Le Puits de Jacob [Jacob's Well]. BENOIT, Pierre. Paris: Albin Michel, Editeur, (1927). Text in French. 323pp. Title-page color vignette, 14 initial chapter vignettes including symbolic representations of the 12 Tribes of Israel, and 12 full page color pochoir illustrations. Original wrappers. Internally Fine Condition. FIRST EDITION. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Jacob's Well is a tale steeped in contemporary politics of a Jewish family from Constantinople that settles in The Land of Israel. Szyk's Paris period illustrations illuminate Jewish family life, immigration and 1920's French cafe society. La Tentation de Saint Antoine | Le Juif Qui Rit the Szyk Haggadah | Biblical | the Paris Period | World War II | Classics | Washington & His Times Portfolio

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