Jüdisches Leben in Wort und Bild, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Mannheim 1900? 
First Edition
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- Lot Number 46790
- Title (English) Jüdisches Leben in Wort und Bild
- Author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
- City Mannheim
- Publisher J. Bensheimer
- Publication Date 1900?
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 1318826
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Physical Description
Third edition. V, XI, 342 pp. quarto, 280:204 mm., extra wide margins, light paper toning, decorative endpapers. A very good copy bound in the original gilt, red, green, and blue-stamped illustrated cloth with gold and black lettering on spine and front cover, rubbed and faded.
Detail Description
Collection of twenty-six stories illustrating various aspects of Jewish life and culture in Europe prior to the twentieth century. Each story takes place in a different country and develops an isolated topic or theme from Jewish life in a sometimes humorous, sometimes dramatic, and often sentimental fashion. While the endings are always happy, the level of historic realism in the stories is high. Jewish Life offers a richly detailed portrait of Jewish customs and culture prior to the deplorably successful attempt to destroy them during the Holocaust. This work is exquisitely illustrated throughout with 27 full-page plates in heliogravure, and numerous in-text illustrations and vignettes.
Illustrated by: Gérardin, Alphons Levy, Emil Levy, Heinrich Levy, Eduard Loevy, Schlesinger, Vogel, Worms.