ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DEMOGRAPHIE UND STATISTIK DER JUDEN. VOLS I, II, III, & IV, COMPLETE THUS

Item #16667

Berlin: M. Schildberger, 1905-1908. Cloth, 8vo, Most issues are 16 pages. In German. First four years (1905-1908) of the monthly periodical, 48 issues total. Includes title pages for all issues. Wide variety of subjects related to Jewish populations and history. "Magazine for Demography and Statistics of the Jews. " Population statistics played and continue to play a special role in Jewish Studies because of the continuing movement of Jewish popluations around the world. Within the pages of the Zeitschrift can be found the first historical-sociological studies looking at the massive Jewish migrations at the close of the 19th Century. With the establishment in Berlin of the Bureau für Statistik der Juden (office for statistics of the Jews) in 1904, sociologists like Arthur Ruppin and the statisticians like the physician Jacob Segall had at their fingertips massive amounts of data for this purpose. Monthly, began in 1905, ceased in December 1931, 26 volumes published in all. Contains a subscription card stamped with the information that money should be sent to the bursar of the Bureau for Jewish Statistics, Benno Braun. SUBJECT(S) : Jews, Population, Periodicals, Statistics. Cardboard covers with light markings and some wear. Front endpaper detached but otherwise intact. All pages are creased slightly down the center but text is very clear. Binding is pretty tight. Backstrip warped and water-stained, otherwise Good Solid Condition. (GERN-1-8).

Price: $750.00