Vihar, Béla (ed.)
Cover design and the linocut illustrations by Shraga Weil. Only edition. In original illustrated hard paper. With the original white dust cover. 216 p. One of the earliest book about the Hungarian Holocaust. Published by Hechaluc (Hehalutz), the Zionist resistant movement, whose legendary headquarters was located at the Üvegház (Glasshouse) in Budapest, a former glass-store. During the Holocaust about 3000 people found shelter there and it was the center for producing fake identification documents to save Hungarian Jews from persecution. Shraga Weil (Ferenc Ferdinánd; 1918-2009) was a Hungarian born Israeli painter. He studied at the Academy of Art in Prague and École des Beaux Arts in Paris. During WWII he was active in the Zionist underground movement in Budapest, working in the workshop for forging documents. After the war he sailed for Palestine on an illegal immigrant ship and became a member of Kibbutz Ha'ogen where he lived until his death. In 1959 Weil was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for painting. He created the doors of the main entrance to the Knesset building and the President's residence in Jerusalem. Weil painted the wooden panels in the Israeli Hall at the Kennedy Center. Sándor Groszmann (Alexander Grossmann, Ben Erec; 1909-2003) was a journalist and publisher, one of the main activists of the Hungarian Zionist movement and co-founder of "Hashomer Hatzair" in Hungary. He was one of the leaders at the "Glasshouse". "When the argument arose about whether to absorb more Jews into the 'Glass House' as they might endanger the lives of those already living there, he said: 'For the sake of one hundred thousand Jews it is worth to endanger our own lives'". (Gur, D.; 2007). After the liberation he was the secretary of JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) in Budapest and member of the board of the Hungarian Zionist Association and of the "Eretz-Israel" office. In 1949 he left Hungary and after living in Austria and Israel he settled down in Switzerland where he started to publish books and the periodical "JövÅ" (Future). [Bibl.: Gur, D.: Brothers for Resistance and Rescue. The Underground Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary during Word War II. Jerusalem-New York, 2007; Cohen, A.: The Halutz Resistance in Hungary, 1942-1944. New York, 1986.] . In original illustrated hard paper. With the original white dust cover
Vihar, Béla (ed.)
Cover design and the linocut illustrations by Shraga Weil. Only edition. In original illustrated hard paper. With the original white dust cover. 216 p. One of the earliest book about the Hungarian Holocaust. Published by Hechaluc (Hehalutz), the Zionist resistant movement, whose legendary headquarters was located at the Üvegház (Glasshouse) in Budapest, a former glass-store. During the Holocaust about 3000 people found shelter there and it was the center for producing fake identification documents to save Hungarian Jews from persecution. Shraga Weil (Ferenc Ferdinánd; 1918-2009) was a Hungarian born Israeli painter. He studied at the Academy of Art in Prague and École des Beaux Arts in Paris. During WWII he was active in the Zionist underground movement in Budapest, working in the workshop for forging documents. After the war he sailed for Palestine on an illegal immigrant ship and became a member of Kibbutz Ha'ogen where he lived until his death. In 1959 Weil was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for painting. He created the doors of the main entrance to the Knesset building and the President's residence in Jerusalem. Weil painted the wooden panels in the Israeli Hall at the Kennedy Center. Sándor Groszmann (Alexander Grossmann, Ben Erec; 1909-2003) was a journalist and publisher, one of the main activists of the Hungarian Zionist movement and co-founder of "Hashomer Hatzair" in Hungary. He was one of the leaders at the "Glasshouse". "When the argument arose about whether to absorb more Jews into the 'Glass House' as they might endanger the lives of those already living there, he said: 'For the sake of one hundred thousand Jews it is worth to endanger our own lives'". (Gur, D.; 2007). After the liberation he was the secretary of JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) in Budapest and member of the board of the Hungarian Zionist Association and of the "Eretz-Israel" office. In 1949 he left Hungary and after living in Austria and Israel he settled down in Switzerland where he started to publish books and the periodical "JövÅ" (Future). [Bibl.: Gur, D.: Brothers for Resistance and Rescue. The Underground Zionist Youth Movement in Hungary during Word War II. Jerusalem-New York, 2007; Cohen, A.: The Halutz Resistance in Hungary, 1942-1944. New York, 1986.] . In original illustrated hard paper. With the original white dust cover
Erasmus, Desiderius
First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two clasps (upper one partly missing). Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg. 8º; Sign.: a-y8 z4 A8 [last blank]; ff. 185 [3 (last blank)]. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John. Between 1517 and 1523 Erasmus composed and published his monument project, a commentary on all New Testament books (except Revelation) in the form of a paraphrase. In the present volume, Paraphrase on John, (first published in 1523[?]) Erasmus advocates a new Christianity, "the philosophy of Christ", and implicitly criticizes the clergy of his own age. A scarce edition, USTC locates only six copies in Germany (5) and Belgium (1), and RBH recorded 3 copies within the last 100 years. USTC 625980. Title page with architectural woodcut border. Two 16th-century possessor's inscriptions on the title page. The border of the title page, the first initial, and a few words of the dedication colored in red by a contemporary hand. Occasional notes, and chapter numbers at the upper corner in somewhat later gray ink. o1 and t3 torn at the margin. Binding somewhat rubbed at the extremities, the upper other corner of the front panel bumped. Overall in very good condition. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two clasps (upper one partly missing). Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John.
Erasmus, Desiderius
First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two clasps (upper one partly missing). Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg. 8º; Sign.: a-y8 z4 A8 [last blank]; ff. 185 [3 (last blank)]. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John. Between 1517 and 1523 Erasmus composed and published his monument project, a commentary on all New Testament books (except Revelation) in the form of a paraphrase. In the present volume, Paraphrase on John, (first published in 1523[?]) Erasmus advocates a new Christianity, "the philosophy of Christ", and implicitly criticizes the clergy of his own age. A scarce edition, USTC locates only six copies in Germany (5) and Belgium (1), and RBH recorded 3 copies within the last 100 years. USTC 625980. Title page with architectural woodcut border. Two 16th-century possessor's inscriptions on the title page. The border of the title page, the first initial, and a few words of the dedication colored in red by a contemporary hand. Occasional notes, and chapter numbers at the upper corner in somewhat later gray ink. o1 and t3 torn at the margin. Binding somewhat rubbed at the extremities, the upper other corner of the front panel bumped. Overall in very good condition. n contemporary, richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands, two clasps (upper one partly missing). Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus' commentary on the Gospel of John.
(Tivadar Puskas)
First edition. In original paper. 48 p. One of the the earliest publication about "Telephone announcer", the immediate predecessor of radio. On February 15, 1893, the world's first telephone announcer spoke from the studio at 6 Magyar utca in Budapest's 5th district. The essence of the invention was to distribute a speaker's voice, multiplying it, between listening devices of their choice. The broadcasting studio and the Budapest network were soon established, which was independent of the already existing telephone lines and devices. This is how the "Telephone Announcer" appeared for the first time in the world (1893), the immediate predecessor of radio. Tivadar Puskás (1844-1893) was decisive in the life of the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia, where Alexander Graham Bell presented his new invention, the telephone. From there, Puskás' path led to the great genius of the era, Thomas Alva Edison, in whose laboratory he worked for almost a year in Menlo Park. He played an important role in the establishment of the Boston telephone exchange, and then, on behalf of Edison, he also supervised the construction of the London and Paris exchanges. Most historians of science dispute the decisive role of Puskás in the development of the operating principle of the telephone exchange, saying that there is no trace of this in The Edison Papers archive, and no such reference was found in the correspondence between Edison and Puskás. At the same time, it is a fact that in 1911, during his trip to Hungary, Edison gave Puskás' sister-in-law a dedicated portrait in which he called the Hungarian inventor the first in the world to "invent the idea of the telephone exchange"
(Tivadar Puskas)
First edition. In original paper. 48 p. One of the the earliest publication about "Telephone announcer", the immediate predecessor of radio. On February 15, 1893, the world's first telephone announcer spoke from the studio at 6 Magyar utca in Budapest's 5th district. The essence of the invention was to distribute a speaker's voice, multiplying it, between listening devices of their choice. The broadcasting studio and the Budapest network were soon established, which was independent of the already existing telephone lines and devices. This is how the "Telephone Announcer" appeared for the first time in the world (1893), the immediate predecessor of radio. Tivadar Puskás (1844-1893) was decisive in the life of the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia, where Alexander Graham Bell presented his new invention, the telephone. From there, Puskás' path led to the great genius of the era, Thomas Alva Edison, in whose laboratory he worked for almost a year in Menlo Park. He played an important role in the establishment of the Boston telephone exchange, and then, on behalf of Edison, he also supervised the construction of the London and Paris exchanges. Most historians of science dispute the decisive role of Puskás in the development of the operating principle of the telephone exchange, saying that there is no trace of this in The Edison Papers archive, and no such reference was found in the correspondence between Edison and Puskás. At the same time, it is a fact that in 1911, during his trip to Hungary, Edison gave Puskás' sister-in-law a dedicated portrait in which he called the Hungarian inventor the first in the world to "invent the idea of the telephone exchange"
