Heimer, Ernst. Der Giftpilz. Ein Stürmerbuch für Jung und Alt ["The Poisonous Toadstool: A Book for Young and Old.”]

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 35

(ANTISEMITICA).

Heimer, Ernst. Der Giftpilz. Ein Stürmerbuch für Jung und Alt ["The Poisonous Toadstool: A Book for Young and Old.”]

17 grotesque color plates by the Stürmer illustrator “Fips” (pseudonym of Philipp Rupprecht). German Gothic text. pp. 64. Original linen-backed color pictorial covers, rear cover scratched. 4to.

Nürnberg: Stürmer-Verlag 1938

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,200

This infamous slick production issued by Gauleiter Julius Streicher, is illustrated with notorious imagery designed to inculcate children with extreme anti-Semitic values.