RAINER, WALTER. Israel in Karikatur und Satire nach authentischen Quellen des jüdischen Altertums [“Israel in Caricature and Satire According to Authentic Sources of Jewish Antiquities.”]

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 39
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RAINER, WALTER. Israel in Karikatur und Satire nach authentischen Quellen des jüdischen Altertums [“Israel in Caricature and Satire According to Authentic Sources of Jewish Antiquities.”]

FIRST EDITION. German. With multicolor illustrations pp. (4), 207, (1). Title and first leaf tape-repaired. Lightly browned. Original boards. 4to

Dresden: Max Otto Grub c.1930

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $700
Uncommon. The author scans the entire Biblical literature with an eye to portraying Jews in a negative light. The caricatures presage official Nazi propaganda that would become commonplace in this era when Julius Streicher presided over German culture