Lot no. 324
ALPHONSE LEVY Jewish Family Scenes. Paris, Félix Juven, s.d.
Unbound folio. Cover missing. Incomplete work comprising 20 of 22 engravings out of text, including 3 double-page plates, by Alphonse LEVY.
Also included:
SACHER MASOCH, Contes juifs, récits de famille. Twenty-eight photogravures out of text. One hundred drawings in the text by Gérardin, Alphonse Lévy, Émile Levy, Henri Lévy, Edward Loevy, Schlesinger, Vogel, Worms. Paris, Quantin, 1888.
One vol. large in-8 half cloth binding, cover preserved. Ex-libris of Sir Campbell Clarke (worn binding with tear to spine; some foxing).
Famous for its illustrations, particularly those by Alphonse Lévy.
Condition: see photos
Provenance: Personal collection of Rui Ribeiro Couto (Brazilian writer, poet and diplomat). Rui Ribeiro Couto was instrumental in helping many European Jews to come to Brazil when he was ambassador to Hungary. He had a very extensive library, which was later brought back to Brazil by his widow.
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