Collection de M. Strauss. Description des Objets D’Art Religieux Hebraiques Exposes dans les Galeries du Trocadero, a l’Exposition Universelle de 1878

(JEWISH ART)

Poissy

1878

Twelve engraved plates. 82 items described. Text by Georges Stenne

Mayer 1950.

The first catalogue describing an exhibition of Jewish ceremonial art. This remarkable collection, containing many important objects, belonged to Joseph Strauss, a noted French musician and conductor. It was exhibited as part of the Universal Exhibition of 1878 held in Paris. Later the collection was purchased by the Rothschild family and donated to the Musée Cluny, Paris. See W.L. Gross, Catalogue of Catalogues, in: Journal of Jewish Art (1979) vol. VI, p.133 no.1