Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Itzig Feitel Stern – Seven Books – Antisemitic Stories and Poems with Illustrations and Sheet Music – 19th Century
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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.
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.
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah