RARE monograph by Josef Meisl, a renowned German-Jewish archivist, historian of Polish and Russian Jewry, and founder of the Jewish Historical General Archives in Berlin. Heinrich Graetz(1817-1891) was the author of the most influential history of the Jews, one of the first historians to write a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective. Includes Graetz`s frontispiece and archival documents. 210x155mm. 184 pages. Hardcover rebound with another book`s cover. Title sticker pasted on front cover cover. Cover slightly stained. Cover upper edge peeling. Frontispiece and last page edges worn. Erased pencil marks on title page. Page 79 bottom corner near binding torn - NO damage to text. Some page edges/corners slightly worn. Small pencil marks near text on several pages. All pages detached from binding. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Though in need of some external restoration, the inside of the book is preserved very well; accordingly this extremely rare book is still in good reading condition.