tours to the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and Hebron and other biblical sites.
William Henry Bartlett (1809-1954), master-engraver who specialized in drawing landscapes in a romantic and realistic style. His works included engravings of the Middle East and North America.
VIII, [2], 255, [17] + [25] plates, 24.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Staining. Gilt edges. Thick paper. Previous owners' signature on one of the blank leaves at the beginning of the books. Slight damage and tears to binding.
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The Holy Bible, containing Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version, with the marginal readings, and original and selected parallel references, printed at length, and the commentaries of Henry and Scot , summarized by John MacFarlane. Glasgow: William Collins, 1861 (on an additional title page preceding the New Testament: 1863). English.
An English edition of the Bible and the New Testament, accompanied by 29 chromolithographs, created especially for this edition, depicting views and sites in Palestine. The book also includes seven maps: two maps of Jerusalem, ancient and modern, map of Palestine, and more.
At the end of the book appear a number of appendices. Among them: chronology of the bible; biblical encyclopedia; essay about life in biblical days: beliefs, geography, daily life and more; Psalms divided into columns.
Separate title pages for the New Testament and Book of Psalms.
Not in NLI.
[4], 944, 288, [12], 48, 56 pp + [29] plates + [7] maps, 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Gilt edges. Numerous stains. Some tears at margins of several leaves. A few detached or partly detached leaves. Leather binding in fair condition. Front binding is detached. Torn and crumbling spine. Defects to corners of binding.
An English edition of the Bible and the New Testament, accompanied by 29 chromolithographs, created especially for this edition, depicting views and sites in Palestine. The book also includes seven maps: two maps of Jerusalem, ancient and modern, map of Palestine, and more.
At the end of the book appear a number of appendices. Among them: chronology of the bible; biblical encyclopedia; essay about life in biblical days: beliefs, geography, daily life and more; Psalms divided into columns.
Separate title pages for the New Testament and Book of Psalms.
Not in NLI.
[4], 944, 288, [12], 48, 56 pp + [29] plates + [7] maps, 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Gilt edges. Numerous stains. Some tears at margins of several leaves. A few detached or partly detached leaves. Leather binding in fair condition. Front binding is detached. Torn and crumbling spine. Defects to corners of binding.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, edited by Charles W. Wilson. London: J.S. Virtue and Co. [ca. 1880-1884]. Four 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, its residents' ethnic attire, their customs and more, as well as 42 engraved plates (including the title page engravings) and two large colored maps (map of Palestine and a map of Sinai and Egypt).
Volume 1: X, 240 pages + [10] plates. Volume 2: VI, 240 pages + [12] plates. Volume 3: VI, 240, [4] pages + [11] plates and [1] map (double-plate). Volume 4: VI, 236, [4] pages + [9] plates and [1] map (double-plate), 32 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and defects. Wear and tears to the edges of some plates (tears on one plate reinforced with adhesive tape). Ex-library copies (many ink-stamps in all volumes and several ink inscriptions. Stickers and paper labels to endpapers. Stickers and handwritten inscriptions on spines). Original bindings, with defects, small tears and rubbing (primarily to corners, spines 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, its residents' ethnic attire, their customs and more, as well as 42 engraved plates (including the title page engravings) and two large colored maps (map of Palestine and a map of Sinai and Egypt).
Volume 1: X, 240 pages + [10] plates. Volume 2: VI, 240 pages + [12] plates. Volume 3: VI, 240, [4] pages + [11] plates and [1] map (double-plate). Volume 4: VI, 236, [4] pages + [9] plates and [1] map (double-plate), 32 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and defects. Wear and tears to the edges of some plates (tears on one plate reinforced with adhesive tape). Ex-library copies (many ink-stamps in all volumes and several ink inscriptions. Stickers and paper labels to endpapers. Stickers and handwritten inscriptions on spines). Original bindings, with defects, small tears and rubbing (primarily to corners, spines and margins).
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Prinz Friedrich Karl im Morgenlande [Prince Friedrich Karl in the East], by Heinrich Karl Brugsch. Frankfurt: Trowitzsch und Sohn, [circa 1884]. German.
Book documenting the travels of Friedrich Karl, Prince of Prussia, in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and other locations. The author, Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827-1894), was a German Egyptologist, director of the Egyptology School in Cairo.
The book contains a dozen illustrated plates and additional plates incorporated into the text (signed in the plate: R. Brendamour). The chapter on Palestine is illustrated with landscapes and street scenes in the cities of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Nazareth and Acre, and one plate showing Jews praying at the Western Wall. Illustrated title page by Brendamour.
[1] leaf, IV, [2], 240 pp + [12] plates, 37 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Sporadic stains and tears to leaf edges. Strip of tape on the inner margin of one leaf. Contemporary half-leather decorated binding, slightly stained and torn. Front board starting.
Book documenting the travels of Friedrich Karl, Prince of Prussia, in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and other locations. The author, Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827-1894), was a German Egyptologist, director of the Egyptology School in Cairo.
The book contains a dozen illustrated plates and additional plates incorporated into the text (signed in the plate: R. Brendamour). The chapter on Palestine is illustrated with landscapes and street scenes in the cities of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Nazareth and Acre, and one plate showing Jews praying at the Western Wall. Illustrated title page by Brendamour.
[1] leaf, IV, [2], 240 pp + [12] plates, 37 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Sporadic stains and tears to leaf edges. Strip of tape on the inner margin of one leaf. Contemporary half-leather decorated binding, slightly stained and torn. Front board starting.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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Holy Land Tour, by Henry Roe. London: Robert Banks and son, 1910. English.
"Holy Land Tour" – a book describing Henry Roe's tour in Lebanon, Syria, the Galilee, Samaria, Judea and Jerusalem. The book includes photographs of views and sites taken by members of Roe's expedition, as well as a portrait of Roe in oriental garments.
Henry Roe (1842-1920), minister and missionary of the Ordinary People of Faith Church in Britain; mainly active in West Africa.
98 pp, 17 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to binding.
Not in OCLC.
"Holy Land Tour" – a book describing Henry Roe's tour in Lebanon, Syria, the Galilee, Samaria, Judea and Jerusalem. The book includes photographs of views and sites taken by members of Roe's expedition, as well as a portrait of Roe in oriental garments.
Henry Roe (1842-1920), minister and missionary of the Ordinary People of Faith Church in Britain; mainly active in West Africa.
98 pp, 17 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to binding.
Not in OCLC.
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[Souvenir von Jerusalem]. [Jerusalem, late 19th century]. Hebrew, Russian, English, German, French,
Album with a folded photographs-sheet, in hard cover. The album contains numerous illustrations of Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Safed and the colonies (illustrated after photographs attributed to the artist Meir Rozin).
Olive wood binding. In the center of the front cover-board appears the caption "Yerushalem/Jerusalem" surrounded by a colorful frame consisting of inlaid miniature pieces of wood.
Folding sheet (14 pp) in hard cover, 18.5 cm (sheet is 192 cm. long when spread). Good-fair condition.
The binding and first page are detached from the sheet. Slight stains and damage. Tears along folding marks. Tear to upper margins of one page (slightly affecting photograph). Defects and wear to binding.
Album with a folded photographs-sheet, in hard cover. The album contains numerous illustrations of Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Safed and the colonies (illustrated after photographs attributed to the artist Meir Rozin).
Olive wood binding. In the center of the front cover-board appears the caption "Yerushalem/Jerusalem" surrounded by a colorful frame consisting of inlaid miniature pieces of wood.
Folding sheet (14 pp) in hard cover, 18.5 cm (sheet is 192 cm. long when spread). Good-fair condition.
The binding and first page are detached from the sheet. Slight stains and damage. Tears along folding marks. Tear to upper margins of one page (slightly affecting photograph). Defects and wear to binding.
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Souvenir von Jerusalem. Album published by A. Zweibner & J. Goldberg, Jerusalem, [late 19th or early 20th century].
An album with a folding photograph sheet, in hard cover: "Jerusalem the holy city and the holy cities and holy sites and the colonies established by the benefactor, the honorable Baron Edmund fun Rothschild, and by Hoveve Zion”. Numerous pictures of Jerusalem alongside First Aliya settlements. Titles in Hebrew, English, Russian, German and French.
[14] printed picture plates on one sheet, folded, in hard binding, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains to lower part of last plate. Tears to first plate, restored with adhesive tape. Signature in pen. Ink-stamp and pen inscription on first plate. Slight tears at margins of binding. Some stains and defects to binding.
An album with a folding photograph sheet, in hard cover: "Jerusalem the holy city and the holy cities and holy sites and the colonies established by the benefactor, the honorable Baron Edmund fun Rothschild, and by Hoveve Zion”. Numerous pictures of Jerusalem alongside First Aliya settlements. Titles in Hebrew, English, Russian, German and French.
[14] printed picture plates on one sheet, folded, in hard binding, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains to lower part of last plate. Tears to first plate, restored with adhesive tape. Signature in pen. Ink-stamp and pen inscription on first plate. Slight tears at margins of binding. Some stains and defects to binding.
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1-5. Five biblical maps of Palestine and the surroundings: * Hoc Schema Et Descriptio Referens Orti Eden Situm. Map of the Near East with an illustration of Adam and Eve in Paradise. * Haec Chorographia Praeponenda est Capiti 33 Libri Numer, Map of Sinai with the route of the Israelites in the desert and illustrations of stations of their wanderings: crossing the Red Sea, the golden calf, Mount Sinai and more. * Terae Sanctae Descriptio, Non Solum Ea Continens Loca, De Quibs A…, map of Palestine, Jordan River and biblical towns. * Descriptio regionum et locorum de quibus in Act. Apostolorum Libro passim fit mention, map of the Mediterranean basin. * Hoc Schema Praeporendum set Capiti 15 Libri Iosue, map of Palestine with the tribal territories. Similar maps appeared in some of the editions and translations of the bible during the second half of the 16th century, by the cartographer and orientalist Guillaume Postel.
Size of maps: approx. 10X11 – 21X16 cm. Condition varies. Fair-good overall condition. Creases, stains, folding marks and defects. Tears and open tears (mainly at margins), mostly restored.
6. Map of Palestine and Cyprus, woodcut out of Sebastian Münster's book "Cosmography". Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1550. Laor 528 a.
Approx.26.5X17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some defects and tears at margins.
Size of maps: approx. 10X11 – 21X16 cm. Condition varies. Fair-good overall condition. Creases, stains, folding marks and defects. Tears and open tears (mainly at margins), mostly restored.
6. Map of Palestine and Cyprus, woodcut out of Sebastian Münster's book "Cosmography". Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1550. Laor 528 a.
Approx.26.5X17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some defects and tears at margins.
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Nine maps of Palestine – woodcuts and engravings, most are hand-colored. [16th-18th centuries].
The collection includes the following maps:
* Ierusalem ciuitas sancta, olim metropolis regni iudaici, hodie uero colonia Turcae [Jerusalem the Holy City, former capital of the Judean Empire, today a Turkish colony]. Leaf (four pages) from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. [Basel, 16th century] Hand-colored woodcut.
* Terre Sainte suivant les nouvelles observations de Mess. De l'Academie Royale des Sciences, map of Palestine divided according to the inheritances of the 12 Tribes. Hand-colored engraving. From the Nouvel Atlas, tres-exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, by Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1714).
* Peregrinatie ofte Veertich larige Reyse der Kinderen Israels, map of Palestine portraying the Exodus from Egypt. The lower third of the map is adorned with a large illustration incorporated with vignettes of the Exodus. Hand-colored engraving by Jacob van Meurs. [Amsterdam, 17th century].
* Terre Sainte Moderne / Descriptio acurata Terrae Promissae, two maps of Palestine (on one plate) – an "ancient" map and a "modern" one. [Paris, 18th century].
* More maps.
Size and condition vary. 19X21 cm. to 54X72 cm.
The collection includes the following maps:
* Ierusalem ciuitas sancta, olim metropolis regni iudaici, hodie uero colonia Turcae [Jerusalem the Holy City, former capital of the Judean Empire, today a Turkish colony]. Leaf (four pages) from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. [Basel, 16th century] Hand-colored woodcut.
* Terre Sainte suivant les nouvelles observations de Mess. De l'Academie Royale des Sciences, map of Palestine divided according to the inheritances of the 12 Tribes. Hand-colored engraving. From the Nouvel Atlas, tres-exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, by Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1714).
* Peregrinatie ofte Veertich larige Reyse der Kinderen Israels, map of Palestine portraying the Exodus from Egypt. The lower third of the map is adorned with a large illustration incorporated with vignettes of the Exodus. Hand-colored engraving by Jacob van Meurs. [Amsterdam, 17th century].
* Terre Sainte Moderne / Descriptio acurata Terrae Promissae, two maps of Palestine (on one plate) – an "ancient" map and a "modern" one. [Paris, 18th century].
* More maps.
Size and condition vary. 19X21 cm. to 54X72 cm.
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