ALPHONSE LEVY Scènes familiales juives. Paris, Félix Juven, s.d.
Ouvrage in-folio, non relié. Couverture manquante. Ouvrage incomplet comportant 20 sur 22 gravures hors texte, dont 3 planches en double page, d'Alphonse LEVY.
On joint :
SACHER MASOCH, Contes juifs, récits de famille. Vingt-huit héliogravures hors texte. Cent dessins dans le texte par Gérardin, Alphonse Lévy, Émile Levy, Henri Lévy, Edward Loevy, Schlesinger, Vogel, Worms. Paris, Quantin, 1888.
Un vol. grand in-8 reliure ép. demi-toile, couverture conservée. Ex-libris de Sir Campbell Clarke. (Reliure usagée avec déchirure au dos; quelques rousseurs).
Livre célèbre pour ses illustrations, et en particulier celles d'Alphonse Lévy.
Etat: voir les photos
Provenance : Collection personnelle de Rui Ribeiro Couto (écrivain, poète et diplomate brésilien). Rui Ribeiro Couto a joué un rôle dans l'aide apportée à de nombreux Juifs d'Europe pour venir au Brésil lorsqu'il était ambassadeur en Hongrie. Il possédait une très vaste bibliothèque, qui fut ensuite ramenée au Brésil par sa veuve.
Large folio volume, unbound. Missing cover. Incomplete work containing 20 out of 22 plates (engraved illustrations not included in the text), including 3 double-page plates, by Alphonse LEVY.
Included:
SACHER-MASOCH, Jewish Tales, Family Stories. Twenty-eight heliogravures outside the text. One hundred illustrations within the text by Gérardin, Alphonse Lévy, Émile Lévy, Henri Lévy, Edward Loevy, Schlesinger, Vogel, Worms. Paris, Quantin, 1888.
One large octavo volume in contemporary half-cloth binding, original cover preserved. Bookplate of Sir Campbell Clarke. (Binding worn with a tear along the spine; some foxing.)
A famous book for its illustrations, particularly those by Alphonse Lévy.
Condition: Please refer to accompanying photographs.
Provenance: From the personal library of Rui Ribeiro Couto, the renowned Brazilian writer, poet, and diplomat. As Brazil’s ambassador to Hungary during a critical historical moment, Ribeiro Couto was involved in humanitarian efforts aiding Jewish refugees during WWII. His personal collection—distinguished by its richness and rarity—was preserved and returned to Brazil by his widow.
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