Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Uriel Birnbaum, "The Emperor and the Architect, a Story in Fifty Pictures" – Leipzig-Vienna, 1924 – Inscribed by Birnbaum
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Der Kaiser und Der Architekt, ein Märchen in fünfzig Bildern [The Emperor and the Architect, a Story in Fifty Pictures] by Uriel Birnbaum. Leipzig-Vienna: Thyrsos, 1924. German.
A story about an emperor who is shown a vision of a heavenly city in a dream, and commissions an architect to design a real, earthly city based on this vision. Text in German, accompanied by fifty color illustrations and an illustrated title page, all by Uriel Birnbaum (signed in the plate). At the beginning of the book, a presentation inscription handwritten and signed by Birnbaum, to the art historian Otto Kallir (Nirenstein), dated September 16, 1937, Vienna (German).
[1], 82 pp., [2] ff., 30 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to binding.
A story about an emperor who is shown a vision of a heavenly city in a dream, and commissions an architect to design a real, earthly city based on this vision. Text in German, accompanied by fifty color illustrations and an illustrated title page, all by Uriel Birnbaum (signed in the plate). At the beginning of the book, a presentation inscription handwritten and signed by Birnbaum, to the art historian Otto Kallir (Nirenstein), dated September 16, 1937, Vienna (German).
[1], 82 pp., [2] ff., 30 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to binding.
Bookplates, Bibliophile Editions, Prints
Bookplates, Bibliophile Editions, Prints