THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY IN PRAGUE

Verlag: published by the Sports and Tourism Publishers in Prague for the State Jewish Museum

Beschreibung

- ORIGINAL VINTAGE EDITION- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a new reprint edition- BINDING is ORIGINAL staple-bound pictorial softcover with titles in white on cover; binding and text are neat, clean, bright and solid, G+ with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light/moderate wear to extremities. Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of a fairly RARE HISTORIC GUIDE to ONE of the MOST SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SITES in PRAGUE. Dating back to the EARLY 15TH CENTURY, the OLD JEWISH CEMETERY has interest of ANCIENT ORIGIN with UNIQUE TOMBSTONE ART and contains FAMILIES who derived their ORIGIN from BIBLICAL JEWISH TRIBES. this UNCOMMON VOLUME describes the TOMBSTONES in detail from FOLK STYLE ART, ORNAMENTATION, ARTICULATION, SCULPTURED-FORM, and more, also FOCUSING on some of the GRAVESTONE EULOGIES and INSCRIPTIONS. 39 pages complete with B&W PHOTOGRAPHS of the TOMBSTONES throughout, a MAP of the CEMETERY (with DESCRIPTIONS to the MAP), a detailed DESCRIPTIVE 'TOUR' of the CEMETERY describing FAMOUS TOMBSTONES in the CEMETERY, and a SHORT HISTORY of the OLD JEWISH CEMETERY. Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of a fairly RARE HISTORIC GUIDE to ONE of the MOST SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SITES in PRAGUE (also a GENEALOGICAL REFERENCE with NAMES and DATES). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BK14021651

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY IN PRAGUE

Verlag: published by the Sports and Tourism Publishers in Prague for the State Jewish Museum

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good