ALSACE - ILLUSTRATION - ALPHONSE LEVY Alphonse Lévy, Jewish family scenes. Paris, Félix Juven, s.d. Preface by Bernard Lazare. In-folio work, original cover preserved in fine condition. Album illustrated with 22 engravings, hors texte, including 3 double-page plates, (including frontispiece) by Alphonse Lévy. List of plates: Misrach; the Hebrew lesson; the Saturday fish; the birthday; the woman with the coppers; the synagogue courtyard during kippur; the paque dumplings; the Jew with the goose; fervor; Kapora; the woman who kosher ; paque eggs; good Kouguel; the Jew with a citron; kippur in the country; vermicelli; the good catch; the Jew with baba; the paque dish; mourning; meeting the rabbi; the Jew with a palm. These engravings, by one of the most emblematic artists of 19th-century French Judaism, retrace the life and rituals of Alsatian Jews. They are captioned in French and Judeo-Alsatian, with a brief explanation by the author. A complete copy, in fine condition, of a rather unusual yet famous work.