Bidspirit auction | Sefer HaYashar – Berlin, 1923

Sefer HaYashar – Berlin, 1923 - A beautifully produced edition of the Sefer HaYashar (“The Book of the Upright” or “The Heroic Book”), a legendary chronicle narrating biblical history from Creation to the Judges in a poetic, midrashic style. Published in Berlin, 1923, by Benjamin Herz Verlag, edited by Lazarus Goldschmidt, and illustrated with exquisite woodcuts by Leo Michelson. Bilingual Hebrew–German edition, printed in elegant Gothic type. 📜 306 pages 📏 20.5 × 13.5 cm ⚖️ 650 g Condition: Good overall — rubbed original binding, clean interior. A fine and collectible interwar German edition, combining Jewish scholarship with high-quality design and illustration — a true artifact of European Judaica printing history.