Die Bücher der Bibel - Prospekt und Urteile [“The Books of the Bible - Prospectus and Opinions.”]

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 253

LILEN, E.M.

Die Bücher der Bibel - Prospekt und Urteile [“The Books of the Bible - Prospectus and Opinions.”]

FIRST EDITION. Profuse illustrations by Lilien pp. 48. Original illustrated wrappers in black and maroon, front wrapper tape repaired, trace foxed. 12mo

Braunschweig: George Westermann, n.d. (circa 1910)

Est: $100 - $150

PRICE REALIZED $300

Ephraim Moses Lilien was born in Drohobycz, Galicia in 1874 and died in Badenweiler, Germany in 1925. An iconographer in the German art nouveau style, his illustrations of Die Bücher der Bibel, bold and at times erotic, shocked readers of the time. See JE, Vol. VIII, p. 85; EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 239-240