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Date:: 1822
Description:: Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). In German, the text reads : --Polckwitzer: "Lydie - meine Tochter - mein Haupt-Capital - mein Alles! Da staiht ä Mann, ä talentvoller Mann, ä geschickter Mann, ä reicher Mann, ä theurer Freund! Er will haben deine kunstreiche Hand, deine schaine Stimme, deinen witzigen Kopf, deine angenehme Manieren, deine vortreffliche Person - er will dich heirothen, - Wirst de sogen Nein?" In English, the text reads : -- Polckwitzer: "Lydia - my daughter - my capital asset - my everything! There stands a man, a talented man, a clever man, a rich man, a loyal friend! He would like to have your artful hand, your beautiful voice, your witty mind, your pleasant manner, your excellent character - he wants to marry you, - Will you say no?"

Date:: 1819
Description:: Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Etching by Johann Michael Voltz. In German, the text reads : "Gaih! Gaih! - Loss dich tretten von de Leit, loss dich warfen aus de Stuben, loss dich verklagen bey de Gerichte, loss dich setzen ins Hundeloch, loss dich binden mit Strick und Ketten, loss dich martern halb taud! Aber du musst doch werden raich!" In English, the text reads : "Go! Go! Let yourself be stepped on by people, let yourself be thrown out of rooms, let yourself be denounced to the courts, let yourself be pushed into kennels, let yourself be bound with cords and chains, let yourself be martyred half to death! But you must become rich!"

Date:: 1885
Description:: Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Chief Rabbi of Kovno.

Date:: 1911
Description:: Black-and-white etching depicting reading from the Torah. Signed by the artist Hermann Struck. The text reads : "Blessed be He, who in His holiness gave the Torah to his people Israel."

Description:: Color lithograph depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. Published Cologne: Wolf Topilowsky, London: Topilowsky u. Schapiro.

Description:: Black-and-white engraved portrait of Rabbi Moses Sofer, Chief Rabbi of Pressburg.

Description:: Color lithographed portrait of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor. Printed in Germany.

Date:: 1705
Description:: Black-and-white engraving of the old Jewish cemetery in Fürth. Engraving by Johann Alexander Böner.

Date:: 1873
Description:: Program for the inauguration of the synagogue in Zabrze on April 2, 1873, including a lithograph of the exterior of the synagogue on the cover. Published Gleiwitz: Reinhard David.

Description:: Rosh Hashanah card with a color illustration of the exterior of the New Synagogue in Berlin.

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