Las Costumbres de los Israelitas [Customs of the Jews], by Claude Fleury. Barcelona: Thomas Piferrer, 1769. Spanish.
This work, by well-known French historian Claude Fleury, deals with the customs and pursuits of the Israelites from the biblical period up to the author's times. According to Fleury, the Talmud and occupation in money-lending have led the Jewish people astray, corrupting their ethics. He claims that only working the land will bring the Jews back to pure natural life and to Christianity. The work was first published in Paris in 1681 (in French) and during the 18th century had many more editions in various languages. This is the Spanish edition translated by Manuel Martínez Pingarrón.
Claude Fleury (1640-1723), a French priest, historian, educator and jurist, was known mainly for his monumental work on the history of the Church, "Histoire Ecclésiastique", published in twenty volumes (Paris, 1691-1720).
Dedicatory inscription on front endpaper (1937): "A Jew from Florence to his sister from our country, Ziona. Av 1937" (Hebrew).
[1] f., LIII, [15], 200 pp. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains. Vellum-covered binding, stained and blemished.

Strindberg: Das Leben der Tragischen Seele, by Ludwig Marcuse. Berlin: Franz Schneider, 1922. German. Printed in a limited edition of 50 copies.
Monograph on the life and work of Swedish playwright Johan August Strindberg (1849-1912), by German-Jewish writer and philosopher Ludwig Marcuse (1894-1971).
A limited edition of 50 copies; each copy includes an etching – portrait of Strindberg by Jacob Steinhardt. This is copy no. 4. Etching signed by Steinhardt in pencil. Colophon signed by Marcuse.
138, [2] pp. + [1] etched plate. Uneven edges. Two unopened leaves. Good condition. Stains. Gilt, blue leather binding. Tears along spine (front board slightly loose). In slipcase. Slipcase torn and worn.

Gazette du Bon Ton, Art-Modes & Frivolites, Chief editor: Lucien Vogel. Four issues. Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1914. French.
Gazette du Bon Ton [Magazine of Good Taste] was a prestigious fashion and design magazine, published in Europe and America from 1912 to 1925. Its founder was the French journalist and publisher Lucien Vogel (1886-1954); among its publishers was the famous art dealer Paul Cassirer (1871-1926).
Unlike other fashion magazines of its time, the Gazette du Bon Ton was marketed as an exclusive magazine for a refined audience, printed on high-quality paper, and containing many impressive illustrations (color pochoir prints) – including works by the greatest fashion and haute couture designers of the early 20th century: Jacques Doucet, Jeanne Paquin, Paul Poiret and others. The magazine employed many Art Deco artists and illustrators, including George Barbier (1882-1932), Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949), and Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964).
This lot comprises four issues from 1914 (issues 1, 2, 4 and 6) featuring fashion articles with small in-text illustrations, and thirty-seven plates (numbered) with large illustrations. Missing four plates (two from issue 1 and two from issue 2).
Number of pages varies between issues. Loose leaves (originally unbound), in the original paper covers. Approx. 25 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Blemishes (mostly minor). Worn and blemished covers, with open tears to edges and spines.
Enclosed is a plate from another issue and three double-page spreads.

Unknown artist, American School (?), Father and Daughter. [Presumably, USA, the second half of the 19th century].
Oil on canvas. Not signed.
60X46 cm. Fair-poor condition. Blemishes to canvas and paint. In a wooden frame, blemished.