Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller - Old and Rare Books

Die Juden in der Karikatur: Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte (Jews in Caricature. A Study in Cultural History) [BOOKSELLER'S PROMOTIONAL DUMMY]

Fuchs, Eduard

München: Albert Langen, (1921). Bookseller's Dummy. Hardcover. Quarto. [48]pp., [22] plates, 6 of them double page. Bound in black quarter cloth over black leather boards. Original light brown cloth front cover and spine with gilt lettering and gilt-framed color illustration laid to cover bound in. Bookseller's dummy, presumably to advertise this particular 1921 publication by Eduard Fuchs, one of many illustrated cultural studies he had published. His vast collection of prints, art and books was confiscated by the Nazis in 1933.


This particular, controversial work by Eduard Fuchs (1870-1940) documents (in caricature) stereotypical representations of Jews, and is the most comprehensive study on the subject. It includes early illustrations of Fuchs. Profusely illustrated with numerous b/w and color drawings. The original completed publication contains 312 pages. Text in German. Binding with wear along edges of binding. Front cover water-stained along bottom of front cover and lightly scuffed on back cover. Small indentation at upper foredge of back cover. Block lightly age-toned. Good- to very good. Item #55287

Price: $950.00