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Bieberkraut, James (Leipzig 1879-unknown). Im Stall (In the cow-house). Fine etching of two cows lying on the floor of a cow-house, underneath 2 small etched chickens; signed in pencil J. Bieberkraut. 23,4 x 29 cm. (# 5838)

James Bieberkraut, was a German Jewish painter and etcher. According to Münchner Maler V, 84: Bieberkraut descended from a Jewish family, which immigrated very probably from Palestine to Germany; thus Bieberkraut had still the Turkish nationality when he moved from Berlin to München in 1898. He lived and worked in München until his announced departure to Palestine on 20-4-1934. See on Bieberkraut also: Vollmer I, 207; and: Schaalman, James Bieberkraut der Maler und Radierer (in Bayerische Israelitische Gemeindezeitung, 1927, Heft 2, 32-35 (on internet). - Fine impression with ample margins.

Chasteau, Guillaume (Orléans 1635-Paris 1683). Jesus sortant de Jericho toucha les yeux de deux aveugles, et aussy tost ilz virent. Egrediens Jesus ab Jericho ... Dapres le tableau du Poussin hault de 3. pieds 7 pouces et long de 5 pieds 4 pouces qui est au Cabinet du Roy. Ad tabulam ... N. Poussin pinxit. G. Chasteau sculpsit. Paris, c. 1672-1674. Large oblong etching and engraving showing Christ healing the blind of Jericho engraved by Guillaume Chasteau after the painting "Les aveugles de Jéricho" by Nicolas Poussin. Signed in the plate. With 2 engraved lines of French and Latin text underneath (see above). 41,5 x 52 cm. (# 5829)

I.F.F. II, 288 No. 15.III. Andresen 181.II. Wildenstein 65.III. In database of the British Museum. Third state (of 3). The painting "Les aveugles de Jéricho", made in 1650 by the famous French painter Nicolas Poussin (Les Adelys in Normandy 1594-Rome 1665), is now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. In 1665 it was acquired by King Louis XIV. This print is one of the main works of the engraver and publisher Guillaume Chasteau, who worked for Louis XIV. "Pl. pour le Cabinet des planches gravées du Roi. Cuivre à la Chalcogr. du Louvre" (Angoulvent, 1202). "An impression of this plate is attested in Mariette's collection in 1674" (British Museum). It depicts Christ placing his hand on the forehead of a blind man kneeling before him; behind the man, another blind man, also kneeling, with young man seizing his forearm; a woman holding a baby standing at left; six Apostles surrounding Christ; classsical buildings of Jericho in the background. The engraved title in French and Latin contains the dimensions and provenance of the original painting. - Good impression on strong laid paper, with ample margins; lightly foxed; collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Hierosolyma, Jerusalem. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), Johann Christian Leopold, (1731). Finely engraved bird's eye-view of Jerusalem; banderole in the sky above the view with Latin and German title, flanked by 2 putti, one each on the left and right hand side, each holding a scroll with a key to various buildings in the view numbered 1-24 in German. Underneath a geographical and historical description of the Holy City in Latin and German, with Jerusalem's coat of arms in the centre. 20 x 29 cm. (# 5729)

A. Marsch, in: Augsburg, die Bilderfabrik Europas, 142, Jerusalem, No. 1. Rare first state (of 2), with N°.61 in lower left-hand corner and with the lower right corner blank. This first state was not found in any library consulted by Marsch, and she only found a copy in the trade. The database "Ancient Maps of Jerusalem" of The Jewish National and University Library & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection) lists only the 2nd state with I2 in the lower right corner, which was printed after 1741. Marsch (134) explains that this first state was issued as a seperate and independent work; while the second state was issued in a bound book as part of over 200 other views and a title-page. This view depicts the city realistically, with 24 numbers above important buildings, and was probably inspired by Merian (1645). In the foreground are Turcs, Jews and Christians, some on horse-back or camel, some obviously pilgrims. The publisher Johann Christian Leopold lived from 1699 - 1755; the privilege for this view was granted in 1731. Seperately produced broadsheets, such as this, had a much lower chance of survival, and if they did survive, of being in good condition, since they did not have the protection of being between covers or surrounding sheets. - Well preserved, with ample margins.

Lightfoot, J. Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae in quatuor evangelistas cum tractatibus chorographicis, singulis suo evangelistae praemissis. Post editionem primam in Germania è Museo Jo. Benedicti Carpzovi ... prodeuntum altera. Lipsiae (Leipzig), J.H. Richter for heirs of Gr. Lanckisius, 1684. Title printed in red and black, many passages in Hebrew; 2 engraved maps in the text of Lake Tiberias and the Dead Sea. 5 lvs., 1152 pp., 56 lvs. - Bound with: Lightfoot, J. Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae in Acta Apostolorum, partem aliquam epistolae ad Romanos, et priorem ad Corinthos. Nunc primum in Germania ... editae è Museo Jo. Benedicti Carpzovi. Lipsiae (Leipzig), J.E. Hahn for heirs of Fr. Lanckisius, 1679. Title printed in red and black, numerous passages in Hebrew. 6 lvs., 288 pp., 16 lvs. 4to. Contemporary vellum (front fly-leaves and inner boards of front-cover gone; somewhat loose). (# 3561)

Cf. Fürst II, 249. Cf. Lowndes 1359. Cf. Graesse IV, 209. The most valuable and best-known work of the English Biblical and Rabinical scholar John Lightfoot (1602 - 1675). It 'was designed to show the bearing of Jewish studies on the interpretation of the New Testament. It is a mine of information and has never been wholly superseded' (Cross). Joh. Benedictus Carpzov II (1639 -1699) was professor of Protestant theology and Hebrew at Leipzig. - Lightly browned; small stamp on first title.

Verronius (Werro), S. Chronica ecclesiae et monarchiarum a condito mundo. Friburgi in Helvetia (Freiburg in Switzerland), W. Maess, 1599. Title with vignette and border of type-ornaments, some nice initials, head- and tail-pieces. 4 lvs., 534 (recte 536) pp., 4 lvs. 4to. 19th century boards (one corner slightly damaged). (# 5608)

VD 16 W-2096. Schnürer, Die Anfänge des Buchdrucks in Freiburg/Schweiz, No. 72. Not in the STC of German Books. Not in Lonchamp. First edition. World-chronicle from the Creation until the author's own time, with special emphasis on the Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft). Contains also a history of the kings of Poland and Hungary, the history of the persecution of the Church in England, and the religious wars in France. Sebastian Werro (Freiburg/Schweiz 1555 - Freiburg/Schweiz 1614) was an influential theologian and leader of the Catholic reform in Switzerland. Very extensive sections of this work are devoted to Jewish history: "De iudicibus Israëlitis", "De Regibus Israelis & Prophetis", "De Synagoga", possibly influenced by Werro's pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1581. - Small hole in title affecting title-border, library stamp on verso of title, lightly browned.