The Esther Scroll.
Wiesemann, Falk.
Published by Koln: Taschen., 2012
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Hardcover
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Open-sided walnut veneer display case containing a facsimile scroll on two wooden rollers. Case measures 16 1/2 by 9 by 7 1/2 inches. Scroll measures over 21 feet when unwound. Commentary volume in brown cloth, oblong folio, 144, 39pp. with text in English, German and French. Illustrated in color. Limited edition of 1746 copies produced. This is an out-of-series copy for review and is numbered "0000". It came from the archives of the Limited Editions Club. The scroll in this edition contains the text of the Book of Esther produced by a Jewish artist-scribe of the 18th century. The case is in very good condition with some light scratching and wear to the case top. The scroll itself is in excellent condition and in good working order. The cloth volume is very good with minor wear. Foreign postage on this heavy item will be extra and expensive. Seller Inventory # 12196
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Title: The Esther Scroll.
Publisher: Koln: Taschen.
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Esther Scroll
Published by
Benedikt Taschen, 2015
New
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition Thus . New condition, straight from the publisher. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being currently only two copies available and beginning at $1,100. Esther was a real mensch. Spectacular books need spectacular homes and loving hands. The Book of Esther and the Song of Songs are the only two books of the Hebrew Bible that do not mention God--not even once. Esther's book mentions feasts more than two dozen times, spirituality and salvation are implied in spades but not mentioned. The Book of Esther has a supremely complicated and fascinating history to it. It is known also as "The Scroll," a book in the third section of the Hebrew Bible, one of the five scrolls to be found in it and portions of which were absorbed into the "Christian" Old Testament. A Jewish woman born as Hadassah in Persia, she came to be known as Esther, she becomes Queen of Persia, and she averts disaster for her people. Esther's story, passed down orally and eventually put down onto a scroll, became the fulcrum of the Jewish festival of Purim, which duly and justly celebrates the existence and thriving of the Jews in Persia in the 5th century B.C.E. under the King Xerxes I. This exemplar is a First Edition thus, a Special Limited Edition of the Esther Scroll, based upon the manuscript scroll held by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover, Germany. That scroll dates to somewhere between 1740 and 1746, and it measures over 20 feet in length. Lavishly illustrated and containing a contemporary German version of the story of Esther, the biblical scholar Falk Wiesemann has provided compelling evidence that the artist of the so-called Hanover Scroll of Esther was Wolf Leib Katz Poppers. Popper was a Jewish scribe and illustrator from Hildesheim.Plentiful images are available on request. This exemplar was produced from a copy that "was produced for a member of a small, affluent community of Turkish Jews who, after 1718, were permitted to live and trade freely in Vienna, while still remaining subjects of the Sultan of Turkey." This Limited Edition of only 1,746 copies was published by Taschen, Koln, Germany, from 2015, this being #0357, and it comprises a facsimile scroll housed in a handcrafted walnut-veneer display case. This copy provides a continuous text over 21 feet in length, one that unfurls from right to left from a leather-bound cylinder. It comes with a clothbound and gilt-edged commentary volume by Falk Wiesemann, truly a scholar extraordinaire. From the publisher, "Falk Wiesemann studied history and German language and literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. From 1979 to 2009 he taught at the Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf and was Professor of Modern History. He is a specialist in German-Jewish history, the history of Jewish books and 20th-century German social history." Complete with an introductory essay, the biblical text of the Book of Esther. It is an extraordinary book and Book. It is produced in quadrulingual fashion, too, featuring English, French, German and Hebrew. Added in is a fold-out sheet with an overview of all the illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Seller Inventory # 356960
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The Esther Scroll of 1746 - Facsimile, almost 21 feet long - NEW
Published by
Publisher Taschen America Llc, Los Angeles, 2013
ISBN 10: 3836517787
ISBN 13: 9783836517782
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
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Scroll in wooden case. Condition: NEW in original box. First edition, limited to 1746 copies. NEW in publisher's original box -unopened. --- --- --- --- Taschen America, 2013, text in English, German, French, Hebrew. Limited Collector's Edition of 1,746 copies, with a gilt-edged commentary volume. Facsimile scroll almost 21 feet long, in a handcrafted walnut-veneer display case 23 x 13 inches (64.2x33.5 cm), 16.3 pounds (6.4 kg), -- Please ask for shipping cost before ordering -- Richly illustrated continuous text, 6.5 m (over 21 ft) long, unfurls right to left from a leather-bound cylinder -- Clothbound and gilt-edged commentary volume by Falk Wiesemann contains an introductory essay, the biblical text of the Book of Esther in four languages and a fold-out sheet with an overview of all the illustrations with commentary volume by Falk Wiesemann in English, German, Hebrew and French, 194 pages --- A publishing triumph, this reproduction of the Esther Scroll, held by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover, is a richly illustrated continuous text. The original manuscript, measuring almost 7 meters long, forms the core and heart of the Jewish festival of Purim and is a unique artifact depicting the story of Esther in contemporary German, the only one of its kind. Delivered in a handcrafted walnut-veneer display case, this is a truly divine reading experience. --- Scrolling through history: A true discovery: The Esther Scroll of 1746. The use of scrolls dates back to ancient times, and one of the best known examples in history is the Esther scroll, or Hebrew megillah, which is devoted solely to the story of Queen Esther and is read on the feast of Purim. An uninhibitedly joyful festival, Purim celebrates the salvation of the Jews in the Persian empire of the 5th century under the rule of King Xerxes I. The word Purim is derived from the Hebrew "pur," meaning "lot," and refers to the fact that the Persian minister Haman determined by lot the time that all Jews should be destroyed. This circumstance, related in the Hebrew Bibles Book of Esther, is publicly read out from the megillah in the synagogue at Purim.TASCHENs facsimile of the Esther scroll is a major achievement in publishing history. It is produced from the very fine manuscript scroll held by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover, dated 1746 and measuring 6.5 meters long; this particular megillah is stunning not only in terms of its lavish illuminations but also because it contains a contemporary German version of the story of Esther. For many centuries, the creator of the Hanover scroll was unknown. Piecing together information from various sources, and performing his own stylistic analysis of this and other works of art from the period, author Falk Wiesemann recently made an enthralling discovery: the artist of the Hanover scroll was Wolf Leib Katz Poppers, a Jewish scribe and illustrator from Hildesheim.Limited edition of only 1,746 copiesFacsimile scroll in a handcrafted walnut veneer display caseRichly illustrated, continuous text, 6.5 m (over 21 ft) long, unfurls right to left from a leather-bound cylinderCloth-bound and gilt-edged commentary volume by Falk Wiesemann contains an introductory essay, the biblical text of the Book of Esther in four languages and a fold-out sheet with an overview of all the illustrations. Seller Inventory # 1746dil
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