Book of Esther with Illustrations – Zurich, 1918 – Bibliophilic Edition

Liber Estherae / Book of Esther, Illustrated and decorated by Yosef Kaplan and S. Mohr. Zurich: Ahaliab, 1918.Vowelized Book of Esther, accompanied by six plates of illustrations by Sigismundi Mohr. Title page illustration and decorative titles throughout the text by Yosef Kaplan. The decorations and illustrations are all hand-colored.Following the title page is an illustrated page, also hand-colored, in the center of which is the handwritten name of the person to whom this copy of the book was dedicated: "Architekt Rudolf Prokopowski". On the leaf preceding the title page is an illustration of two pairs of compasses encircling a star-of-David with the Hebrew inscription "Architect Rudolf Prokopowski".
The front and back endpapers are covered with colorful silk cloth.
[2] leaves, 32 pp, 21 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Minor stains. Handwriting on the first pages, preceding the title page (with an erased dedication). Tape on the margins of one of the front endpapers. New binding; pen writin on its upper corner.