Die Judenmassacres in Kischinew
Berlin: Juedischer Verlag, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 102 (1)pp. Three quarter leather over marbled boards. Glossy marbled endpapers. Publisher's device on title page. With a consecration page by the celebrated Jewish artist E. M. Lilien (b/w woodcut "The Pillage of the Jews in Frankfurt"). Kischinew is the capitol of Besarabia, bordering Rumania. Illustrated with b/w artwork and photographs. Contains chapter on the historical lead-up to the massacres, description of the massacres of April 19th and 20th, 1903, the time after the massacres, the public opinion, and the relation of the Kischinew events to the Russian Jewish Question. Includes a statistic of the pogroms in Russia from 1881 to July 1884, and explanation of the massacres at rear. Three stanzas of Lord Byron's "Oh! Weep for those that wept..." in handwriting quoted on front endpaper. Text in German. Leather with light scuffing. Block age toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #41865
Price: $350.00