Auction of Judaica. Including a large offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books.
Judaica books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) are offered next.
This includes two important letters from the United States regarding Edgardo Mortara (Lot 31); an exceptionally rare E.M. Lilien livre-de-artiste (Lot 150); an impressive 18th-century plate-book featuring the Holy Land (Lot 156); a recently discovered illustrated letter by Arthur Szyk (Lot 199).
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The final portion of the auction includes a wide selection of Jewish Graphic Arts, many formerly in the collection of the late Peter Ehrenthal; and Ceremonial Objects from a distinguished four-generation collection.
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פריט 114:
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
עוד...
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מחיר פתיחה:
$
400
הערכה :
$600 - $900
עמלת בית המכירות: 25%
מע"מ: 8.875%
על מחיר הפריט המלא והעמלה
משתמשים ממדינות אחרות עשויים לקבל פטור ממע"מ בהתאם לחוקי המס המתאימים
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(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
CYRUS ADLER. Memorandum on the Western Wall. Prepared for the Special Commission of the League of Nations on Behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine
“Revised Proof Printed as Manuscript.” Printed on recto pages only. Photographic illustrations at end.
pp. 91, (16). Lightly browned. Original printed blue wrappers. 8vo.
Philadelphia 1930.
The status of the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City during the British Mandate was riddled with controversy as both Jew and Arab claimed rights to the site as a place of prayer. Particularly contentious was the desire by Jews to place objects of worship at the site such as a Torah Ark.
A build up of tension over these disputed rights culminated in an attack by an Arab mob on the Jews in Jerusalem on August 23rd, 1929. The outbreak of violence spread to other parts of the country and on the following day, the Arabs murdered some seventy Jews in Hebron. In the week of bloody violence that ensued, there were attacks in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Safed. Before the week had ended, large detachments of British troops were brought in, many were arrested (both Jew as well as Arab), before order was restored.
In the wake of the violence, a Special Commission of Inquiry was set up by the League of Nations to resolve the “Problem of the Wall.”
The present Memorandum, prepared by Cyrus Adler on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, examined the connection of Jews to the site of the Western Wall from an historical context, demonstrating a Jewish worshipful presence there dating back a great many centuries.
