Joseph Jacobs & Lucien Wolf. Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(JEWISH CEREMONIAL ART).

printer

F. Haes

Place

London

Publication

1888

Description

ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES (“Edition de Luxe.”) 28 photographic plates by Frank Haes. An uncut copy.

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. Last page torn. Later boards. Sm. folio.

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