JACOBS, JOSEPH and LUCIEN WOLF. Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $2,800

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author

(JEWISH ART)

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F. Haes

Place

London

Publication

1888

Description

ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES (“Edition de Luxe.”) 28 photographic plates by Frank Haes. Opening title inscribed: “With the Hon. Secs’ Kind Regards. Dec. 1st 1894.” A Fine Copy

references

W.L. Gross, Catalogue of Catalogues, in: Journal of Jewish Art (1979) vol. VI, p.134 no.3; Mayer 1156

summary

Monumental catalogue of this justifiably famous and pioneering exhibition. “It marked an epoch in the history of Jewish collecting and the development of the study of Jewish ritual art. (The) elaborate catalogue...is even today one of the most desirable works in this field.” C. Roth, Introduction: Catalogue of the Jewish Museum London (1974)

pp.xxvi, 214. Contemporary boards with morocco spin-label. Sm. folio

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