Jahrbuch für die Geschichte der Juden und des Judenthums. Zweiter Band. (Yearbook for the History of the Jews and Judaism. Second Volume)
Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv, 407 (1)pp. 1 folding plate. Original three quarter leather over black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine, raised bands. Scripts published by the Institute for the Promotion Israeli Literature, Leipzig.
One of four volumes published between 1860 and 1869. The institute published some eighty titles from 1855 to 1873 in the fields of Jewish history, theology, literature and apologetics, including seven volumes of The History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz. The yearbook published mostly short, general contributions, designed to provide a representative overview of the scholarly exploration of particular subjects, including contemporary views
Yearbook II includes the contributions "Eliah of Pesaro" and a "Family Megillah" by J. M. Jost, , an autobiography of Menasse Ben Israel by M. Kayserling, a contribution on Baruch Spinoza by Ludwig Philippson, and contributions on the history if Jewish doctors in Italy, in particular the sixteenth century, edited by Livius Fürst. Contains a folding plate showing ancient, Paleo-Hebrew scripts at rear. Text in German, Gothic script. Binding with some wear along edges, light scuffing and light chipping, with front joint slightly more affected and some cracking an chipping at tail of spine. Light foxing at first and last few pages, else sporadic. Block somewhat age-toned. Good- to good+ condition. Item #50838
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