Auction no. 21: Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
by Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Platinum House 570 lots with images
March 22, 2012
Live AuctionHechal Shlomo Building
58 King George st.
Jerusalem, 94262 Israel
Viewing Notes18th & 19th March 12 noon to 8pm. 20th March 12 noon to 9pm. 21st March 12 noon to 8pm. Day of Auction 11am to 2pm.
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Lot 1: "Dancing Notebook" with Dedication by Theodore Herzl at the age of 23 - Vienna, 1883
Description: Universitäts-Kränzchen, 30. Januar 1883. [Vienna], 1883. German."University Bouquet" - small notebook, leather bound, prepared for the participants in a students' dancing ball in Vienna on January 30, 1883.Names of different dances were printed in the notebook. On a line under each dance name, the student signed his name when he danced with the notebook owner.The notebook owner danced the Quadrille dance - a 17th century dance for four pairs - with Theodore Herzl who signed his full name under the dance's name and added a few words in pencil. The pencil is attached to the notebook and serves as a clasp. Herzl, born in 1860, was at the time 23 years old and studied law at the University of Vienna. One year later, in 1884, he got the degree of PhD (Law) from the University of Vienna. [1] leaves, 9.5 cm. Fair-good condition. All of the leaves are detached. Dry, acid and very fragile paper. Tears and cracks. Origin: collection of Pappenheim family (attached are copies of letters from the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem, confirming the receipt of original items handwritten by Herzl from the Pappenheim family).
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Lot 2: Theodore Herzl - Signed Circular Letter
Description: Theodore Herzl, a stenciled circular letter hand-signed by Herzl. Vienna, January 1901. German.Send by the executive board of the Zionist Organization in Vienna. Leaf 28 cm. Fair condition. Folding-marks, minor tears, stains. Pasted paper with damages to text.
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Lot 3: Eulogy for Herzl - Dagestan, 1905
Description: Eulogy...in "Agudat Bnei Zion" synagogue...in the city of Derbent...for the loss of the Zionist Movement founder...Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl, by Naftali Ben Ya'akov Yitzchak. Berdichev, 1905.Eulogy for Theodore Herzl. Written by Naftali Yitzchak, one of Derbent's Jews. Derbent - the third largest city in Dagestan, in the south of Russia. A dedication appears on the leaf following the title-page "in honor of my brothers "Agudat Bnei Zion" in the city of Derbent and in honor of Eretz Israel Zionists ....". 14 pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Includes original title-cover, printed on bluish paper.
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Lot 4: "What will People Say?" - Play by Theodor Herzl - Vienna, 1890
Description: Was Wird Man Sagen? lustspiel in vier acten [what will people say? Comedy in four acts], Theodor Herzl. Vienna: Gabor Steiner, 1890. German. First edition.Play presenting the bourgeois life style from a critical point of view. [3], 88pp, 19 cm. Good condition. Ink stamps. Binding is not original.
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Lot 5: "Refugee" - Play by Theodore Herzl - Two Editions
Description: Der Flüchtling, Lustspiel in einem Aufzug, Bühneneinrichtung mit dem vollständigen Scenarium, von Theodor Herzl. Leipzig: Philipp Reclam Jun. [1888-1889]. German.Two different copies of the play. Published between 1888 and 1889 as part of the series "Universal-Bibliothek" of the Philipp Reclam Jun. publishing house in Leipzig. 30, [2] pp in each copy, 15 cm. Fair-good condition. Wear and stains.
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