Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-Leben. Plates only

Estimate: $800–$100
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

OPPENHEIM, MORITZ.

printer

Heinrich Keller

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1866?

Description

Twelve plates (all published) depicting charming images of 18th century German-Jewish life and custom

summary

Seemingly the very first portfolio, of what may have been the most popular Jewish book ever published in Germany. See I. Schorsch, Art as Social History: Oppenheim and the German Jewish Vision of Emancipation in: Israel Museum Catalogue, Moritz Oppenheim (1983) p.31

Loose as issued in two original printed cloth-backed portfolios (with publisher’s ads), some wear

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