SACHER MASOCH, Leopold von.

Contes Juifs.

Récits de Famille.

Stock Code

99670

Paris, Maison Quantin, 1888

£1,250

Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895) was an Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, who is known for his romantic stories of Galician life and for the fact that the word 'masochism' was derived from his name, invented by his contemporary, the Austrian psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. As part of his Galician life stories, in the years 1860s to 1880s, he published the Jewish Short Stories as well as Polish Short Stories, Galician Short Stories, German Court Stories and Russian Court Stories. These works were translated into Ukrainian, Polish, Russian and French.

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First French edition (ý), number 19 out of edition of 125; circa 100 illustrations with text by Geradin, Alphonse Levu, Emile Levu, Henri Levu, Erward Levu, Schlesinger, Vogel, Worms and others. Late green marbled and morocco boards with spine elaborately gilt, divided to 6 compartments. Three titles, iv, 282 pp. with some blanks in the begging and at the end of the book. A fine copy.