Anglo-Jewish Portraits by Alfred Rubens. London: The Jewish Museum, 1935. English.
Detailed catalogue of Anglo-Jewish portraits with numerous picture plates.
Presented is a special copy, interleaved (bound with blank leaves), to which a dozen plates that do not appear in other copies of the book (and not mentioned in the list of plates) were added. On the first leaf appears an inscription, handwritten by Alfred Rubens (English), noting that the book is one of six copies interleaved and with additional plates.
Below the inscription appears a dedication handwritten by Rubens, to Thomas Colyer-Fergusson (Ex-Libris of Colyer-Fergusson appears on verso of front binding).
Enclosed: a typewritten leaf (English) with an addition to the description of item no.194 in the catalogue. XXIII, 191 pp + blank leaves. [48] Picture plates + [12] plates, to which the number of the page where the portrait is mentioned was added by hand. 25.5 cm. Fine binding with gold embossing. Gilt upper edges. Good condition. Slight stains and damages.