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Auction 73 · Lot 256

[The Book of Esther]. As told through the Talmud and Midrash. With elaborate ornamentation by Joseph Kaplan and illustrated plates by J. Mohar, etc.

Estimate
$200–$300
Hammer price
$180

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author

MEGILAT ESTHER

Place

Leipzig

Publication

(1932)

Description

Dedication page with hand illumination and with calligraphic inscription to Oscar Gruen, signed by Jos. Kaplan. The whole printed in green and other colors. Marbled endpapers.
pp. (2), 66. Broken. Original gilt-tooled green silk, spine defective. Housed in matching slipcase. 4to.
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