Eigentliche Beschreibung…der Gottesdienstlichen…der Juden.

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 370

PICART, BERNARD.

Eigentliche Beschreibung…der Gottesdienstlichen…der Juden.

Twelve engraved plates (one double-page) depicting twenty scenes of Jewish ceremony and custom as practiced in 18th century Amsterdam. Text in German. Title in red and black. pp.80. Double-page plate taped with clean tear at fold, few inconspicuous stains. Later calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. Folio Cf. Rubens 438-57

Zurich: 1739

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

The consignor, who migrated to the United States from Frankfurt a/Main, relates he received this volume in 1934, as a Bar-Mitzvah gift from Eric Stiebel, later chairman of the internationally renowned art gallery, Rosenberg & Stiebel.