Lot 536
Scenes from Jewish Family Life – Alphonse Lévy – Paris, 1902
Scènes Familiales Juives / Judisches familienleben [Scenes from Jewish family life], by Alphonse Lévy, with an introduction by Bernard Lazare. Paris: Félix Juven, [1902]. French.
21 plates depicting various scenes, some of them humorous, of Jewish family life in Alsace, with captions in French, Hebrew, and [flawed] Yiddish. The titles on two of the plates are printed upside-down.
Alphonse Lévy (1943–1918), a native of Alsace, began his career as a satirical painter and later began documenting Jewish life in Alsace and Algeria.
[5] leaves (including a print opposite the cover page), [21] plates, [3] leaves, 33.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears at the edges of the leaves. Several tears repaired with paper on the front cover and the page immediately following. Creases in the front cover. Stains, creases, and open tears on the back cover (the back cover is mounted on paper). New hard-cover binding. Ex-library copy (a library sticker on the inside front cover and a paper pocket on the inside back cover, traces of glue and library stickers on the binding).
