Bidspirit auctions | Safra and Saifa Auction Feb 13, 2024
Safra and Saifa, Feb 13, 2024. 247 lots.
Safra and Saifa -
Auction house Safra & Saifa is pleased to invite you to participate in our upcoming auction -
Palestine, Zionism and Judaism, ancient books, travel books, Hebrew language, original manuscripts,
Meir Ariel, Shaul Tsernikhovsi, Meir Wieseltier and others, autographs, engravings and maps
Here are some rare and special items
*William Hurd – A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs of the Whole World – London, Late 18th Century – Many Engravings
* Album - Landscapes in the Holy Land and Syria - with hand-colored engravings - London 1823
*A Set of Hand-Colored Maps – Planning the Construction of Ports in Haifa and Jaffa – Early British Mandate in Eretz Israel
*הארסט וועסעל דער נאצישער קדוש - A rare publication that came out in Warsaw against the backdrop of Nazi atrocities against Jews after the murder of Horst Wessel
* Meir Wieseltier - Poem - Tiyul BeEyona – Limited Edition – Dedication to Nahoum Cohen and signed by the poet
*Fancy edition - Dictionary of the Bible , edited by Sir William Smith, London 1863 - 3 volumes.
*Jacob Steinhardt - 2 drawings in pencil, plate for etching, the engraving
*Jerusalem - ancient map, 1565
and more others
Lots in this catalog (247)
- Lot 23: Two (2) rare travel books to Palestine, the map of the railways in Syria and Palestine
- Lot 1: A journey in the lands of the Bible: Egypt, Sinai, Palestine - 1878 Engravings, fancy binding
- Lot 21: Palestine or the Holy Land from the earliest times to the present day - 1837
- Lot 2: Palestine, travel book, dozens of photographs-illustrations and color maps,
- Lot 19: A journey in Syria and Palestine, including the Jewish colonies, a journey from Jaffa to Jerusalem,
- Lot 27: Five (5) travel books, Palestine, Israel, photographs, engravings, maps, 19th century
- Lot 28: Travel books - four (4) books with prints and maps - travels in the Land of Israel - England and the USA, 19th century,
- Lot 29: Travel books - four (4) books with prints and maps - travels in the Land of Israel - England and the USA, 19th century,
- Lot 11: Travel book - 350 photographs of a journey through length Palestine
- Lot 24: A very early travel book to the Holy Land following the prophets and kings, 1619 London, England
- Lot 3: An early journey in the Holy Land and Egypt following the stories of the Bible, German, 1877,
- Lot 20: The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela, first edition, text in French combined with Hebrew, maps,
- Lot 18: A Travel book - From West Africa to Palestine, Bleyden, Edward W. 1873 Late Print 1930's
- Lot 25: Travel book - Sinai and Palestine, colored maps, illustrations, 1875
- Lot 4: Palestine Illustrated - Rosh Davrach Emet, Richard Temple, London - 1888. Colored illustrations, lithographs and maps
- Lot 5: A photographed and illustrated journey in 12 parts, Palestine and surrounding countries,
- Lot 26: Rare!!!! Three (3) volumes of - The Land and the Book by the great scholars of the Land of Israel - William M.
- Lot 37: Extremely rare and beautiful!
- Lot 31: 50 photographs from the Holy Land, 1891, the photographs were printed using the photogravure method,
- Lot 32: Book of photographs, Palestine, the Holy Land, 300 photographs, German, 1927
- Lot 33: Rare!!! Photo album A very impressive panorama of Jerusalem photographed from different angles,
- Lot 34: Palestine, a book with 188 photographs, German, Berlin,
- Lot 35: PALASTINA 300 BILDER - פלשתינה 300 תמונות - בעריכת ג'ורג' לנדאור. הוצאת MEYER & JJESSEN מינכן, 1925.
- Lot 15: Jerusalem The Saga of The Holy City, 1954, a comprehensive history of the Holy City,
- Lot 16: French - Jerusalem, Memories of a Journey to the Holy Land, 1887, Journey in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, engravings
- Lot 17: Two (2) travel books, research, Jerusalem, Palestine by Victor Gren, 19th century, French
- Lot 6: A travel book to Jerusalem, the holy city, its history and hope. London, 1892
- Lot 7: Walks about Jerusalem, London, 1910 - A book of photographs by James Edward Hanauer
- Lot 8: Jerusalem - the history of the old city, the ancient capital of the Jews, Based on the Holy Scriptures, engravings,
- Lot 30: Jerusalem - Souvenir de Jerusalem, photo album published by Maison Bonfils (Bonfils family studio), Beirut,
- Lot 9: Rare! Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Stanley Lane-Poole London 1891
- Lot 22: A trip to Jerusalem in 1520-21, conducted by Heinrich Wölfli The book was published in 1929, color illustrations,
- Lot 10: The Recovery of Jerusalem by Wilson and Warren, 1871 Includes folded maps, detailed diagrams of the Wilson Arch and .
- Lot 14: Jerusalem a Historical Sketch - by Lionel Cust, 1924, plenty of illustrations by Major-Benton Fletecher.
- Lot 12: A travel book between Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus, three main cities of the Egyptian sultans,
- Lot 13: A pilgrimage to the Holy Land from a woman's point of view!!!! 1872, English, illustrations, 1873 dedication
- Lot 36: A Camera Crusade Through the Holy Land. London, 1912 100 panels of photographs of the Land of Israel
- Lot 38: Terra Santa - quality lithographs, description of the Land of Israel, the Holy Land, in the 19th century, Italy, 1857,
- Lot 39: The Land of Israel in pictures - an album published by Palpot, 1940s, Large, high-quality photographs
- Lot 40: Construction of the Iraqi oil pipeline to Haifa - Palestine, and Tripoli - Lebanon 1934, maps,
- Lot 41: A Set of Hand-Colored Maps – Planning the Construction of Ports in Haifa and Jaffa – Early British Mandate in Eretz
- Lot 42: Ancient map, panorama, travels of the Israelites in the desert, 1700 (?
- Lot 43: Ancient map, the Holy Land, Canaan, cartographer Philippe de la Rue, 1650(?) 40*45 cm Painted engraving.
- Lot 44: Ancient map, Jerusalem, 1650, cartographer Thomas Fuller
- Lot 45: (2) Maps of Jerusalem, antique - two (2) copper engravings - View of Jerusalem, 1730
- Lot 46: Jerusalem - ancient map, 16th century (1595)
- Lot 47: Jerusalem - ancient map, 1565
- Lot 48: Jerusalem - three (3) antique maps, engravings, 1780, French
- Lot 49: Two (2) most comprehensive atlases, the Holy Land, the Land of the Bible, The beginning of the 20th century
- Lot 50: A collection of five (5) atlases, world maps, ancient world maps, historical and geographic maps, 19th century,
- Lot 51: A handbook for the Palestinian policeman - a guide for the British policeman in Israel - English, 1935
- Lot 52: Ze'ev Vilnai, Guide to the Land of Israel - first edition, 1935. Includes maps and a schedule of buses and trains
- Lot 53: Gilgil Internment Camp - Kenya, 1947 Hebrew Study Booklet -
- Lot 54: India, Bombay - Kolenu - a newspaper in the Hebrew language, the Jewish Agency in Bombay, India, 1954,
- Lot 55: Rare! Sefer HaEvronot, foundational book for the establishment of the Hebrew calendar, 1805
- Lot 56: Rare! Luach HaIbbur Calendar for 1904 – Baghdad, 1903
- Lot 57: Palestina Almanach 1896-7 The Eretz Yisrael, historical and literary calendar for the year 2017,
- Lot 60: Kfar Naum - a complete overview of the excavations at the site, photos and illustrations, French, Paris, 1922
- Lot 61: The inauguration order of the new synagogue in Amsterdam, 1937
- Lot 62: The ancient synagogue - Beit Alpha -archaeology, excavations, many drawings, photographs, English
- Lot 64: Rare - the synagogues in Poland, many of which were destroyed by the Nazis. 1957 The history, buildings, architecture,
- Lot 58: Rare and uncommon! The recovery works in the Jezreel valley, Norris and Nahalel, 1925, large maps,
- Lot 172: A lot of about 25 letters related to the Mikva Israel school - from 1907 to the 1930s, most of them handwritten,
- Lot 173: Mikva Israel -Kol Israel friends - Mikva Israel - rare certificate, 1928, Alliance, French Hebrew
- Lot 174: Dozens of documents - Tel Aviv, 1920s to 1950s Trading houses and organizations that operated in the city of Tel Aviv,
- Lot 175: Mizrahi Jaffa Company, Benue Shalom Tel Aviv Winery and Factory
- Lot 176: Letter - Kosher Cypriot wine for Passover, Marco Ludia, Larnaca, delivery to Israel, 1954
- Lot 177: Association of Hebrew Tobacco Growers in the Land of Israel, 4 documents, 1924-1927
- Lot 178: Aziza - invitation to the first exhibition of goats, 1953
- Lot 167: KKL - early telegram with Russian inscription, 1903 From the first telegrams printed by KKL-Junk.
- Lot 168: Two (2) early telegrams of KKL-Junk, 1924
- Lot 169: An early telegram, KKL-Junk, Rabbi Yosef Haim Shechter, Constance, 1937, stamps, map of the Land of Israel
- Lot 179: A check in the amount of Palestinian pounds - One Pound Palestine
- Lot 93: A rare and interesting document! Bezalel - letter of complaint, in the handwriting of the school principal,
- Lot 170: Bezalel - an official receipt signed by Boris Shatz for a donation, the donor - Mrs. Shatz, 1919
- Lot 171: Richard Nixon - Vice President of the United States and later President of the United States - personal letter and
- Lot 71: A Mapay election poster comparing Begin to Mussolini
- Lot 161: Victory day! 3 Newspapers Reporting the Surrender of Germany and Japan - - End of World War II, 1945
- Lot 162: The Surrender of Nazi Germany, May 7, 1945 2 issues of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth
- Lot 163: A collection of newspapers - the history of the Jews in Europe from the rise of the Nazis to the establishment of the
- Lot 73: שואה - הרייך השלישי והפוליטיקה היהודית הרומנית, המכון להסטוריה, 1957 דו"ח מודפס על גבי סנסיל
- Lot 74: The First World War - Spiritual Advice for the Use of Soldiers,
- Lot 75: Israel Zangvil - Children of the Ghetto - limited French edition numbered 561/565, Paris 1925
- Lot 77: To the question of the Jews, with an appendix on the history of anti-Semitism, German, 1896
- Lot 80: Antisemitism - a code of conduct and order for the Jews of Frankfurt published in 1616, German
- Lot 72: הארסט וועסעל דער נאצישער קדוש - A rare publication that came out in Warsaw against the backdrop of Nazi atrocities
- Lot 81: Doctor Theodor Herzl – Memorial Booklet – Odessa, 1904
- Lot 70: Shoah - three (3) community books, a memory of the communities that experienced the Holocaust in World War II
- Lot 83: Sefer Zichron for Israeli writers live with us, Warsaw, 1889 Tow parts
- Lot 78: An early Nazi book - Die propaganda its eine lugenpropaganda sagen die deuschen juden selbst, Berlin 1933 ,
- Lot 84: A poem written by the poet Antoni Donker, Netherlands 1938,
- Lot 79: A rare document!
- Lot 85: Struck - Zweig, Das Ostjudische Antlitz, 1922, German Portrait of the Jews of the East, Limited Edition
- Lot 76: lieder des ghetto - Songs from the Ghetto, Illustrations by Lillian, Berlin, 1902
- Lot 125: Photographs (8) from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp,
- Lot 66: Rare! The Holy Land on its inhabitants from the various religions - history, beliefs, customs 1664!
- Lot 67: Jewish ceremonies and customs, the temple, marriage, court of justice and others Latin, 1764, engraving
- Lot 69: History of the Jewish people, Jews, religion, customs, traditions, Two (2) volumes, map of Jerusalem and the temple,
- Lot 68: William Hurd – A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs of the Whole World – London,
- Lot 164: WW2 British Army Small Arms Training (War) 1937-1941, Pamphlet 15
- Lot 106: Five (5) volumes - Sipurim Greiditzer, Yiddish, Pieterkov, 1919
- Lot 165: A volume of - Weekly - The World - 1928, news from the Jewish world, Palestine, the situation of the Jews,
- Lot 166: he future - four (4) volumes, a literary collection about Judaism and the Jews,
- Lot 59: Palestine, Monthly for the Construction of Palestine - Volume of 1929 from January to December,
- Lot 201: Kav, a magazine for art and literature - new forms and contents 11 issues out of 12
- Lot 86: Collection of Autograph Letters by Y.S. Berkowitz - Sent to his Daughter and Son-in-Law,
- Lot 92: David Ben Gurion - Memories. A copy with dedication and signature in Ben-Gurion's handwriting
- Lot 82: Altneuland - special edition, luxurious, limited and numbered 59/250, English, plenty of photographs
- Lot 87: Meir Wieseltier - Poem - Tiyul BeEyona – Limited Edition – Dedication to Nahoum Cohen and signed by the poet
- Lot 88: Meir Ariel - original song manuscript - Af Echad Lo Yodea, version for recording
- Lot 89: Manuscript of the poet Shaul Tchernihovski - translation of two (2) poems
- Lot 90: Benjamin Tammuz - an important Israeli writer, full manuscript of his book "Hay Elikom", 1964
- Lot 91: Oz Li Gotz Li - original text for the iconic play by Avraham Shalonsky given to the actor Natan Kogan,
- Lot 97: All the stories of Agnon - six volumes - Shoken Berlin, 1931, 1935
- Lot 98: Agnon - a book with a dedication to L.D. Berkowitz, and the author's signature
- Lot 99: Krapp's Last Tape - Numbered Edition with an Original Engraving by Avigdor Arikha Signature of Helit Yeshurun ,
- Lot 95: The writings of Haim Nachman Bialik, four volumes, limited edition, decorated by Yosef Budko,
- Lot 96: Yosef Budko - a complete set of 15 woodcuts with his signature, For the anniversary edition of Haim Nachman Bialik
- Lot 94: A Letter signed by Haim Nachman Bialik and others an Invitation to Participate in Writing a Commentary on the Bible –
- Lot 217: 45 original illustrations for plays - Yossal Bergner / Aryeh Navon / Shlomo Vitkin - forty-five original illustrations,
- Lot 100: Prof. Schatz - his utopian book - Built Jerusalem - A Daydream. Bezalel Publishing House, 1924. The cover - Ze'ev Raban
- Lot 101: כתבי פרץ בן משה סמילנסקי, שני כרכים, 1898-99, פטרבורג כריכות עור מפוארות
- Lot 102: A collection of literature, history and research books printed in St. Petersburg - essays, literature, research,
- Lot 103: Four (4) literary collections, Saint Petersburg, 19th century, luxurious leather bindings, Hebrew
- Lot 104: A collection of literature, history, language and research books printed in Petersburg - essays, literature, research,
- Lot 196: Special and rare! The Tragedies of Sophocles Text and Outlines, by Ferdinand Lachmann, Leipzig, 1873, German
- Lot 197: "Očarovaná Ruka" (Czech) – Bibliophile Edition of Gérard de Nerval's ’La Main Enchantée' – Fine Leather Cover with
- Lot 198: The Brave Soldier Schwick, Polish, 1955, Jaroslav Hasek - החייל האמיץ שוויק
- Lot 199: Rare! Just So Storeis, Kipling, 1917, with most impressive color illustrations, English
- Lot 200: The Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha, four (4) volumes, 1803, English, engravings
- Lot 111: HaYehudim V'Sefat HaSlavim by Avraham Eliyahu Harachbi. Vilna, 1867.First edition
- Lot 105: Rabbi Moshe Haim Lozato - a collection of six (6) books from books he wrote
- Lot 107: A collection of 10 books in Yiddish, literature, poetry and history, early 20th century, Petersburg
- Lot 110: Meshalim, Aharon Miadnik, Yiddish, limited edition, Paris, 1952 With 20 drawings by M. Bahalfar
- Lot 112: Small talk, Eine von di Histien, by Moshe Broderzon, paintings by Eliezer Lissitzky. Tel Aviv, 1957. Yiddish
- Lot 113: rare! Dia Shaita, a drama in 4 acts, Jacob Gardin,
- Lot 108: Russian - five books,
- Lot 119: Lot of 9 rare Israeli songs, early 1930s, words and notes
- Lot 120: Lot of twenty (20) flags for Simchat Torah, colored lithographic print on cardboard
- Lot 121: A collection of about 150 Happy New Year greetings From the 1940s onwards, Israel
- Lot 122: Rare! New Year's card,
- Lot 123: She'erit HaPletah - A group of three (3) New Year's stamps, sent from Germany between the years 1946-49
- Lot 124: Collection of "Shanah Tovah" Cards,
- Lot 133: Three Illustrated "Esther Scrolls" – England and Germany, First Half of the 20th Century
- Lot 134: Four (4) Haggadats, in one illustrated package,
- Lot 135: Haggadat Profes, 1806, Amsterdam,
- Lot 136: 3 Passover Hagadah , ArtScroll Mesorah Series, edited by Rabbi Nosson Scherman,
- Lot 137: Mah nishtana - a bibliographic list of 111 selected Haggadats, Kol Ami Museum
- Lot 138: A collection of Israelite Haggadats illustrated by Israeli artists, Most of them from the 1930s and 1950s
- Lot 139: A magnificent pop-up Haggadah, based on the bird's head Haggadah, Published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem