Sippurim

Author: Pascheles, Wolf

Publisher: Pascheles

Published: Prag

Publishing year: 1853

(Judaica). Pascheles, Wolf (1814-1857; publ.) and Pascheles, Jakob Wolf (1839-1897; publ.)."Sippurim, eine Sammlung jüdischer Volkssagen, Erzählungen, Mythen, Chroniken, Denkwürdigkeiten und Biographien berühmter Juden aller Jahrhunderte, insbesondere des Mittelalters". 1. to 5. collection. Prague: W. and J. W. Pascheles, 1853-1864. First edition ("Erste Sammlung" from the 3. ed. - 1858). 8vo. (23 cm). 224; 252, (2); (2), 254, (2); 362, (6); 382, (2) pp. Half cloth from the time with gilt title on the spine. Five collections (Sammlungen) bound in one volume.

Wolf Pascheles (1814, Prague - 1857, Prague) was a Jewish publisher in the Austrian Empire. In 1846 he began to bring out Jewish folk-sayings, together with biographies of famous Jews, novels, and the like, under the title Sippurim. Among the contributors to the Sippurim were L. Weisel, Salomon Kohn, I. M. Jost, R. Fürstenthal, and S. I. Kaempf.

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