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Miniature Book “Legenden aus dem Talmud” ed. by Fromer, Schnitzer, 9 illustrations by H. Struck and R. Lesser, 1st ed., 1922, in German - Miniature Book “Legenden aus dem Talmud” ed. by Fromer, Schnitzer, 9 illustrations by H. Struck and R. Lesser, 1st ed., 1922, in German, in orig. Box Berlin: Brandus, 1922., 296 pp. Frontispiece - engraving by Herman Struck and 8 lithographs by Rudi Lesser. Hard cover in Box, size: 12 x 9.5 cm. Weight: 110 gr. Condition: box rubbed, mainly to hinges, rubbing and staining to cover; some foxing to endpapers end edges; brown paper to last four leaves ”Retouched by Jakob Fromer (1865-1938) from the original text of the Talmudic books ... Extended by Manuel Schnitzer ... from the same sources.” Rudi Lesser (* 12 July 1902 in Berlin; † 1 March 1988 ibid) was a German watercolor painter, etcher and lithographer. Hermann Struck (6 March 1876 – 11 January 1944) was a German Jewish artist known for his etchings.