Auction 83 PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, HOLY LAND MAPS, CEREMONIAL OBJECTS, FINE & GRAPHIC ART
By Kestenbaum & Company
Jun 20, 2019
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Chess-Board. Printed by the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New ...

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Chess-Board. Printed by the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.



Red and white squares each densely printed with text of: “Manual of the Game of Chess with Laws and Observations.” Attractive multi-colored geometric border surrounds the whole. Housed in an older frame.
Few tears. Unexamined out of frame. 18 x 18 inches.
New York : 1876
“Specimen of Printing Executed by the Inmates of the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.” The Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Over the years it experimented with various technical schools to train their young charges. A print-shop commenced operation in 1871.
“Specimen of Printing Executed by the Inmates of the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.” The Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Over the years it experimented with various technical schools to train their young charges. A print-shop commenced operation in 1871.

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