Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century. A Series of Biographical Sketches

Morais, Henry Samuel. Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century. A Series of Biographical Sketches. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1880. First edition. Octavo. VIII, 9-371pp. Original cloth with blind-stamped floral motif and borders on covers and gold lettering on spine. Scarce and fascinating work being a series of 100 biographical sketches of the most renown Jewish personalities of the 19th century. Among them: Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, Isaac D’Israeli, Achille Fould, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Offenbach, Henry de Worms, etc… Age wear on binding with head and tail of spine chipped, abrasion on upper front joint, corners heavily rubbed, and minor soiling and rubbing on covers and spine. Book block detached from binding. Previous owner’s signature on inside of front board and free front endpaper. Very minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ condition. fair. Hardcover. (26768) $50