Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-Leben

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

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author

OPPENHEIM, MORITZ

printer

Heinrich Keller

Place

Frankfurt a/Main

Publication

1882

Description

FIRST EDITION. Complete set of 20 plates depicting a romanticized view of 18th century German-Jewish life and custom. Text by Dr. Leopold Stein.

summary

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (b. Hanau 1801 - d. Frankfurt a/Main 1882), himself raised in an Orthodox home, beautifully conveys through his touching pictures here, much of the warmth and spirit of traditional Jewish life. See JE, Vol. IX, p. 413.

Plates fine. Contemporary roan-backed boards, worn and rubbed. Folio.

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