1. Das Jahr des Juden. 11 of 12 original woodcuts by Joseph Budko: Shabbat, After Shabbat, Selichot etc. Each illustration with a poem related to Jewish holidays by Arno Nadel. Berlin, 1920 .
German 30 cm, 78 pages. Miniature illustration plates. Each miniature is pasted to a complete page. Quality paper. Original binding. List of engravings on the binding. Aging stains. Very fine condition.
2. Judische Kopfe by Sch. Gorelik. ‘The Jewish Head’. Presents 14 noted Jewish philosophers and politicians: Heinrich Graetz, Schalom Asch, Benjamin Disraeli Mendele Mocher Seforim, Y.L. Peretz, Spinoza etc. Lithographs by Joseph Budko.
German. 30 cm. [2], 114, [4] pages. Quality paper. Aging stains. Original binding. Rubbed edges. Tear without loss. Cloth spine, slightly open. Fine condition.
Budko was a Polish Jew who memorialized Jewish life in Poland through his works. He served as the principal of the “New Bezalel during the eight last years of his life (1933-1940). Arno Nadel was a Jewish-German poet who died in the Holocaust.
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