Images of the Jewish Past. An Introduction to Medieval Hebrew Miniatures

Gutmann, Joseph. Images of the Jewish Past. An Introduction to Medieval Hebrew Miniatures. New York: Society of Jewish Bibliophiles, 1965. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated, 22 plates. Original brown cloth with illustrated label pasted down on cover and gilt lettering on cover and spine. Tan endpapers. Account of the controversy around pictorial art in sacred Jewish books. Illustrated with 22 b/w reproductions of photographs depicting pictorial art found in Jewish illuminated manuscripts. Includes a selected bibliography. Binding rubbed. Light age-toning of book block and browning of paper along edges of plates not effecting images. Binding and interior in overall good condition. g. Hardcover. (37035) $65