Bidspirit auction | אידישער פאלקס ארנאמענט - Jewish

אידישער פאלקס ארנאמענט - Jewish Ornaments, Vitebsk 1920. Very Rare - A Rare, original set of lino-type plates printed on art paper, featuring artifacts of Jewish culture and everyday life, such as old tombstones and Torah shields from various European Shtetls.  Plates 11 and 15 feature headstones from the town of Zhitomir.  Altogether 25 different plates. Plate no. 5 is missing from the set. Nos. 13 and 20 were never printed, as shown in the index.  Very rare. To the best of our knowledge this has not appeared at auction since 2012, where it hammered in at $1500.  In excellent condition, with the original carton wrapper issued by the producers, and the [2] pages of preface. Approx. 25cm.