Lot 186
"World History of the Jews, from the Babylonian Exile to the Present Day" - Budapest, 1927
A Zsidók Egyetemes Története, A Babyloniai Fogságból Való Visszatéréstol Napjainkig [World History of the Jews, from the Babylonian Exile to the Present Day], by Ármin Kecskeméti. Publication no. 47/48 of the "Society for Hungarian-Jewish Literature" (Izraelita Magyar Irodalmi Társulat Évkönyvei). Budapest, 1927. Two volumes. Hungarian.
The "Society for Hungarian-Jewish Literature" (IMIT) was founded in 1894 with the aim of disseminating and advancing the spirit of progressive Judaism in Hungary. In the course of its existence the society published a variety of important scholarly works, continuing its operations until 1943. After the war it renewed its activities for one year, then closed definitively.
The book's author, Ármin Kecskeméti (1874-1944), one of the leading Neolog rabbis in Hungary, a scholar of literature and history and a professor of Jewish history at Szeged University. In 1898 he was appointed the rabbi of Mako, a role he held his entire life. Kecskeméti perished at the Strasshof concentration camp in 1944.
After the title page of the first volume is a handwritten dedication (in pen, in Hungarian).
At the end of the second volume are about 40 plates with photographs, illustrations and diagrams.
Ca. 24 cm. First volume: 344, vii, [1] pp. Second volume: 384 pp. Good-fair condition. Stains (mostly to side edges); stained tears to about 6 pages; color stains and damage to bindings. Ink stamp appears on the first page of each volume. Two pages are detached.
