RARE 19th-century German satire on Jewish custom of matchmaking by the author of another satirical novella on the same theme - "Ein Shidduch aus Liebe". 190x130mm. 120 pages. Marbled board rebound Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover yellowing. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and worn. Spine glue-stained. Sticker residues on spine. Sticker on front cover bottom corner near spine. Ex libris sticker and pen inscription on front inner cover. Small library stamp on front whitepage, title page, pages 41, 72, 99, 120. Stamp on page 41 slightly obscures several letters of the text. Pencil marks on page 15. Page 17/18 worn, edges/corners tattered. Page 17 bottom corner taped with transparent tape with rubbing to several letters of the text. Transparent tape between pages 16-17 and 110-111. Ink stain on page 59 obscures several words (text easily reconstructible). Edges of page 15/16 and 37/38, a as well as bottom edge of pages 49/50 and 61/62 slightly torn - NO damage to text. Several pages wrinkled. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book has sustained some damage, but is otherwise in good reading condition.