Collection of Printed Items – Portraits of the Gaon of Vilna

Collection of Printed Items – Portraits of the Gaon of Vilna
Collection of booklets, books and other printed items featuring the portrait of the Gaon of Vilna:
1. Multifold New Year greeting card, with a "Shana Tova" blessing in Yiddish. Opens up to reveal pictures of rabbis and of Zionist Jewish figures such as the Gaon of Vilna, Theodor Herzl, Moses Montefiore, and composite photographs of prominent Torah leaders and Torah leaders in Britain. [Europe?, early 20th century]. One or more parts may be lacking.
2. Shir HaShirim by Avraham son of Meir Luria, in five parts. New York, 1907. Includes poems in honor of the Rambam and the Gaon of Vilna, with their portraits.
3. Renaissance, a monthly journal, edited by Leah Koenig. London, 1920. Yiddish.
The front cover bears a picture of the Gaon of Vilna, with the inscription: "The Vilna Gaon, Two Hundred Years Since His Birth". The same picture was also printed on a plate in the book.
4. Luach HaMazkir, calendar for the year 5700 [1939-1940], compiled by "Ben-Yaakov". Riga: B. Scherschewsky, [1939]. Yiddish. A picture of the Gaon of Vilna is printed on the front cover.
5. Geonei Yisrael Rishonim VeAcharonim. [Israel, second half of the 20th century]. Large folding plate (69X50 cm), with pictures of 40 Torah leaders from various periods, including the portrait of the Gaon of Vilna. Cover with an embossed title.
5 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.