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Auction 1 · Lot 319
MENDELS, LEIB
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Amsterdam. 1840-1853
Description
Collection of 30 calligraphic autograph manuscripts. Attractively designed Hebrew and Judeo-German texts, pen-and-ink work (black, green and brown) in fine Aschkenazi square and cursive Hebrew scripts, each with a moral or ethical saying (extracted from Ethics of the Fathers, Ben Sira, etc.). Of oval or rectangular design, each saying surrounded by geometric and textual frames. 93x118 mm and smaller