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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Die Rechtsverhältnisse der Juden in Sachsen, Petition an den Landtag des Königreichs Sachsen um Aufhebung der mit § 33 der Verfassungsurkunde in Widerspruch stehenden Bestimmungen [The Legal Situation of Jews in Saxony, Petition to the Landtag of the Kingdom of Saxony for the repeal of regulations conflicting with § 33 of the Constitutional Charter], by Emil Lehmann. Dresden: Hellmuth Henkler, [ca. 1869]. German.
Petition to the Parliament of Saxony detailing rules and regulations pertaining to Jews and conflicting with the freedom of religion, and explaining the legal steps that must be taken to rectify the legal discrimination of the Jews. The author of the petition is Emil Lehmann (1829-1898), attorney and head of the Jewish community in Dresden. Lehman was the first Jew to be elected to the Dresden municipal council. He was very active in promoting Jewish rights in Saxony.
18 pp, 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, some repaired. Bound in a new binding.
Petition to the Parliament of Saxony detailing rules and regulations pertaining to Jews and conflicting with the freedom of religion, and explaining the legal steps that must be taken to rectify the legal discrimination of the Jews. The author of the petition is Emil Lehmann (1829-1898), attorney and head of the Jewish community in Dresden. Lehman was the first Jew to be elected to the Dresden municipal council. He was very active in promoting Jewish rights in Saxony.
18 pp, 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears, some repaired. Bound in a new binding.
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January 9, 2018
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Six satiric leaves from the series "Open Letters" (Offerer Brief) by Isaac Moses Hersch. Berlin: S. Löwenherz, 1948. German.
The leaves were published as part of a series of wall-notices during the 1848 revolution, and were worded as open letters addressed to public figures and politicians. The name Yitzchak Moshe Hersch is pseudonym of the publisher Levine Kalman Weil and the historian Shmuel Loevenhertz. The leaves are written in German and include citations in faulty Yiddish in German letters. Enclosed: an additional photocopied leaf from the series.
Approx. 49X33.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and creases. Tears and defects to margins (mostly slight). Two leaves in fair condition, with open tears at margins (not affecting text).
The leaves were published as part of a series of wall-notices during the 1848 revolution, and were worded as open letters addressed to public figures and politicians. The name Yitzchak Moshe Hersch is pseudonym of the publisher Levine Kalman Weil and the historian Shmuel Loevenhertz. The leaves are written in German and include citations in faulty Yiddish in German letters. Enclosed: an additional photocopied leaf from the series.
Approx. 49X33.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and creases. Tears and defects to margins (mostly slight). Two leaves in fair condition, with open tears at margins (not affecting text).
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Enthüllte Geheimnisse aller Handelsvortheile und Pferde-Verschönerungskünste der Pferdehändler [Secrets of the Trade and Care of Horses], by Abraham Mortgens. Ilmenau: Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Germany, 1824. German.
Essay on the subject of handling and trading in horses, by Abraham Mortgens, a Jewish horse tradesman from Dessau.
VI, 226 pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Slight wear to margins. Slight defects to cover and tears to spine. Loose gatherings.
Not in NLI.
Essay on the subject of handling and trading in horses, by Abraham Mortgens, a Jewish horse tradesman from Dessau.
VI, 226 pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Slight wear to margins. Slight defects to cover and tears to spine. Loose gatherings.
Not in NLI.
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![Geschichte Der Juden In Baiern [History of the Jews in Bavaria], by Johann Christoph von Aretin. Landshut: Philipp Krüll, 180](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol12-public/192.jpg "Essay on the History of the Jews in Bavaria / Play about the Extermina")
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Geschichte Der Juden In Baiern [History of the Jews in Bavaria], by Johann Christoph von Aretin. Landshut: Philipp Krüll, 1803. German.
A work by the scholar and attorney Johann Christoph von Aretin (1772-1824), dedicated to the history of the Jews in Bavaria. Included at the end of the essay is a play about the extermination of the Jews of Deggendorf (Bavaria) in 1337 (with a separate title page).
159 pp, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing, creases and slight defects. Ink stamp on reverse of the title page. Adhesive tape to left margins of title page. Non-original binding and endpapers.
A work by the scholar and attorney Johann Christoph von Aretin (1772-1824), dedicated to the history of the Jews in Bavaria. Included at the end of the essay is a play about the extermination of the Jews of Deggendorf (Bavaria) in 1337 (with a separate title page).
159 pp, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing, creases and slight defects. Ink stamp on reverse of the title page. Adhesive tape to left margins of title page. Non-original binding and endpapers.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Statuten der Baruch Auerbach'schen Waisen-Erziehungs-Anstalt für jüdische Mädchen zu Berlin [Regulations of the Baruch Auerbach Jewish Orphans' Home, an Educational Facility for Jewish Girls in Berlin]. Berlin: Friedländer, 1860. German.
Regulations of the Baruch Auerbach Jewish Orphans' Home in Berlin.
The orphans' home was founded by Baruch Auerbach in 1833 (at first it operated from Auerbach's home; later it expanded and moved to new premises in Berlin). In 1940 the management of the orphans' home was transferred to the Jewish community. Children from other facilities whose property had been confiscated or forcibly sold as part of the Aryanization of Jewish property were transferred to the home. In 1942 the Nazis deported most of the home's orphans to Riga and Auschwitz.
40 pp, 19 cm. Multiple stains. Dark margins on title page. Inscriptions and ink stamp on title page. Creases to title page and leaf corners. Bound in a new binding, with the original back cover (blank). Front cover missing.
Regulations of the Baruch Auerbach Jewish Orphans' Home in Berlin.
The orphans' home was founded by Baruch Auerbach in 1833 (at first it operated from Auerbach's home; later it expanded and moved to new premises in Berlin). In 1940 the management of the orphans' home was transferred to the Jewish community. Children from other facilities whose property had been confiscated or forcibly sold as part of the Aryanization of Jewish property were transferred to the home. In 1942 the Nazis deported most of the home's orphans to Riga and Auschwitz.
40 pp, 19 cm. Multiple stains. Dark margins on title page. Inscriptions and ink stamp on title page. Creases to title page and leaf corners. Bound in a new binding, with the original back cover (blank). Front cover missing.
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![Bericht des Israelitischen Frauen-Vereins in Frankfurt am Main [report of the Jewish women's union in Frankfurt am Main]. Sev](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol12-public/194.jpg "Seven Booklets - Reports of Jewish Women's Union in Frankfurt am Main,")
Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Bericht des Israelitischen Frauen-Vereins in Frankfurt am Main [report of the Jewish women's union in Frankfurt am Main]. Seven booklets. Frankfurt am Main, 1867-1896. German.
Seven booklets - reports of a women's union in Frankfurt am Main from the years 1867, 1883, 1885, 1891, 1894, 1895 and 1896.
20-30 pp. per booklet, 19.5 cm. Three booklets from the years 1894-1896 are bound together. The booklets are lacking original wrappers (inserted in new paper covers). Good overall condition. A strip of paper is pasted to upper margins of the boolet from 1867.
The six booklets from the years 1883-1896 are not in NLI.
Seven booklets - reports of a women's union in Frankfurt am Main from the years 1867, 1883, 1885, 1891, 1894, 1895 and 1896.
20-30 pp. per booklet, 19.5 cm. Three booklets from the years 1894-1896 are bound together. The booklets are lacking original wrappers (inserted in new paper covers). Good overall condition. A strip of paper is pasted to upper margins of the boolet from 1867.
The six booklets from the years 1883-1896 are not in NLI.
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![Ein Halbjahrhundert in der israelitischen Religionsgemeinde zu Dresden [Jubilee for the Jewish Community in Dresden], by Emil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol12-public/195_1.jpg "Jubilee Volume for the Jewish Community in Dresden, 1890 - Portrait-Pl")
![Ein Halbjahrhundert in der israelitischen Religionsgemeinde zu Dresden [Jubilee for the Jewish Community in Dresden], by Emil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol12-public/195_2.jpg "Jubilee Volume for the Jewish Community in Dresden, 1890 - Portrait-Pl")
Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Ein Halbjahrhundert in der israelitischen Religionsgemeinde zu Dresden [Jubilee for the Jewish Community in Dresden], by Emil Lehmann. Dresden: Gustav Salomon, 1890. German.
Jubilee volume for the Jewish community in Dresden, by Emil Lehmann (1829-1898), an attorney and the head of the Jewish community in Dresden. Preceding the title page is a plate printed with the portraits of three dignitaries of the Dresden Jewish community: Bernard Beer, Zacharias Frankel and Zeev Wolf Landau.
Bound with:
• Juden and Judenthum [Jews and Judaism], by Emil Lehmann (two booklets printed in Dresden).
• Die Pflicht der Selbstverteidegung [The Duty of Self-Defense], by Martin Mendelsohn. Berlin: Imberg & Lefson, 1894. German.
[1], 56 pp; [4] folded leaves; 37, [1] p, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to margins. Some detached leaves. Unbound.
Jubilee volume for the Jewish community in Dresden, by Emil Lehmann (1829-1898), an attorney and the head of the Jewish community in Dresden. Preceding the title page is a plate printed with the portraits of three dignitaries of the Dresden Jewish community: Bernard Beer, Zacharias Frankel and Zeev Wolf Landau.
Bound with:
• Juden and Judenthum [Jews and Judaism], by Emil Lehmann (two booklets printed in Dresden).
• Die Pflicht der Selbstverteidegung [The Duty of Self-Defense], by Martin Mendelsohn. Berlin: Imberg & Lefson, 1894. German.
[1], 56 pp; [4] folded leaves; 37, [1] p, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to margins. Some detached leaves. Unbound.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Kalender und Jahrbuch für Israeliten auf das Jahr 5624 (1863/64), edited by Joseph Wertheimer and Leopold Kompert. Vienna: H. Engel & Sohn, Vienna, 1864. German.
Almanac including a calendar with the laws and customs for the Jewish holidays and essays on Judaism and the Jewish community. Printed on the page after the title page is the portrait of Yitzhak Noah Mannheimer, an orator and community leader in Vienna.
iv, [20], 282 pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ink inscription on title page. Tears and damage to binding.
Almanac including a calendar with the laws and customs for the Jewish holidays and essays on Judaism and the Jewish community. Printed on the page after the title page is the portrait of Yitzhak Noah Mannheimer, an orator and community leader in Vienna.
iv, [20], 282 pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Ink inscription on title page. Tears and damage to binding.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Judischer Blindenkalender 1935/36. Berlin: Selbsthilfegruppe der judischen Blinden in Deutschland [Self-Help Group of the Jewish Blind in Germany], Berlin, 1935. German.
Almanac with illustrated month plates (illustrations are signed in print: ID) and essays on the subject of the blind in Germany and Palestine. Enclosed is a plate with letters, numbers and a few words in Braille and in German.
Almanac: 95, [1] p, 21 cm. Good condition. Tears to inner margins of the title page and the last leaf. Tears and light stains to cover. Plate: 21X28.5 cm (folded in two). Good condition. A few light stains and tears to margins and folding line.
Almanac with illustrated month plates (illustrations are signed in print: ID) and essays on the subject of the blind in Germany and Palestine. Enclosed is a plate with letters, numbers and a few words in Braille and in German.
Almanac: 95, [1] p, 21 cm. Good condition. Tears to inner margins of the title page and the last leaf. Tears and light stains to cover. Plate: 21X28.5 cm (folded in two). Good condition. A few light stains and tears to margins and folding line.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Schlamasl mit Lokschn: Komisch-Jüdischer Singschatz, three sheet music booklets of the "Gebrüder Semmel" quartet (Jewish-Polish singing and dancing comedy quartet), by the quartet's founder, Ferdinand Semmel. The Hague: J. Kasteel, [late 19th century]. German.
Three booklets of sheet music (nos. 2, 3, and 6 from a series of ten booklets) to comic songs about Jewish life. Appearing on the booklets' covers are illustrations of the members of "Gebrüder Semmel" at various performances, and of the group's founder.
4 pp. per booklet, 32.5 cm. Good condition. Booklets 3 and 6 are attached to each other at their left margins. Stains (particularly to booklet 2). Small tears to margins of booklet 2 (the two leaves of this booklet are almost entirely detached from each other).
Three booklets of sheet music (nos. 2, 3, and 6 from a series of ten booklets) to comic songs about Jewish life. Appearing on the booklets' covers are illustrations of the members of "Gebrüder Semmel" at various performances, and of the group's founder.
4 pp. per booklet, 32.5 cm. Good condition. Booklets 3 and 6 are attached to each other at their left margins. Stains (particularly to booklet 2). Small tears to margins of booklet 2 (the two leaves of this booklet are almost entirely detached from each other).
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![Schlemiel, Jüdische Blätter für Humor und Kunst [Schlemiel, Jewish paper for humor and art]. Berlin: Welt, 1919-1920. Issu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol12-public/199.jpg "\"Schlemiel\" - Humoristic and Artistic Periodical - Berlin, 1919-1920")
Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Schlemiel, Jüdische Blätter für Humor und Kunst [Schlemiel, Jewish paper for humor and art]. Berlin: Welt, 1919-1920. Issues 1-24 (one double issue, 19/20).
A bound volume of the Jewish satiric periodical "Schlemiel", published in Berlin in 1903-1906 and then again in 1919-1920. Features poems and texts by Else Lasker-Schiller, Shalom Aleichem, Uriel Birnbaum, Max Yungman and others, accompanied by many humorous illustrations by the artist Menachem Birenboim [Birenbaum] as well as illustrations by Uriel Birenbaum, Hermann Struck, Jacob Steinhardt and others.
VII, [1], 322, [2], 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some tears. Stains (mostly to binding). Binding torn and almost entirely detached. Detached leaves and signatures. Defects to binding.
A bound volume of the Jewish satiric periodical "Schlemiel", published in Berlin in 1903-1906 and then again in 1919-1920. Features poems and texts by Else Lasker-Schiller, Shalom Aleichem, Uriel Birnbaum, Max Yungman and others, accompanied by many humorous illustrations by the artist Menachem Birenboim [Birenbaum] as well as illustrations by Uriel Birenbaum, Hermann Struck, Jacob Steinhardt and others.
VII, [1], 322, [2], 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Some tears. Stains (mostly to binding). Binding torn and almost entirely detached. Detached leaves and signatures. Defects to binding.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Scroll of Esther, with illustrations by Otto (Nathan) Geismar. Tel-Aviv: Löwenstein, 1936. In Germany: Yidisherbukh-tubs tsayshriftn-farlag Robert Alter, printed by M. Lessmann, Berlin, 1936.
Otto Geismar (1873-1957) was an art teacher at the Jewish Community School in Berlin during the years 1904-1936. In 1930, he spent a few months in Palestine on scholarship from the Berlin congregation. In 1939 he and his wife immigrated to Brazil and after World War II they moved to England. The name of the scribe "Sofer Weisenberg" is noted at the end of the scroll.
Height: 20.5. Fair-good overall condition. Open tear (repaired) of 8.5X14.5 cm at the beginning of the scroll, affecting the text and the illustrations. Tears and small repaired open tears throughout the scroll.
Otto Geismar (1873-1957) was an art teacher at the Jewish Community School in Berlin during the years 1904-1936. In 1930, he spent a few months in Palestine on scholarship from the Berlin congregation. In 1939 he and his wife immigrated to Brazil and after World War II they moved to England. The name of the scribe "Sofer Weisenberg" is noted at the end of the scroll.
Height: 20.5. Fair-good overall condition. Open tear (repaired) of 8.5X14.5 cm at the beginning of the scroll, affecting the text and the illustrations. Tears and small repaired open tears throughout the scroll.
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