Vitebsk Amol

Karu, Baruch. Vitebsk Amol. New York: Waldon Press, 1956. 8vo. 644pp. Half black cloth over gray cloth boards. Title in black. Memorial volume for the Jewish community of Vitebsk in Belarus. Analyzes the community from a sociology and economic perspective. Includes significant material on R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Chabad-movement. Wonderfully illustrated with annotated b/w photographs, including a reprint of a painted portrait of R. Shneur Zalman and the artist Marc Chagall. Text in Yiddish. Bottom edge bumped. Head and tail of spine bumped. Overall in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (33196) $75