An interesting collection of 29 Jewish bookplates [Ex Libris] belonging to notable individuals and Jewish institutions, designed by leading Jewish artists. Various locations, first half of the 20th century.
Among the bookplates included:
The Ex Libris of scholar and collector Yaakov Ferman (1881–1960 – no. 59 in the Berman catalog); The Ex Libris of writer Alter Druyanov (1870–1938), a particularly interesting design based on the portrait of an actor whom Druyanov believed resembled his father (no. 68 in the Berman catalog); A rare Ex Libris from the Gesundheit Library, Tel Aviv – named after Rabbi Yaakov Gesundheit, Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Warsaw – featuring a portrait of the rabbi at its center; The Ex Libris of Boris Schatz, designed by Ephraim Moses Lilien; The Ex Libris of the library named after Rabbi David ben Avraham Wallerstein (catalog item no. 29/291 in the Jewish Bookplate Exhibition catalog); The Ex Libris: “From the library of Yitzchak Yekutiel Zisha Kornfeld, descendant of the Shach – Warsaw – Tel Aviv – New York”; The Ex Libris of Hannah Rubin; The Ex Libris of David-Zvi Pinkas (signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence), designed by Sh. Yedidya, and others.
Various sizes. Average size: 10×8 cm. Overall very good condition.
