These two images are from an astounding collection of mostly printed Judaica that is for sale at Sotheby's . http://www.sothebys.com/ The sale is taking place this Thursday. Jack Lunzer a dealer in industrial diamonds amassed this collection that chronicles the history of the printing of Jewish books. Sotheby's arranged this massive collection partially on shelves organized by city of printing with shelves reaching up to the 20 foot ceilings. The exhibit sort of replicates the sense one has seeing these books in the home of their collector. I went to the exhibit partially just for the pleasure of seeing and also because I have an invitation commission. The invitations is to have the look of old Jewish illuminated manuscripts. I had worked out a couple of decorative elements. I wanted to be sure that I was on the right track. As I wandered through, I looked at old Haggadot , volumes of the Talmud, broadsheets and was sort of delighted to see that the inexpensive student edi...
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