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01 [Copy Belonging to Jewish American Colonist Simon Gratz] Nikelsburger, JacobBiblio.com

KOL YA'AKOV. KOUL JACOB IN DEFENCE OF THE JEWISH RELIGION: CONTAINING THE ARGUMENTS OF THE REV. C.F. FREY ONE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS AND ANSWERS THERETO

1816ref. 43452New-York: Re-printed: For John Reid Bookseller 1816. Hardcover. First American edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 79 pages. 23 cm. In English with some Hebrew. Singerman 0260. Copy belonging to Simon Gratz 1773-1839 with his signature and date 1817 the year after publication on the front end paper and on the title page. The signature matches examples of his signature which can be seen online at www.kaplancollection.org/item/deed-simon-gratz-to-james-duncan-and-2b696467 The book then bears the donation bookplate of another later "Simon Gratz esq" 1837-1925 who was a prominent 19th-century Philadelphia lawyer educator and civic leader. The bookplate is from Gratz College which the later Simon Gratz helped found. Nikelsburger takes on an apostate Jew Rev. Frey who is intent on converting his former coreligionists to Christianity. In his opening letter to Frey Nikelsburger does not hold back: "In your eagerness to convert the Jews to your way of thinking you make no scruples of converting and perverting the prophets by turning their words to a meaning which you conceive to be best adapted to your purpose; and in doing this you make them not only flatly contradict each other but themselves also." "For American Jews Koul Jacob seemed an appropriate answer to Frey a Jewish convert to Christianity who had resumed his missionary activities shortly after his arrival in America. It was a well-tempered but firm refutation of Frey's arguments. Moreover its author was an English Jew and if American Christians were to take offense at it its European authorship distanced American Jews from it" Berlin G. Defending the Faith. Albany: SUNY 1979. "Simon Gratz 1773-1839 and Hyman Gratz 1776-1857 inherited their father's business. Their store was at the Graff House 7th & Market where Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. Both Simon and Hyman Gratz were treasurers of Mikveh Israel. They were among the founders of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Simon served in the Pennsylvania Volunteers during the war of 1812." www.ushistory.org/mikvehisrael Simon Gratz' sister was Rebecca Gratz 1781-1869 the founder of the first Jewish Sunday school in America and who was also "said to have been the model of Rebecca the daughter of the Jewish merchant Isaac of York who is the heroine in the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. Scott's attention had been drawn to Gratz's character by Washington Irving who was a close friend of the Gratz family" Wikipeida. In addition Simon Gratz was a participant in the famous US Supreme Court real estate case of 1848 Gratz Vs. Cohen see: Solis-Cohen J. "A FAMOUS FAMILY FIGHT ABOUT REAL ESTATE: GRATZ VS. COHEN." Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society no. 37 1947: 345-52. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43058341 . OCLC: 5192299A copy with no special assocation sold for $1000 with commissions at auction in 2005. Rear board detached light wear to boards some staining nice copy. Good Condition. RAB-58-16-MLDB. New-York: Re-printed: For John Reid, Bookseller hardcover

Dan Wyman Books · United States$1,200.00≈ €1,072.10

Frank SimonBiblio.com

Early Drag Queen Documentary The Queen Film Archive 1968

1968ref. 208421968. LGBTQ Drag Film & Entertainment Simon Frank. The Queen. New York: Grove Press. 1968. The Queen is a raw portrayal of the life of drag queens partaking in competitive drag shows in New York during the 1960s. Archive of 8 silver gelatin photographs containing stills from the film. The documentary was shown at Cannes and received positive American press for it's realism of an otherwise underrepresented group it has been referred to as the film that brought competitive drag to the public eye. The Queen follows and is narrated by Jack a 24 year old gay man who performs drag under the name Flawless Sabrina as he MC's the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. In between rehearsing and performing the contestants discuss topics such as draft boards sexual identity sex reassignment surgery transgender identities and being a drag queen. One contestant Pepper LaBeija recounts receiving a draft notice and being turned away because of his feminine appearance despite requesting to serve and protect his country. One photograph shows Jack as Flawless Sabrina in an extravagant feathered and jeweled outfit with a blonde updo and heavy makeup as he presents the contestants to the audience and judges of which included Andy Warhol and writers George Plimpton and Terry Southern. Other photographs show behind the stage in the fitting room of the other contestants preparing for their on stage debut to the public. Some performers wear tall beehive hairdos popular of the 1960s. One photograph shows a dolled up performer meticulously applying lipstick using a compact mirror. Another shows one of the performers getting fitted into their evening dress by another person. Minor edge and corner wear archive is overall in very good condition. At the time both drag and homosexual relations were illegal in New York State. This groundbreaking documentary was overlooked for many years until it was restored and screened once again in 2019. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · United States$1,200.00≈ €1,072.10

Frank SimonABAA

Early Drag Queen Documentary The Queen Film Archive 1968

Max Rambod Inc. · United States$1,200.00≈ €1,072.10

MIGER, Simon Charles (1736-1820) after Nicolas MARECHAL (1753-1803)Biblio.com

Camelus Dromedarius / Le Dromadaire

1800ref. 14404Paris: Printed by Langlois 1800. Rare colour-printed copper engraving on wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling minor foxing and a tiny nick at the edge of the right margin. A beautiful plate with stunning early colour from Lacépède's "La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" an important scholarly work and one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century French natural history illustration. A professor of zoology at the Museum of Natural History the French naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne Delaville Comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 was a versatile and precocious scholar who published a number of books on zoology physics and music. He was greatly influenced by the pioneering naturalist Georges Louis Marie Leclerc comte de Buffon whom he succeeded as Intendant at the Jardin du Roi which later became the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. During his tenure Lacépède completed a comprehensive study of amphibians and reptiles Historie Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens which was published as a supplement to Buffon's magnum opus on animal classification Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière. In 1800-1 he published the first edition of La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle a thorough survey of the various species of quadrupeds reptiles and amphibians in the impressive collection of the Museum of Natural History. This magnificent work was comprised of descriptive text written by Lacépède and his colleague Georges L. C. Baron Cuvier 1769-1832 as well as a number of finely rendered plates after the most eminent natural history artists of the period Nicolas Maréchal 1753-1803 Nicolas Huet 1770-1830 and Léon de Wailly 1801-1824. Painted from life on vellum these beautifully detailed illustrations faithfully captured the appearance of the wondrous animals in the Paris menagerie. A pupil of J. G. Wille and C. N. Cochin Simon Charles Miger was a royal academician and a talented engraver who executed numerous portraits and natural history plates. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs vol. 9 p. 611; Anker 275; BMNH IV p. 1517; Brunet III 725; Nissen ZBI 2353. Printed by Langlois unknown