A unique collection of 88 signed original drawings by the German-Jewish artist Rosy Lilienfeld, contained within two portfolios created consecutively in 1929 and 1930, illustrating the short stories of Martin Buber's Die Legenden des Baalschem, parts one and two. Together with Lilienfeld's bilingual art book Bilder zu die Legenden des...
NP: NP, ND (ca 1910). Original artwork. Framed. Framed oil on canvas. 28.5 x 43 inches (image size: 24.5" x 39"). Full-length portrait of Helena Modjeska as Lady Macbeth, a role for which she was renowned. Cloaked in blue and brick red wearing gold jewerly, Lady MacBeth, head turned with...
Würzburg: NP, 1795. Manuscript. Hardcover. Quarto (folio). Unpaginated, 6 leaves. Original pink silk-covered boards with gilt stamped borders. Manuscript on soft vellum. First leaf with floral border design heightened in gold. The handwriting is very carefully executed and perfectly preserved. In this original document the Jewish community of Veitshöchheim expresses.....
Palestine: Bezalel, circa 1920s. Hardcover. 21.5 inches (top to bottom of spindle). 14 inches (scroll case). Burled olive wood case spectacularly carved with depictions of Rachel's tomb and the old city of Jerusalem, and ringed with four multicolored inlay mosaics. The words Jerusalem (yerushalem without the final yod), Kever Rachel...
NP: NP, 1797. Manuscript. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 240pp. (10). Manuscript bound in contemporary light blue paper-covered boards, author's name and title hand written on spine. A unique captivating account by Franciscan missionary Christian P. Schneider, describing his experiences of his 1797 travel from Egypt, to the Holy Land, Galilee, Syria...
NP, n/d. Two complete sets of Struwwelpeter glass magic lantern slides, housed in original boxes. Each set contains 12 glass slides that are identical, except for their size. The 12 slides of the larger set, Serie A, are 7.75 x 2.5 inches (20 x 6cm), housed in the original red...
Spain? (14th century?). Manuscript. Approx. 13x 10 1/4". 4 pages (folded), of brown ink on parchment. This manuscript originating from the Cairo Genizah, is a novellae (novel or creative contemporary commentary) to the Talmud tractates Baba Metzia and Shavuot (Shavuoth), by an unknown author. The content deals with the first...
Persia: ca. late 15th century. Framed. 2 beautifully illuminated manuscript leaves from the Kulliyat (collected works) of Saadi, the famed Persian poet from Shiraz. Remounted and matted. Wood frame painted in black and gold (measuring 13x16"). Possibly early Safavid Era. Text in Persian.
Arabic manuscript on paper. Upper and lower lines written in large "thuluth" in black ink. Five lines in between in neat "naskh," polychrome and gold floral scrolls, laid down on an album page, the borders with gold floral scrolls, ascribed putatively to Sheikh Hamdullah, the chief calligrapher of Sultan Bayazid...
Jerusalem: NP, ca 1910. Original artwork. Size about 11 1/2" x 14". Superbe antique portable writing desk magnificently illustrated with 2 views of Jerusalem. This remarkable piece is complete with its original brush, ink stamp and ink well. The desk has kept its original lock (no key) and hinges. Two...
Palestine: Bezalel, circa 1914 (case). Hardcover. 13 x 3 inches (top to bottom of spindle). 6" (scroll case). Burled olive wood case spectarularly carved with depictions of the Western wall, with buildings and trees from the Temple mount. The words Jerusalem (yerushalem without the final yod), Tzion (the mount of...
Chicago? NP, 1944. 16.25 x 14.25 inches. Original oil on masonite painting by Todros Geller. A Sabbath scene painted in blue and brown, which depicts a man seated at a table set with Sabbath candles, challah, a wine glass and decanter. Hovering over this scene is a crowned Shekina floating...
Burma: ca. late 19th century. Hardcover. Sixteen 5 3/8" x 22 3/4" lacquered palm leaves with large tamarind script written in black resin on red- and- gold background with elaborate gold design on both sides of leaves. All sixteen leaves resting between two protective teak covers (Kyan), which are elaborately...
Oklahoma: NP, n/d (1938). Print 13.75 x 11 inches. Image area 12.5 x 10.5 inches. Frame 17.25 x 19.75 inches. Vintage silver print, on semi-glossy paper, matted and framed (black wood) by one of the original Life Magazine photographers. Unsigned, undated. From a documentary series on dust bowl migrants, made...
Nauen: Major of Nauen, 1746. Original document. Broadside. Folio (12 1/2" x 8"). Rare printed one page document in Gothic script issued at Nauen by "Königl. Preuß. und Churf. Brandenburgis. zur gedachten Stadt verordnete Bürgermeister und Rathmanne, signed "Schencke" on 28th of July, 1746," and sealed with red wax. Protected...
Padova: Editrice Antenore, 1981. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Folio. 312v (624pp). Blind tooled original half leather over tan cloth, with title and decoration in silver on spine. Fascinating facsimile edition of the famous manuscript from the British Library. This is an exceptional document and study on Petrarch. Laid in this work...
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2000. Limited edition. Box. 1/6000. Plexiglas case, printed with the Louis Vuitton logo, and with a leather rope tie closure with a Louis Vuitton compass (created by Louis Vuitton). The case houses a printed red, green and white cardboard box, "Italy" in embossed letters on the...
Bangkok: NP, 1950 - 1959? Work is a compilation of letters and selected documents issued during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), (1804 - 1868), who was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. Most Thai were shocked by the portrayal of their revered nineteenth-century king in the musical...
NP: NP, 1940s. Boards. Oblong Sextodecimo (5.5" x 8"). Two original cardboard signs with red ruling and red and black lettering on yellow, respectively beige background; hanger hooks attached. Two warning signs in accordance with the German Antiaircraft Law decreed in June of 1935, designed to caution Germans during war...
Egypt: NP, [c 1890]. 8.5 x 11." Vintage albumen prints of Egypt by various photographers. Seven photos of ancient Egyptian temples, including Luxor, Edfou, Touthmes a Karnak, Medina Tabou, Ensemple des Colonnades Luxor, Grande Porte de Ptolemee and Denderah Temple by Peridis, Langaki and others. Eight exterior and interior views...
Moscow: NP, n/d. 11.5 x 15 x 5 inches. Orange paper decorated in black and gold with a geometric design evocative of art deco. Paper bag for a candy shop specializing in caramels. 3/4 inch chip along 4 inches of top, minor chipping along part of one side. Overall good+ condition.
1828. Hardcover. 12mo. 260 numbered pages & 12 blank leaves bound in original dark green velvet with folding flap and heart-shaped metal lock. Lacking clasp. Marbled endpapers, inside of flap marbled. Oval hand-colored paste-down frontispiece, title-page also with small hand-colored paste-down. Bottom margin of title-page with note by writer of...
(Philadelphia?): NP, 1869. Hardcover. 24mo. Black soft leather binding, with gilt-stamped lettering and a leather fastener on the front cover. Marbled edges. In this handwritten daily diary on lined paper, the unknown author recounts her daily life as a teacher and her religious sentiments. The front of the book is...
Maidstone, Kent: 1989. Loose leaf. 8 1/4 X 11 1/2". This is a signed and illustrated typescript letter from acclaimed British artist and illustrator Ralph Steadman. The letter is addressed to a "Grahame", and references previous correspondence between the two men. Discussed are very good locations for accommodations around Kent...
Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. vi, 210pp. original color illustrated boards with white lettering on cover and black on spine. A comparative study and account of "... archaeological contrasts, historical analysis, and philosophical reflections... in support of the acquisition, preservation, public presentation, and scholarly study...
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