Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"A Jewish Iconography" – Alfred Rubens – London, 1981 – Bibliographical Edition, Signed
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A Jewish Iconography, Revised Edition, by Alfred Rubens. London: Nonpareil, 1981.
Comprehensive catalog of prints, some from Rubens's collection and some from others, documenting five hundred years of Jewish history. Expanded edition, including both the 1954 edition and "Anglo-Jewish Portraits," published in 1935.
Bibliophile edition. Copy No. 192 from a series of 260 numbered copies, all signed by Alfred Rubens on the title page. Bound in green goatskin, gilt, in a matching clamshell box. Gilt upper edges. Accompanied by a supplementary volume, 1982, also signed by Rubens on the title page.
Alfred Rubens (1903-1998), collector and historian, served as director of the Jewish Museum London in the years 1958-83.
xxxi, 277, 128 pp., 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains to some leaves. Blemishes to box. Supplementary volume: 128 pp., 29.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor creases.
Comprehensive catalog of prints, some from Rubens's collection and some from others, documenting five hundred years of Jewish history. Expanded edition, including both the 1954 edition and "Anglo-Jewish Portraits," published in 1935.
Bibliophile edition. Copy No. 192 from a series of 260 numbered copies, all signed by Alfred Rubens on the title page. Bound in green goatskin, gilt, in a matching clamshell box. Gilt upper edges. Accompanied by a supplementary volume, 1982, also signed by Rubens on the title page.
Alfred Rubens (1903-1998), collector and historian, served as director of the Jewish Museum London in the years 1958-83.
xxxi, 277, 128 pp., 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains to some leaves. Blemishes to box. Supplementary volume: 128 pp., 29.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor creases.
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