Hebräisch und Deutsch in Poesie und Prosa für alle vorkommenden Falle von Lion Wolff.
Author
Wolff, Lion
Place of Publication
Leipzig
Publication Name
Verlag von Gustav Engel
Year
1921
Language(s)
Hebrew German
Description
RARE book of Jewish gravestone inscriptions in Hebrew and German by Leon Wolff (possibly Rabbi Lion Wolff (1845-1934), who was the Rabbi at the Congregation Tempelburg in Pomerania for twenty five years, and the oldest teacher and preacher of any faith in the whole of the German Republic to retire at the age of 82 in 1927). 150x100mm. VIII+172 pages [+4]. Black rebound Hardcover with original boards. Grey lettering on original front cover. Cover dust-stained. Cover edges and upper corners worn. Cover bottom corners bumped and peeling. Sticker on spine. Spine rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Several wormholes on front cover, inner cover, whitepage and pages I-VI; 2 small wormholes on pages VII-5; 1 small wormhole on pages 6-19 - all without damage to text. Ex-library copy with stamp on both whitepages, title page, and bottom corner of pages 7, 61 and 95. Pen writing on title page edge near binding. Inner cover and several pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare anthology of Hebrew and German gravestone inscriptions is otherwise in good condition.