Monumenta Judaica: 2000 Jahre Geschichte und Kultur der Juden am Rhein: Katalog
Softcover
1964 · Koln
by Schilling, Konrad
Koln: Stadt Koln, 1964. Softcover. VG- (clean, tight interior but with sunning and light wear to covers. Art museum ex-lib. copy; small tear at head of outer spine.). Glossy white card wraps with color illustration and black lettering. French flaps. Unpaginated with hundreds of pages, bw illus., maps, etc. 8 color plates. Text is in German. The catalogue volume only of a two-volume set addressing 2000 years of the history and culture of the Jewish people living along the Rhine River, issued in conjunction with a 1963-1964 exhibition. Sections include: Aftermath of the Old Country in Christian Art; Documentation of the Political, Legal, Social and Economic History of the Jews in Germany; The Jewish Contribution to Art, Literature and Science; Jewish Spiritual Life along the Rhine; and The Jewish Year. Thoroughly researched, illustrated, and with each work described. Each section includes narrative material within. Under the front and back flaps are comparative chronological tables of political, cultural and economic comparisons. (Inventory #: 142742)