Scenes Familiales Juives / Yudishes Familienleben. Preface by Bernard Lazare.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,000

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

author

LEVY, ALPHONSE.

printer

circa

Place

Paris

Publication

1900

Description

Frontispiece and 21 charming plates of Alsatian Jewish life and custom, each captioned in French and (pidgin!)-Yiddish.

references

Not in Rubens

summary

For an interesting comparison between Levy and his contemporary Moritz Oppenheim, see N.L. Kleeblatt, "Illustrating Jewish Lifestyles on Opposite Banks of the Rhine: Alphonse Levy’s Alsatian Peasants and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim’s Frankfurt Burghers" in: Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 16/17 (1990/91) pp. 53-63.

Some wear. Original pictorial wrappers, chipped and repaired. Folio

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