Die Bücher der Bibel - Prospekt und Urteile [“The Books of the Bible - Prospectus and Opinions.”]

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $300

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

author

LILEN, E.M.

printer

George Westermann, n.d. (circa

Place

Braunschweig

Publication

1910)

Description

FIRST EDITION. Profuse illustrations by Lilien

summary

Ephraim Moses Lilien was born in Drohobycz, Galicia in 1874 and died in Badenweiler, Germany in 1925. An iconographer in the German art nouveau style, his illustrations of Die Bücher der Bibel, bold and at times erotic, shocked readers of the time. See JE, Vol. VIII, p. 85; EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 239-240

pp. 48. Original illustrated wrappers in black and maroon, front wrapper tape repaired, trace foxed. 12mo

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