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Auction archive: Lot number 56

HAGGADAH]. SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951, illustrator). The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939.

Auction 08.10.2001
8 Oct 2001 - 9 Oct 2001
Estimate
US$9,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$16,450
Auction archive: Lot number 56

HAGGADAH]. SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951, illustrator). The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939.

Auction 08.10.2001
8 Oct 2001 - 9 Oct 2001
Estimate
US$9,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$16,450
Beschreibung:

HAGGADAH]. SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951, illustrator). The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939. Large 4 o (280 x 237 mm). Text in Hebrew and English, printed in variously colored inks; 14 full-page and numerous smaller color halftone reproductions of Szyk's drawings including decorative initials, vignettes and border decorations. Original blue crushed morocco elaborately gilt, covers tooled with image of a Hebrew prophet after Szyk, spine gilt in 7 compartments, gilt lettered in two, turn-ins gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, silk doublures printed with a monochromatic illustration of Moses supporting the Ten Commandments; original three-quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 28 May 1974. LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 29 OF 125 VELLUM COPIES SIGNED BY SZYK AND ROTH for sale in the British Empire.

Auction archive: Lot number 56
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 2001 - 9 Oct 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

HAGGADAH]. SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951, illustrator). The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939. Large 4 o (280 x 237 mm). Text in Hebrew and English, printed in variously colored inks; 14 full-page and numerous smaller color halftone reproductions of Szyk's drawings including decorative initials, vignettes and border decorations. Original blue crushed morocco elaborately gilt, covers tooled with image of a Hebrew prophet after Szyk, spine gilt in 7 compartments, gilt lettered in two, turn-ins gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, silk doublures printed with a monochromatic illustration of Moses supporting the Ten Commandments; original three-quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 28 May 1974. LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 29 OF 125 VELLUM COPIES SIGNED BY SZYK AND ROTH for sale in the British Empire.

Auction archive: Lot number 56
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 2001 - 9 Oct 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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