(BOOK-PLATES).

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 45

(BOOK-PLATES).

Collection of c. 58 bookplates (ex-libris) of famous Jewish personalities and artists. Luminaries whose bookplates are present include Rabbi Marcus Adler, Gershon Agron, Haim Arlosoroff, Herbert Bentwich, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Leah Goldberg, Ahad Ha’am, Ephraim Moshe Lilien (two versions of the bookplate he designed for himself), Abraham Maslow and David Wolffsohn. The collection also includes designs by renowned Jewish artists such as Raban, Struck and Szyk.

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

Many of the bookplates are illustrated and described in Haberman’s catalogue, ‘Jewish Book-Plates,’ (Safed: Museum of Printing Art, [1972]).