{"title":"Judaica \u0026 Hebraica Catalogue 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eContent:\u003cbr\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/collections\/judaica-hebraica-catalogue-2025-zionism-palestine\"\u003eZionism \u0026amp; Palestine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/collections\/judaica-hebraica-catalogue-2025-anglo-judaica\"\u003eAnglo-Judaica\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/collections\/judaica-hebraica-catalogue-2025-prayer-books-bibles\"\u003ePrayer Books \u0026amp; Bibles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/collections\/judaica-hebraica-catalogue-2025-seforim\"\u003eSeforim\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/collections\/judaica-hebraica-catalogue-2025-art-haggadot\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Haggadot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/New_Judaica_Hebraica_Catalogue_2025.pdf?v=1741626752\" title=\"Buy Rare Judaica and Hebraica Catalogue | Shapero Rare Books\"\u003edownload e-catalogue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e► \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.us10.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=1f5b82db110eaa34e31f70c51\u0026amp;id=84f4d29866\" style=\"color: #f1592a;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esubscribe to our newsletter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"herzl-sechs-kongressreden-1914-89030","title":"Sechs Kongressreden. [Six Congress Addresses].","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ethe first collected edition of Herzl's six Zionist Congress Addresses\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first collection of Six Congress Addresses of Theodor Herzl. This private press edition of Herzl's speeches given at the first six Zionist World Congresses was published in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of his death and to coincide with the Leipzig Zionist Convention, which was held on 14th and 15th June 1914, where Salman Schocken (1877-1959), who as a publisher cooperated frequently with the Drugulin printing house, handed to each delegate a copy of this book. In 1915, Schocken, together with Martin Buber, had founded the Zionist journal 'Der Jude'. He built the Schocken Library in Jerusalem and bought the local newspaper 'Haaretz' in 1937. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe speeches included are as follows: First Congress Address, delivered in Basel, August 29th, 1897; Second Congress Address, delivered in Basel, August 28th, 1898; Third Congress Address, delivered in Basel, August 15th, 1899; Fourth Congress Address, delivered in London, August 13th, 1900; Fifth Congress Address, delivered in Basel, December 26th, 1901; Sixth Congress Address, delivered in Basel, August 23th, 1903.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, number 253 of an edition limited to 400; large 4to (27 x 21 cm); bibliophile printing on very fine paper imitating vellum, wide margins; original gilt-stamped boards, extremities a little worn, light spotting; text in German; 81, [2] pp. (the initial 2 blank).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"HERZL, Theodor.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546992927025,"sku":"89030","price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/89030_63751c27-d20b-490a-8b67-21d7f75daf8a.jpg?v=1780569398"},{"product_id":"alfred-stieglitz-the-steerage-1907-92035","title":"The Steerage.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003estieglitz's most iconic photograph\u003c\/h4\u003eIn June 1907, Stieglitz and his family sailed to Europe to visit relatives and friends. 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Printed in Paris by Atelier Arcay, a total of 584 copies of this Haggadah were printed, numbered for three editions of 180 each, with 27 A.P. (Artist's Proofs), 9 H.C. (Hors Commerce, as here) and an edition of 8 on vellum. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYaakov Agam (b. 1928) is an Israeli artist and sculptor based in Paris, best known for his contribution to Op Art and Kinetic Art. He had a retrospective exhibition in Paris at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1972, and at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1980, among others. His works are held in numerous museum collections including the MOMA, and he is the only Israeli artist who has been chosen to be included in the Centre Pompidou Mobile - the travelling museum exhibition of the Centre Pompidou (2012-2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis works are abstract and extremely colourful, many were placed in public spaces. 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