Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familienleben [“Pictures of Old Jewish Family Life.”]

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 217

OPPENHEIM, MORITZ.

Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familienleben [“Pictures of Old Jewish Family Life.”]

Complete set of twenty plates. Foreword by Leopold Stein Ex-library with some light wear, though all plates clean, few leaves misbound. Original elaborate gilt- and color-pictorial cloth by Knauer, rebacked, extremities rubbed. Folio

Frankfurt a/Main: Heinrich Keller 1886

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

Delightful album depicting a wonderfully romanticized view of 18th century German-Jewish life and custom