Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Der Judische Gil Blas – Leipzig, 1834, on the Jews of Bohemia

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Der Judische Gil Blas, Herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von einem Unbefangenen. Leipzig, 1834. The author, Seligmann Kohn, wrote under numerous pseudonyms.
The book is in German, based on a French book called ‘Gil Blas,’ but actually documents the lives of the Jews of Bohemia in the 19th century.
176 pages, 16 cm. Good condition. The page before the title is detached. Stains. Tears on the edges of the first and last pages. Ink stamps. The part-leather cover is not original.
Central European Jewry
Central European Jewry