Auction 68 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
By Kedem
Sep 19, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 154:

Book about the Judaica Collection of Maximilian Goldstein – Lviv, 1935 – Engraving by A.M. Lilien and a Print ...

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Book about the Judaica Collection of Maximilian Goldstein – Lviv, 1935 – Engraving by A.M. Lilien and a Print Signed by Arthur Szyk / Numbered Copy, Inscribed by Goldstein to Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Kultura i Sztuka Ludu Zydowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich, Zbiory Maksymiliana Goldsteina [The Culture and Art of the Jews of Poland, the Collections of Maximilian Goldstein]. Introduction by Prof. Majer Bałaban. Lviv, 1935. Polish. Numbered copy, with an inscription handwritten by Maximilian Goldstein to Ze'ev Jabotinsky and a print signed by Arthur Szyk.
A comprehensive book about the Judaica collection of Maximilian Goldstein focusing on Jewish-Polish culture and art. The book contains many photographs of items from the collection as well as two engraved plates – one by Ephraim Moses Lilien (Henryk Bard's bookplate depicting the interior of a synagogue) and one by Stanisław Jakubowski.
An additional print facing the title page – a bookplate designed by Arthur Szyk for Maximilian Goldstein. The print is hand-signed by Szyk.
This is copy no. 16 from an edition of 1000 copies, with an inscription handwritten by Maximilian Goldstein to Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky (Polish. Signed and dated, May 1936).
[2] leaves, XI, [1], 208 pp. + [3] plates, 24 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small wormholes in several leaves and in binding (pen marking around the wormholes on the last page, the back endpaper and the back board. The book has been disinfected). Blue, gilt embossed binding. Minor blemishes to binding. Faded spine.

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