Contract for the purchase of a seat in the women's gallery of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Seat paid for by Anselme Halphen.
This 1833 certificate designates Lion Barend Paerl, maternal great-great-great-grandfather of Vera Nathans, as the president of the Nederlandsche Israelitische Hoofd-Synagoge te Amsterdam.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Lelio Cantoni, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish universities of Piedmont. Lithograph by D. Festa after a drawing by Petronilla.
Black-and-white lithograph of Jews from Algiers. Lithograph after a drawing by R. Jungmann. From Costumes, moeurs et usages des Algériens by R. Jungmann, published Strasbourg: J. Bernard.
Color lithograph of "Death to the Jew" from La danse des morts à Bâle de Holbein / Basler Todtentanz von Hans Holbein by Hieronymus Hess, published Basel: Hasler & Cie. In German, the text reads : --Der Tod zum Juden: "Hujum, Jud! mach dich auf die Fahrt; / Dein's Messiä hast zu lang g'wart: / Christum, welchen ihr habt ermördt, / War der recht, ihr habt lang geirrt." --Antwort des Juden: "Ein Rabbi war ich der Geschrift, / Zog aus der Bibel nur das Gift: / Gar wenig nach Messiam tracht, / Hatt' mehr auf Schätz und Wucher Acht." In English, the text reads : --Death to the Jew: "Up, Jew, and take the common gate, / In vain you for Messiah wait; / Christ, whom, you slew, was He indeed, / You've follow'd long a hopeless creed." The Jew's reply: "As Rabbi long the law I knew, / But poison from its pages drew; / Messiah had few charms for me, / My faith was Gold and Usury."
Black-and-white engraving of Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. Engraving by William Finden after a drawing by J. M. W. Turner from a sketch by Archibald Edmonstone. From Landscape illustrations of the Bible, consisting of views of the most remarkable places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, published London: John Murray.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From Meyer's Universum, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde, published Hildburghausen: Bibliogr. Instit.
Black-and-white wood engraving of Jewish high priests in their vestments. From The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior, translated by William Whiston, published Baltimore: Armstrong & Berry.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish celebration in Algeria. From Voyage pittoresque dans la Régence d’Alger by Émile-Aubert Lessore and William Wyld. Printed and published Paris: Charles Motte.
Hand-colored engraving of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. Engraving by Giuseppe Bramati. From Descrizione della Palestina, o, storia del vangelo by Giulio Ferrario, published Milan: Milano, Società tipog. de' classici italiani.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Frontispiece to The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior… translated by William Whiston, published Baltimore: Armstrong & Berry.
Color offset print reproduction of the original location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Elm Street. After a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis. Text originally published in The New-York Mirror.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. Published in the January 12, 1839, edition of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the 1822 building of Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Lithograph by Jules-Robert-Pierre-Joseph Challamel after an original drawing by the Marquis de Villeneuve. Published in L'Artiste.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. Published in the January 5, 1839, edition of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the interior of the Istanbuli Synagogue in Jerusalem. Engraving by James C. Redaway after a drawing by J. Salmon. From Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated, Volume 3, by John Carne. Published London & Paris : Fisher, Son & Co.
Black-and-white engraving depicting people from Poland, including a Jewish man. Engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso. From Il costume antico e moderno, ovvero storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni, Europe, Volume 8, by Giulio Ferrario, published Torino: Alessandro Fontana, 1829-1833.
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish man and woman from Poland. Engraving by Antonio Verico after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. From Storia della Polonia : fino agli ultimi tempi by Bernard Zaydler, published Firenze: V. Batelli.
Black-and-white engraving of Jews from Poland. From France militaire. Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer de 1792 à 1833., Volume 3, by Abel Hugo.
Hand-colored lithograph of a merchant from Kaluga with his wife shown in both summer and winter clothes. From Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger after a painting by Johann Christoph Frisch. From Bildnisse der berühmtesten Menschen aller Völker und Zeiten, published Zwickau: Gebr. Schumann.
Black-and-white engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. After a drawying by Luigi Mayer. From A series of twenty-four views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, published London: R. Bowyer & M. Parkes.
Hand-colored engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. Engraving by Giuseppe Carocci. From Aggiunte all'opera Il costume antico e moderno di tutti i popoli, cogli analoghi disegni, Volume 1, by Giulio Ferrario, published Firenze: V. Batelli.
Black-and-white engraving of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. After a drawing by Luigi Mayer. From A series of twenty-four views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, published London: R. Bowyer & M. Parkes.
Black-and-white steel engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Engraving by Robert Lunn. Frontispiece to The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior… translated by William Whiston, published Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press for Thomas Nelson and Peter Brown.
Sheet music for "La juive : romance dramatique," words by H. T. Poisson (pseud. Charles de Warwille); music by Auguste-Mathieu Panseron, published Paris: Maurice Schlesinger.
Black-and-white steel engraved portrait of rabbi and scholar Moses Edrehi. Engraving by J. C. Hunter. From The book of miracles by Moses Edrehi, published London: Printed for the author.
Engraving after Rembrandt's painting A Seated Man with a Stick. Engraving by John Burnet. Published London: For the Associated Engravers, by Mr. John Pye.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish women from Algiers. Lithograph printed Paris: E. Ardit. From Atlas de l’aperçu historique, statistique et topographique sur l’état d’Alger : a l’usage de l’ármée expéditionnaire d’Afrique, published Paris: Ch. Picquet.
Hand-colored lithograph depicting a Jewish man and two Jewish women from Algiers. From Voyage dans la régence d'Alger; ou, Description du pays occupé par l'armée française en Afrique by Claude Antoine Rozet, published Paris: Arthus Bertrand.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the interior of the Istanbuli Synagogue in Jerusalem. Engraving by James C. Redaway after a drawing by J. Salmon. From Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated, Volume 3, by John Carne. Published London & Paris : Fisher, Son & Co.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the crossing of the Red Sea. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the plague of darkness, the ninth of the ten plagues of Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the Israelites leaving Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by David Roberts. Published Paris: Leclere, Boulevard Poissonnière, 29.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Main Synagogue of Fürth, known as the Altschul, which was built in 1616-1617. Engraving by Gerson Löwensohn.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exterior of the Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest. Lithograph by Carl Graf Vasquez. From Topographie der königl. ungarischen freyen Städte Ofen und Pesth von Carl Graf Vasquez.