Heine, H. Spanische Romanzen

Berlin Propyläen-Verlag, 1921. 92,(3) p. Printed in 250 numb. copies (no. 239 of 200 signed copies on laid "Van Gelder" paper), w. etched title-ill. and 10 plates by Hugo Steiner-Prag, orig. gilt hmor. by the Leipziger Buchbinderei and des. by the artist, t.e.g., folio. Occas. foxing, slight offsetting from etchings on juxtaposed pages, scratched out owner's entry on first free endpaper. Leather dry, spine-ends restored w. leather, mor. letterpiece lacking for the greater part, outer corners bumped.

Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) manintained a complex attitude towards Jews and Judaica, reflected in a few passages in this text and in one etching. A famous and prophetic quote by him reads: "dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen".