Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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LOT 54:
(ANTISEMITICA).
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Estimated price:
$
500 - $700
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: 8.875% On commission only
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Edmond Fleg. Pourquoi Je Suis Juif.
First Edition . Half-title
inscribed and signed by Fleg. Uncut copy. pp. 102, (2) Browned. Original printed wrappers (covered in wax paper), tape repair at spine. 12mo.
Les Editions de France, Paris: 1928.
Written as an open letter to an unborn grandson, French-Jewish writer and philosopher Edmond Flegenheimer, better known as Edmond Fleg (1874-1963),was bothered by the extreme anti-Semitism revealed by the Dreyfus Affair - a scandal he watched unfold, and later prompted him to write this work. The conclusion of the present text includes prose that has now become incorporated into the Reform liturgy: A list of twelve proclamations each beginning: "I am a Jew because…" (e.g.: "I am a Jew because in all places where there are tears and suffering the Jew weeps.")
