Micrographic Notebook – "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and Song of Songs – Poland, 1932

Micrographic Notebook – "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and Song of Songs – Poland, 1932
Passages from the book "Di Yissurim fun dem Yungen Verther" [Yiddish translation of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Goethe] and from the Song of Songs, copied into a notebook in elegant hand in various micrographic patterns. Made by Yechiel Rosenbaum, Żelechów, 1932. Yiddish and Hebrew.
Inscribed by Rosenbaum on the title page, beneath the title and the author's name which are written in elegant hand: "A souvenir! For you: my friend Yehuda Lederman! From me Yechiel Rosenbaum. Żelechów, February 11, 1932" (Hebrew).
The following leaf features a micrographic portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, made of the first passages of "The Sorrows of Young Werther". Followed by selected passages, written in Rosenbaum's tiny, elegant handwriting – some in blocs of text forming geometrical shapes and different objects, and some decorated with ornate borders or illustrations.
A micrography comprising most of the scroll of Song of Songs, decorated on both its sides with palm trees, also by Rosenbaum, appears towards the end of the notebook.
The rest of the notebook was used by Yehuda Lederman, the receiver of the gift, or by one of his family members to collect important paper items, document events, and more; including a Polish translation of Chaim Nachman Bialik's poem "Lo Herani Elohim" ("God has not Shown Me"), handwritten and dated 1935; a letter by Yehudit, a member of a training group in Zagnańsk, Poland, addressed to Aryeh [Lederman], 1931; a memorial inscription (Yiddish) written by Chava Lederman in memory of her friend Nissan Brun, Tel Aviv, 1940; and more. Numerous stamps reading "A. Lederman".
Notebook: 17X22 cm. Good-fair condition. Loose gatherings. Tears to edges of several leaves. Several leaves partly detached. Creases. Stains. Tears and blemishes to binding.