YALKUT MA`ARAVI: MAASAF SHENATI. VOL. 1. (COMPLETE, NO MORE PUBLISHED)
Nuyork: Be-defus A. H. Rozenberg. 1904. Item #37577
Marbled later boards8vo. 168 pages. First edition. Volume 1 only. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Literature – Jewish. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Rosenthal (1843-1917) was born in Latvia. “As a result of the pogroms of 1881 Rosenthal reached the conclusion that the solution to the Jewish problem in Eastern Europe lay in emigration from Russia and in agricultural settlement. ” In 1882, he and his followers established a Jewish settlement in the United States, in Louisiana. This settlement was destroyed by a flood, and he resettled in the Dakotas, and there was also unsuccessful. Rosenthal also edited a section of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and was the head of the New York public library's Slavonic department” (Slutsky, EJ) . Ex library with usual markings and bookplate, edgeworn, very good condition. (AMR-16-10A) xx.
Price: $150.00