Raphael

Raphael — marelibri

1946Best.-Nr. 54171Bergen-Belsen: Our Voice/ Unzer Sztyme 1946. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Oblong small folio. 38pp. single-sided leaves. Recased with a black cloth spine with the original illustrated tan and red paper front wrapper laid down. Original black paper back wrapper. New endpapers. Content printed on large heavy stock paper leaves. This scarce powerful and disturbing collection of Holocaust images predominantly taken in the ghettos of Bedzin and Lodz and the camp in Bergen-Belsen by captured Nazi soldiers might best be described in the words of the editors: "The incentive to produce this collection gave us our deepest desire to show the world the crimes of Germany to give expression to the throttled cry of pain of the Jews to the sighs of our fathers and mothers sisters and brothers during the frozen nights of winter and the overpowering heat of the summer which was spent in sealed railway trucks the desire to bring back to our memories of the Jewish settlements which were drowned in torrents of Jewish blood". This notable work was prepared in advance of the Nuremberg Trials as a further evidence of Nazi crimes and is considered one of the most important works assembled by Jews in the aftermath of destruction to visually document the horrors of the Holocaust. The work features 115 striking b/w photographic reproductions. with captions in Yiddish Hebrew English and German. Separate title pages in all four languages as well. Binding with some rubbing chipping and small tears to the edges of the covers. A few creases closed tears and a small stain to the main portion of the cover which is otherwise quite clean and vibrant. Title pages with some slight abrasions and age toning with all text still clean and vibrant. The rest of the pages throughout clean with only very minor age toning mostly to the edges with all images and text clean. Book block tight. Binding in very good- interior in overall very good condition. Scarce with its original cover in good shape which is usually found in quite damaged states. Protected in modern mylar. Yiddish title: ××•× ×“×–×¢×¨ חורבן ××™×Ÿ בילד Authors: ×’×¢×–××ž×œ×˜ ××•×Ÿ ×¨×¢×“××’×™×¨×˜ דורך ×¨×¤××œ ××œ×¢×•×•×¡×§×™ ×¤××•×œ ×˜×¨×¢×¤×ž××Ÿ דוד ×¨××–× ×˜××œ Publication: בערגן-בעלזן ××¨×•×™×¡×’×¢×‘×¢×¨ ×¦×¢× ×˜×¨××œ ×§××ž×™×˜×¢×˜ פון די ×‘××¤×¨×™×™×˜×¢ יידן ××™×Ÿ דער בריטישער ×–×× ×¢/ ×¤××¨×œ××’ ××•× ×“×–×¢×¨ ×©×˜×™× Hebrew title: חורבננו בתמונות Authors: נלקט ונערך בידי ×¨×¤××œ ××•×œ×‘×¡×§×™ ×¤××•×œ טרפמן דוד רוזנטל Publication: ברגן-בעלזן הועד המרכזי ×œ×™×”×•×“×™× ×”×ž×©×•×—×¨×¨×™× ×‘××–×•×¨ הבריטי/×”×•×¦××ª ××•× ×“×–×¢×¨ שטימע. Our Voice/ Unzer Sztyme hardcover

SMITH, John Raphael after Rev Matthew William PETERSBiblio.com

The Fortune Teller

1786Best.-Nr. 8168London: Published by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street 1786. Coloured mezzotint. In good condition with the exception of some faint soiling in upper margin. Bottom margin outside platemark is coated with white paint. Water stains on verso of sheet not noticeable on front of sheet. Image size: 14 3/4 x 17 inches. Plate size: 17 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches. Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 20 inches. A wonderful mezzotint after Rev. Matthew William Peters by one of the finest eighteenth century engravers. This charming print is engraved after a painting by Rev. Matthew William Peters and is a fascinating example of this period in British printmaking. Matthew Peters was trained in London under the portraitist Thomas Hudson. He quickly became a prominent member of the Society of Artists exhibiting portraits in oil and pastel and attracting a number of prominent aristocratic patrons including the Duke of Manchester the Marquess of Granby and Lord Grosvenor for whom he painted some of his most controversial pictures. Urged by his patrons Peters painted a series of quasi-erotic character studies of courtesans which at that time were quite unusual in Britain. These controversial pictures were eagerly reproduced by industrious printmaker/publishers such as Smith and caused a flurry of curious customers to hurry to London print-shops. Following his ordination in 1781 Peters quickly denounced his early erotic pictures as immoral. Upon being appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Royal Academy Peters expressed a profound regret "that he ever devoted his talents to such subjects". With this in mind this picture becomes extremely interesting. In this work Peters continues to observe and appreciate charming subjects in fancy costumes but eliminates the erotic overtones present in his earlier works. Instead he has chosen to depict an age-old moral subject fortune-telling an institution in western art since the Renaissance. This print which is expertly engraved by one of the finest eighteenth century printmakers is a fascinating view into a turbulent period in Peters' life when he struggled to produce images that would appeal to his viewers while remaining true to his moral beliefs. D'Oench Copper into Gold: Prints by John Raphael Smith 1751-1812 p. 224 No. 274; Smith Catalogue No. 135 & 136; Ackermann 1802 p. 9 described as companion prints; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits Ward 97 Smith 186; Frankau An 18th Century Artist and Engraver: John Raphael Smith 146. Published by J. R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street unknown

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Abramovitch, Raphael (Editor)ABAA

Di Farshvundene Velt -- The Vanished World

1947Best.-Nr. 28251New York: Forward Association 1947. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Oblong 4to. 575pp. 21 x 27 cm. Red cloth with woodcut-illustrated paste-down and gold lettering. Illustrated title-page. This 1947 publication is the finest photographic documentary of Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the 1920's and 30's. It has never been superseded. In addition to choosing from some thousands of postcards and family photographs submitted by readers of the Yiddish "Daily Forward" the editors were able to reproduce images previously published in the Forward's Rotogravure section by the photographers Alter Kacyzna and M. Kipnis. Additionally the now famous images of Roman Vishniak were first presented to the public in this work. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. In two parts: 1 Jewish Cities. 2 Jewish People. Text in Yiddish and English. One of the most powerful photographic works on Eastern European Jewry ever published. Binding with some light sunning light staining extending slightly to the back cover and a sticker residue to the spine. A few tiny stains to the front cover. Book block tight with interior clean. Binding in very good interior in near fine condition overall. Protected in modern mylar. "In presenting this book to our readers we intend to give them the picture of the Jewish world in Eastern Europe as it existed during the 1920's and 1930's previous to the Second World War. This world does not exist any longer. It is a vanished world the world of East European Jewry that world in which for centuries the greatest concentration of Jewish people in history lived and worked. On the eve of the Second World War over seven million Jews resided in that part of Eastern Europe which was swept by Hitler's divisions in the years 1939-45. If we also include sections of Southern and Western Europe the Balkans Italy France Belgium Holland and Scandinavia the Jewish population under Nazi rule may be estimated at approximately 7.8 million persons. More than 9400000 Jews lived in the whole of Europe in 1939. Only about 3700000 are left now including the "Displaced Persons" in the UNRRA camps and those repatriated from Soviet Russia and Poland. Five million of these were exterminated in the death camps and the ghettos. About seven hundred thousand perished from starvation deportation epidemics and as a result of military operations. The East European period of Jewish history ended in the greatest catastrophe known to mankind." Raphael Abramovitch was a 20th century Russian Jewish political activist. As a Marxist he was part of the Jewish Bund. He took part in the Russian Revolution on the side of the Mensheviks. After the Bolshevik victory he fled to Germany France and eventually to the United States. Abramovitch was a vocal opponent of both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Forward Association hardcover books