Jüdische Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Unter Mitwirkung von B. W. Segel. 2 vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage, mit gegenüberstehender Traskription, Index und Glossar.

Bernstein, Ignaz; B. W. Segel (Collaborator). Jüdische Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Unter Mitwirkung von B. W. Segel. 2 vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage, mit gegenüberstehender Traskription, Index und Glossar. Warsaw: Bei J. Kauffman, 1908. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Quarto. xv, 329pp. (3 – 294 duplicate, opposing pages in German and Yiddish, pp. 296 – 329 Yiddish index), + 84 pp. German glossary with some Yiddish citations. Original green textured boards with gilt lettering in Yiddish on one side, German on the other and on spine. Olive endpapers. Two title pages ,in Hebrew and German, printed in red and black with publisher’s device. Decorative head and endpieces.

“The second edition contains the complete material I collected in Russia, Poland and Galicia, with the exception of the sections “Erotica” and “Rustica,” which, for easily understandable reasons, couldn’t be included here. I intend to publish those somewhere else… The proverbs are organized by keywords which are printed at the head of the proverbs. Within every group proverbs are also organized in alphabetical order. When choosing the keywords I selected those, be it a noun, verb or pronoun, that represents the main subject in every proverb. This method is generally recognized as the best by contemporary paremiologists and enhances the usefulness of the compendium.” (Foreword).

Text in German and Hebrew. Binding with light wear lightly rubbed along edges, small chips, a quarter inch closed tear at top of front joint, two inch crack on back joint. Starting at inside covers. Block lightly age-toned. Good- to good+ condition. Hardcover. (52087) $95