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Original Cloth. 8vo. IV, 548 pages. 20 cm. Fascimile edition. Attractive Reprint. Originally published: Leipzig: K. F. Koehler, 1891-1895, In 2 vols under title: Kiryat sefer. Includes indexes in Hebrew or English. William Zeitlin (1850-1921) was a "Russian scholar and bibliographer; born at Homel, government of Moghilef, about the middle of the nineteenth century. He is known especially as the author of 'Kiryat Sefer, ' or 'Bibliotheca Hebraica Post-Mendelssohniana' (Leipsic, 1891-95) , a bibliographical dictionary of modern Hebrew literature from the beginning of Mendelssohn's epoch until 1890. The compilation of this work occupied Zeitlin for twenty years. Hemade extensive use of Benjacob's 'Ozar ha-Sefarim' and of Fürst's 'Bibliotheca Judaica, ' and visited Wilna and Warsaw, the centers of the Hebrew book market, as well as many university citiesâ "as Königsberg, Berlin, Geneva, and Parisâ "from the libraries of which he gathered additional material for his work. The 'Kiryat Sefer' indexes not only works in book form, but also important periodical articles, biographical sketches, and scientific essays, in addition to giving biographical notes on several authors. " - 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. Subjects: Hebrew literature - Bibliography. Jews - Bio-bibliography. Hebrew literature. Jews. Bibliography. Bio-bibliography. OCLC lists 24 copies of the Olms Fascimile edition. Very clean and fresh. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-36-22). Seller Inventory # 34315
Title: KIRYAT SEFER: BIBLIOTHECA HEBRAICA ...
Publisher: Hildesheim; New York; G. Olms
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
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