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Auction 62 · Lot 45
(BOOK-PLATES).
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
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.
summary
Many of the bookplates are illustrated and described in Haberman’s catalogue, ‘Jewish Book-Plates,’ (Safed: Museum of Printing Art, [1972]).