Sur Les Champs Juifs De L'Ukraine, Issachar Ryback. Paris, 1926. French. Album with 25 reproductions of good quality (five in color), portraying Jewish figures and Jewish craftsmen in Ukraine. Copy no. 5 from an edition of 50 copies (printed on Dutch paper), signed by Ryback.
15, [1] pp, [25] plates, [2] pp. 39 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.

Uriel Acosta, print created by the artist Henryk Berlewi. Signed in the plate; signed and dated in pencil 1920.
Uriel Acosta (1585-1640) - Jewish Portuguese philosopher, son of a family of Marranos. Following his attempts to re-define Judaism, he was punished and excommunicated by the Jewish congregation in Amsterdam and finally, after enduring years of ostracism and sufferance he committed suicide. This print also appears on a book cover, published in Warsaw in 1921 by "kultur lige" (adaptation by Karl Gutzkow to Acosta's life story).
17X13.5 cm. Frame: 47.5X39.5 cm. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.

Le Cantique de Salomon, , enluminé par Ze'ev Raban/ Song of Songs, illuminated by Ze'ev Raban, 'Bezalel', Jerusalem: "Shir HaShirim", 1930. Hebrew and French.
26 plates, in color, mounted on the book's leaves, on the right hand side (printed from left to right). Text of the Scroll appears on the margins of the illustrations and the translation into French on the left side. Printing of very good quality, on heavy paper, with wide margins. The illustrations were printed in Paris by "Artistique Editions de Paris". Copy no. 2 from a very limited edition, signed by Ze'ev Raban (in the colophon).
[31] leaves, 33 cm. Very good condition, minor spotting. Original binding.

Ze'ev Raban, two illustrations in color. Pencil, watercolor and ink on paper. Signed.
1. Illustration portraying a ship capsized at sea, many people with their belongings are seen in the water trying to escape, while others are still on board, shouting to heaven.
25X19 cm, frame 40.5X33 cm. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.
2. Illustration portraying a dark, bearded, man standing at the bow of a red boat, wearing a cloth around his waist. His arms are stretched towards the sky and his belongings are tied to his ankles. It seems as if the figure is about to fall into the stormy sea. The boat is rowed by a bearded man. On the right side, between the rocks, is a green snake. The yellow color of the sky creates a dramatic atmosphere.
32.2X23.5 cm, frame 52X42 cm. Good condition, minor spots to right corner and to lower left side. Not examined out of frame.
It is not clear for what purpose Raban composed the illustrations presented here.