Contes juifs Récits de famille – Jewish Family Stories – 26 Jewish Folk stories from Eastern and Western European Communities (Stories from Jewish sources such as David and Abigail, along with a story by Shalom Aleichem and folk tales from Jewish communities around the world), by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Quantin Publishing, Paris 1888. The stories are accompanied by dozens of illustrations in the body of the text by the great Jewish artists: Geradin, Alphonse Levy, Emile Levy, Henri Levy, Edward Levy, Schlesinger, Vogel Worms.
The paintings were photographed for the book in a special technique – Heliogravure ((Mechanical photovoltaic process of etching using a copper plate and gelatin tissue that reproduces on paper deep and continuous shades of photography – the precious process used by the great art photographers of the 19th century). a limited edition of only 125 copies, printed on thick and fine Japanese paper. French.
IV, 282, [1] p. 29 cm. Original half-leather cover with marble paper and gilt inscription on spine. Gilt leaf top. Very good condition.
