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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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. More

Sydney: NP, 1875. 8.5x2". Tan silk backed with white linen. Features embroidered text in red and purple, with decorative motifs in gold, green and purple. This is an original bookmark commemorating "The Hebrew Ladies' Bazaar", held in December 1875, Sydney, Australia. The text is taken from the biblical Book of... More