Auction 031 Part 1 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
Jul 27, 2021
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
The auction has ended

LOT 11:

Abraham Moses Luncz – Three Albums of Pressed Flowers / Two Palestine Almanacs and the Work "Eretz HaZvi" Bound Together

catalog
  Previous item
Next item 

Start price:
$ 150
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17% On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
Auction took place on Jul 27, 2021 at Kedem
tags:

Abraham Moses Luncz – Three Albums of Pressed Flowers / Two Palestine Almanacs and the Work "Eretz HaZvi" Bound Together
Three albums of pressed flowers, and three booklets by Avraham Moshe Luncz (bound together). [Jerusalem, late 19th century to early 20th century]. Hebrew, English and German.
1-3. Three albums of pressed flowers (one English, one German and one bilingual -Hebrew and English). Title pages printed in gold (two albums with two title pages, in two languages). In original bindings, two made of fabric and one of olivewood.
Size varies. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes. Missing pieces to some of the flower arrangements. Olivewood binding in poor condition, partly detached, with fractures and missing spine; lower part of front board missing.
4-6. Three booklets by Abraham Moses Luncz, bound together (Hebrew): • "Palestine Almanac… edited by Abraham Moses Luncz " – two booklets (year 11 and year 12), Jerusalem: "Printed and Published by the Editor", 1905-1906. • "Eretz HaZvi" (note on verso of title page: "This book is an abbreviation of the book A Guide to Palestine and Syria by Abraham Moses Luncz"). Jerusalem: A.M. Luncz, 1899.
Bound with "Ma'amar Hed Harim" (presumably by Yechiel Michl Pines; 1894).
Approx. 15 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Slightly worn binding, with abrasions and blemishes. Paper stickers on binding.

catalog
  Previous item
Next item