Atlas

1887 · rif. 36764 — Warsaw: Y. Goldman 1887. Hardcover. g. 8to. 340pp. 2 164pp. 8pp. Modern green leather binding with gold borders and raised bands. Illustrated title-page with images of a vineyard children playing and a globe. Scholarly anthology edited by the Eastern European maskil Eleazar Atlas. Includes essays by Samuel Joseph Fuenn Jacob Reines and Israel Tropp. Topics include the rabbinic yeshiva and Hebrew grammar. There are also stories songs and information about the world. Atlas was heavily involved in Hebrew journalism which led to his association with the Zionist historian Nahum Sokolow. Text in Hebrew. Stamp from previous owner. Wear to cover. Foxing to leaves. Overall in good condition. Previously owned by the rabbi and historian Meyer Abraham Halevy. Y. Goldman hardcover books