Shir Hashirim - The Song of Songs

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(RABAN, ZE’EV).

printer

Hasefer

Place

Berlin / Jerusalem

Publication

1923

Description

Decorative additional title page and 26 color plates comprising illustrations, illuminations and calligraphic text by Raban. Opening blank with a neat Hebrew inscription, Liverpool, 1931

summary

Illustrator Ze'ev Raban (Wolf Rawicki) (1890-1970) was a leading progenitor of the Bezalel School-style. A native of Lodz, Poland, Raban immigrated in 1912 to Jerusalem, where he became a member of the faculty of Bezalel

Original pictorial silver-and gilt-tooled turquoise boards, sunned. Folio

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