Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Portraits of Famous Jewish Dignitaries –Vienna, 1886

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Berühmte Männer und Frauen, ein illustrirter Protest gegen den Antisemitismus [famous men and women, illustrated protest against anti-Semitism], by Carl Sigmund Grüenfeld. Illustrations by Carl Edler Von Stur. Vienna, 1886. German.
Portraits of famous Jews (authors, artists, public figures, intellectuals, and more). Among them: Moses Montefiore, Moses Mendelssohn, Yom-Tov (Leopold) Lipman Zunz, Isaac Noah Manheimer, the Rothschild family, Salomon (Shlomo) Heine, Anton Rubinstein, Lina Morgenstern, and many others. Accompanied by short biographies.
[14] leaves + [12] plates (portraits), 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and dampstaining. Slight damages. Loose and worn binding (with tears around the margins and spine).
Jewish Communities, Americana
Jewish Communities, Americana