Auction 56 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Aleph-Bet" - Hermann Fechenbach - Berlin, 1936

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Aleph Bet, Herman Fechenbach. Berlin: "Schocken", [1936?].
Twenty two illustrations in color of animals, in alphabetical order, by Hermann Fechenbach. Enclosed are twenty two plates with the book's illustrations in black and white and one plate with an introduction in English and in German (within a pocket on the back cover).
From the introduction: "I have painted for you twenty-two different animals… You can also copy them on tracing paper, cut them out with scissors and color them. For the tracing and coloring I have added twenty-two drawings, so that you need not spoil the picture-book…".
[24] pp + 23 plates, 24X22.5 cm. Very good condition. Stains on enclosed plates.
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