Jayadeva: Indische Liebeslieder mit einer Originalradierung von Arno Nadel [SIGNED]

Lichten, Justus (ed.). Jayadeva: Indische Liebeslieder mit einer Originalradierung von Arno Nadel [SIGNED]. Berlin: Drei-Welten-Verlag, 1923. Limited edition. 47/200 signed by below etching by Arno Nadel. Elephant Folio (16 x 11 3/4″). 8pp. Original sewn cream handmade self wraps with black lettering and publisher’s device on cover. Zweiter Einzeldruck (Second print) of Drei-Welten-Verlag with Indian Love Songs and an original etching by Arno Nadel. The poems are about Kahda’s longing, her grief, her jealousy, begging for forgivenes, a reunion, a morning of love, and Kahda talking to Krishna. Text in German, Gothic script. Minor wear along edges and minor stains on wraps. Wraps in overall very good, interior in very good+ condition. vg to vg+. Softcover.

Arno Nadel (1878-1943) was Jewish a poet, musician, and artist born in Vilnius, Lithuania. At the age of 17 he moved to Berlin and enrolled in the College for Science of Judaism (Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums). Nadel worked as an educator and choirmaster. He became the choir director of the Jewish community in Berlin supervising the music at all Berlin synagogues. Nadel published poetry, plays, and worked on an anthology of synagogue music which he finished in 1938 and intended to publish in seven volumes. Nadel died in the Auschwitz extermination camp in 1943. (41188) $75