Lot 191
Itzig Feitel Stern – Seven Books – Antisemitic Stories and Poems with Illustrations and Sheet Music – 19th Century
Seven books by Itzig Feitel Stern (the pseudonym of Heinrich Holzschuher), six in German (with some Yiddish) and one in Dutch. Meissen: F. W. Goedsche / Amsterdam: H. Moolenijzer, 1832-1835.
Seven books by Heinrich Holzschuher (1769-1861), a Christian-German writer who published several antisemitic works under the Jewish pseudonym Itzig Feitel Stern. His books introduced made-up Jewish folklore – dialogues, stories and poems written in distorted German, in order to imitate and mock the way Jews spoke.
The books feature anti-Semitic illustrations (print plates), some hand-colored.
1. Gedichter, Perobeln unn Schnoukes. [1832]. Third edition. XII, 96 pp. + [5] plates.
2. Das Schabbes-Gärtle vun unnere Leut. 1832.
[1] title page, XVI, 207, [3] pp. + [4] plates.
3. Das Schabbes Gärtle vun unnere Leut. 1835. Second edition. [1] title page. XV, 173, [3] pp. + [4] plates.
4. Israels Verkehr und Geist. 1833. Second edition. XIII, 117, [3] pp. (first leaves mispaginated) + [3] plates.
5. Knoblichblüthe, Gedichter, Perobeln und Schnoukes fer unnere Leute. [1833]. Part II. [1], XVI, 142 pp (missing one leaf) + [1] illustration plate and [2] plates of sheet music (folded).
6. Die Schabbes Lamp vun pollische Messing. 1835. [1] title page, X, 142, [2] pp. + [2] plates.
7. Gedichten, parabelen en sjnoekes, of poëtische paarlensnoer voor de Kalle. Amsterdam: H. Moolenijzer, 1834. Dutch.
A Dutch edition of "Gedichter, Perobeln unn Schnoukes" (no. 1). XIII, 153 pp. + [4] plates.
17 cm to 19 cm. Condition varies. Stains. Tears, including open tears, mostly restored. Several covers are missing and several covers are restored. New bindings.
