Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Immigration to America - Illustrations Album
Opening: $900
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Emigracya do Ameryki Album / Auswanderung nach Amerika Album, nach Aquarellen von J. Kruszewski [Immigration to America Album]. Illustrations by J. Kruszewski. Krakow: Fr. Ryszarda Wernera, [19th century].
Eight plates with illustrations in color, lithographic printing, describing the mass immigration to America in the 19th century. The illustrations refer to the immigration attempts by citizens of Poland and Eastern Europe and describe them in a humorous manner. The Polish are sometimes presented in a ridiculous light, and the Jews appear with long side-locks and large noses. Each of the plates is annotated in Polish, German and Hungarian. The plates are in the original paper envelope. Rare and bibliographically unknown, no additional copies located. 49x32 cm. Plates in good condition, minor tears at borders. Tears to envelope.
Eight plates with illustrations in color, lithographic printing, describing the mass immigration to America in the 19th century. The illustrations refer to the immigration attempts by citizens of Poland and Eastern Europe and describe them in a humorous manner. The Polish are sometimes presented in a ridiculous light, and the Jews appear with long side-locks and large noses. Each of the plates is annotated in Polish, German and Hungarian. The plates are in the original paper envelope. Rare and bibliographically unknown, no additional copies located. 49x32 cm. Plates in good condition, minor tears at borders. Tears to envelope.
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