Bidspirit auction | OPPENHEIM, MORITZ. Bilder aus dem

OPPENHEIM, MORITZ. Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-Leben. FIRST EDITION. Complete set of 20 plates depicting a romanticized view of 18th century German-Jewish life and custom. Text by Dr. Leopold Stein. Plates fine. Original elaborate gilt- and color-pictorial boards detached and worn. Folio. Frankfurt a/Main, Heinrich Keller, 1882. Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1801-82), raised in a traditional home, beautifully conveys through his touching pictures here, much of the spirit and warmth of observant Jewish life.