Lucien Vogel (Ed.) Témoignages de notre Temps - Les Juifs [“Witness to our Time - The Jews.”]

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 45
(PHOTOGRAPHY).

Lucien Vogel (Ed.) Témoignages de notre Temps - Les Juifs [“Witness to our Time - The Jews.”]

Text in French, including writings by Einstein, Chaim Weizman, Sholom Asch, Ernst Renan and others. Featuring <<hundreds of black-and-white photogravures>> (many full page) including a stunning series on the Jews in Palestine by <<Helmar Lerski.>> La Société Anonyme Les Illustrés Français, 1933 pp. 102. Worn, fore-edges of opening few leaves frayed. Lacking pictorial wrappers, spine crudely taped. Sm. 4to.

Paris:

Est: $300 - $500
See Open Book, 98. Scarce edition of the magazine edited by noted French photographer and publisher Lucien Vogel, a tribute and illustrated survey of Jewish life and culture in various European countries, including the spectre of rising anti-Semitism. <<Featuring exceptional photographs, including early images by Man Ray and André Kertész.>>