Three important books in an album edition about rare old Jewish postcards by Renowned collector Gerard Silvan (owner of the largest collections of Jewish postcards in the world). The two books contain hundreds of pictures of Jewish postcards from the end of the 19th century, and from the first decades of the 20th century from the author's collection in a very wide range of areas: Huge selection of Jewish New Year postcards, synagogue postcards, Eastern European Jews in their traditional dress, Jewish from Western Europe, Jews from Western countries, Postcards from the beginning of Zionist activity (Herzl, congresses), antisemitic postcards, Beautiful and rare postcards from the Land of Israel in the early days of postcard printing in Palestine, Bezalel postcards, and many more. Accompanied by brief explanations about the content of the postcards, the designers, and the historical context in which they came out.
* Image et Traditions juives 1897-1917 - Paris 1980. A huge variety of Jewish postcards that appeared in Europe, the Orient, the United States and the Land of Israel, until 1917, from the author's collection. 476 p. 32 cm.
* YIDDISH LAND - a book published by Silvan together with Henri Minczeles, United States 1999 - a huge variety of postcards of Eastern European Jewry - synagogues and Jewish people in Eastern Europe - of the rarest and most important postcards known in the world. English. 587 p. 20 cm.
* Deux destins en diaspora - Paris 2002 - The book is divided into two parts. one part deals with Jewish postcards from Ashkenazi countries and Eastern Europe, and the other part deals with Jewish postcards from Eastern countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Yemen and more. 236, 237 p. 32 cm.
All the books have the original Dust Jacket. "Image et Traditions juives" has a dust jacket with a special design that does not appear in all copies. condition of all the three very good.
