L'Illustration Juive - Iton Ivri Metzuyar. Founded by Rabbi David Prato of Alexandria, Egypt

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 104

(EGYPT)

L'Illustration Juive - Iton Ivri Metzuyar. Founded by Rabbi David Prato of Alexandria, Egypt

Literary quarterly in French and Hebrew. Eight Issues (only). Profusely illustrated including artists of the Bezalel School, Jerusalem: Boris Schatz, Ze'ev Raban, Meir Gur-Aryeh, etc No. 2 missing one leaf of Hebrew section. Original pictorial wrappers. Folio

Alexandria: March 1929-December 1930

Est: $400 - $600

This extensive periodical indicates how very active the cosmopolitan Jewish community of Alexandria was - and remained so until a preponderance of anti-Zionism pervaded Egyptian society. This lavish publication includes articles by thinkers Edmond Fleg and Martin Buber, novelist S. Y.Agnon and rabbinic scholar R. Abraham Schreiber (Sofer). Some of the articles relate particularly to the Alexandrian Jewish community