Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
"The Wandering Jew" - Gustav Doré / Five Colored Woodcuts
Opening: $1,500
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The legend of the wandering Jew, a series of twelve designs, by Gustave Doré. With explanatory introduction. London-Paris-New-York: Cassel Petter & Galpin [1866?]. English.
Twelve engravings depicting the story of "The Wandering Jew" - black and white illustrations, in a romantic style, with a typical anti-Semitic nature.
At the end of the book are five woodcuts, colored by hand, portraying the figure of the "Wandering Jew". Four of the prints are titled "Le Juif-Errant" [the wandering Jew] and are accompanied by stanzas of poems in French. Apparently created by François Georgin, (19th century). The fifth woodcut bears the title “Das wahre portrat des ewigen Juden” [the proper portrait of the wandering Jew], and is accompanied by a poem in German.
VII pp, [12] plates + [5] prints. Volume 55 cm. Size of woodcuts is varied: (largest print: ca.41.5X63 cm). Overall good condition. Foxing. Three of the woodcuts are mounted on leaves bound at the end of the book (with tears at margins). Damages to binding.
Twelve engravings depicting the story of "The Wandering Jew" - black and white illustrations, in a romantic style, with a typical anti-Semitic nature.
At the end of the book are five woodcuts, colored by hand, portraying the figure of the "Wandering Jew". Four of the prints are titled "Le Juif-Errant" [the wandering Jew] and are accompanied by stanzas of poems in French. Apparently created by François Georgin, (19th century). The fifth woodcut bears the title “Das wahre portrat des ewigen Juden” [the proper portrait of the wandering Jew], and is accompanied by a poem in German.
VII pp, [12] plates + [5] prints. Volume 55 cm. Size of woodcuts is varied: (largest print: ca.41.5X63 cm). Overall good condition. Foxing. Three of the woodcuts are mounted on leaves bound at the end of the book (with tears at margins). Damages to binding.
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, Jewish Brigade
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, Jewish Brigade