Jüdische Sprichwörter und Redensarten

Bernstein, Ignaz. Jüdische Sprichwörter und Redensarten. Warschau: Kauffmann, 1908. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Quarto. xv, 329, 84pp. Original brown leatherette with gilt lettering on covers and spine. Brown endpapers. Title pages printed in red and black, in Hebrew and German. More than 4,000 Jewish idioms used in Russia, Poland and Galicia, in Hebrew with German transcription on opposite page. The publication is based on Bernstein’s own research and presents his all of his work except for the areas of “Erotica” and “Rustica.” Includes Index and glossary at rear. Text in Yiddish, Hebrew typeface, and German. Spine cracked at joints with 6 x 1″ chip at head barely attached to the spine. Front free endpaper attached only at bottom. Starting at inside gutters. Ex Libris and inked name of previous owners at rear inside cover. Light age toning along edges of block. Binding in overall poor, interior in very good condition. poor to vg. Hardcover. (41458) $75