Online Auction 023 Part I + Part II - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture + Judaica

"Gallery of Outstanding Israelites" – Lithographic Portraits – Stuttgart, 1834-1838

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Gallerie der ausgezeichnetsten Israeliten aller Jahrhunderte, ihre Portraits und Biographien [Gallery of the most outstanding Israelites of all centuries, their portraits and biographies], by Eugen von Breza and Richard Otto Spazier. Stuttgart: Fr. Brodhag'sche Buchhandlung, 1834-1838. German. Five parts in one volume (a separate title page for each part).
Biographies of renowned Jews, accompanied by ten portrait-plates (lithographs), including portraits of Moses, Rehoboam King of Judah, Moses Mendelsohn, Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschutz, Baruch Spinoza, David Friedlander, Heinrich Heine, Gabriel Riesser, Rahel Varnhagen and others.
VIII, 9-48 pp; [1] leaf, 49-86 pp; [1] leaf, 87-126 pp; 49 pp; [1] leaf, 43 pp. + [17] plates (with tissue guards). 27 cm. Good condition. Stains. Notations and inked stamps on the first and last leaves. New binding and endpapers.
Scholarly Works, Prints
Scholarly Works, Prints