Protokollbuch der Jüdischen Gemeinde Berlin (1723-1854)

Meisl, Josef. Protokollbuch der Jüdischen Gemeinde Berlin (1723-1854). Jerusalem: Rubin Mass, 1962. First edition. Quarto. LXXXII, 544pp. Original decorative wrappers over tan cloth. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Josef Meisl was the general secretary and later librarian of the Berlin Jewish community until the Nazi rise to power at which time he moved to Jerusalem. There he founded and directed the General Archives for the History of the Jewish People and worked to transfer important archival material from Europe to Israel. This work was published posthumously and is the minutenotes of the Berlin Jewish community meetings (EJ). Ex-library copy with library stamps on text block edges, and on free front endpaper. Library identification stickers on front cover and spine of wrappers, and at bottom of spine. Library pocket on free front endpaper. DJ flaps have been pasted to the boards. Text in Hebrew and German. Wrappers in overall good+, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (24188) $50