Online Auction 04 - History of the Jewish People in Eretz Israel and in the Diaspora
Composition by Adolph Weismann – Engravings by Michael Fingesten – Berlin, 1920 – Signed and Numbered Copy
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Der Klingende Garten, by Adolph Weismann; with ten engravings by Michel Fingesten. Berlin: Paul Graupe, 1920.
Book by German theoretician and music critic Adolph Weismann, with ten engravings by the artist Michel Fingesten; all signed in pencil. Copy no. 96 of 200 numbered copies.
Michel Fingesten (1883-1943), a Czeck-Jewish painter and graphic designer, lived and worked in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi party to power he fled to Italy, where he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. Fingesten died several days after the liberation of the camp by the British army.
[2] leaves, 67 pp, [1] leaf + [10] engraving plates, 28.5 cm. Fine binding with parchment spine and a gold embossing. Good condition. Some staining to pages. Foxing at edges of leaves. Some damage to binding.
Book by German theoretician and music critic Adolph Weismann, with ten engravings by the artist Michel Fingesten; all signed in pencil. Copy no. 96 of 200 numbered copies.
Michel Fingesten (1883-1943), a Czeck-Jewish painter and graphic designer, lived and worked in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi party to power he fled to Italy, where he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. Fingesten died several days after the liberation of the camp by the British army.
[2] leaves, 67 pp, [1] leaf + [10] engraving plates, 28.5 cm. Fine binding with parchment spine and a gold embossing. Good condition. Some staining to pages. Foxing at edges of leaves. Some damage to binding.
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