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Periodical Edited by Meir Letteris - Vienna, 1857-1859
Wiener Mittheilungen, Zeitschrift fֳ¼r Israelitische Kultur-Zustֳ₪nde. Redakteur und Herausgeber: Dr. M. Letteris. Vienna, 1857-1859. German.
Five issues: 43,45,51,52 of October-December 1857: issue 44, December 1859. The periodical was published during the years 1854-1870, edited by the poet and writer Meir (Max) Letteris, of the Haskalah Movement in Galicia and Austria. Most of his life he suffered from financial difficulties and undertook translation work, editing and proofreading of essays, writing encyclopedic articles, translating into German religious books (Machzorim, Siddurim etc.), and other duties (he worked in Anton Schmidt's printing press in Vienna). Studied in universities in Lvov, Prague and Vienna and gained a PhD degree. The periodical presented here, was one of his most successful achievements. [4] pp in each issue (continuous pagination), 28.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, folding-marks, minor tears and creases.
