39. [A Yiddish Literary Journal Edited by I.L. Peretz] Peretz, Isaac Leib (editor) [I.L; Y.L.]

DI YUDISHE BIBLIOTEK: A ZSHURNAL FIR LITERATUR, GEZELLSHAFT UN EKONOMYE [VOLUME 3 ONLY] די יודישע ביבליאטעק: א זשורנאל פיר ליטעראטור, געזעללשאפט אונ עקאנאמיע

Warsaw: [Izdanie I.L. Perets], 1895. Item #43079

First edition, period boards, 8vo, 179 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Jewish Library: A Journal for Literature, Society, and Economics.”
Third volume of semiannual publication edited by I.L. Peretz. Di Yudishe Bibliotek was published periodically between 1891 and 1904. This issue includes belle-lettres, poetry, and scientific essays.
“To encourage Jews toward a wider knowledge of secular subjects, Peretz for several years wrote articles on physics, chemistry, economics, and other subjects for Di yudishe bibliotek which he also edited.” (Encyclopedia Britannica).
Yitskhok Leybush Peretz (1852-1915) is one the best known Yiddish and Hebrew authors of the 19th century. Peretz was one of the three classic Yiddish writers with S. Y. Abramovitsh and Sholem Aleichem and the founder of Yiddish modernism. In the first decade of the 20th century he was at the center of an active literary circle in Warsaw.
SUBJECT(S): Yiddish literature -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Jews. Yiddish literature. OCLC: 992802478.
Ex-library with usual markings and normal wear and age to pages but otherwise in good condition. Good Condition. (YID-46-19-GGLEX-’cc).

Price: $225.00