Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Palestine Pictures – Ze'ev Raban – Bezalel Binding with a Relief of the Tower of David
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Palestine, 10 pictures by Ze'ev Raban, [Jerusalem, 1931].
Album with ten reproductions of works by Raban – Palestine views: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tiberias, Western Wall, Safed, Tower of David, Haifa, Rachel's Tomb, Hebron and Jericho. The reproductions are mounted on leaves, with passé-par-touts and tissue guards. A relief of the Tower of David is set in the binding, with the legend "Bezalel Yerushalem" in golden letters appearing beneath.
On one of the blank pages at the beginning of the book appears a handwritten dedication dated 1942.
[10] plates, approx. 25X17 cm. Good condition. Some stains and creases. Tears at margins of some leaves (reinforced with adhesive tape). Album: 31.5 cm. Blemishes to leaves and minor blemishes to binding.
Album with ten reproductions of works by Raban – Palestine views: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tiberias, Western Wall, Safed, Tower of David, Haifa, Rachel's Tomb, Hebron and Jericho. The reproductions are mounted on leaves, with passé-par-touts and tissue guards. A relief of the Tower of David is set in the binding, with the legend "Bezalel Yerushalem" in golden letters appearing beneath.
On one of the blank pages at the beginning of the book appears a handwritten dedication dated 1942.
[10] plates, approx. 25X17 cm. Good condition. Some stains and creases. Tears at margins of some leaves (reinforced with adhesive tape). Album: 31.5 cm. Blemishes to leaves and minor blemishes to binding.
Bezalel
Bezalel