Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition

AUCTION 1 | Thursday, November 14th, 1996 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 194

(JEWISH ART). JACOBS, JOSEPH and LUCIEN WOLF.

Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition

ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES (“Edition de Luxe.”) 28 photographic plates by Frank Haes Modern half-morocco, gilt, a.e.g., sm. folio Mayer 1156; W.L. Gross, Catalogue of Catalogues, in: Journal of Jewish Art (1979) vol. VI, p.134 no.3

London: F. Haes 1888

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Monumental catalogue of this justifiably famous and pioneering exhibition. “It marked an epoch in the history of Jewish collecting and the development of the study of Jewish ritual art...(The) elaborate catalogue...is even today one of the most desirable works in this field.” C. Roth, Introduction: Catalogue of the Jewish Museum London (see lot )