Lot 563
Identifying the Jew by his Defects – An Anti-Semitic Booklet – Paris, 1903
Les 19 Tares corporelles visibles pour reconnaitre un Juif, Docteur Celticus [19 external physical defects by which a Jew can be identified]. Paris, 1903.
An anti-Semitic booklet by Dr. Celticus, who counts 19 ways to identify a Jew by his prominent characteristics, with black and white illustrations. At the beginning of the book, there is a partial table of contents with the list of the 12 tribes of Israel, each tribe and its different characteristics: a crooked nose, lips, eyes, ears, etc. The rest of the table of contents appears on page 72 and there seven additional characteristics are mentioned: names, motions and gestures, opinions, professions etc. by which a Jew can be identified. 108 pages, 20 cm. The original booklet has a soft cover and is in good condition, and is fully bound in a hard cover.
