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Balaban, Majer : DZIEJE Z? YDOW W KRAKOWIE I NA KAZIMIERZU (1304-1868) ; TOME 1: 1304-1655 [VOL 1 ONLY]

Krako´w; Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1985

Publishers cloth. 4to. XXIV, 471 pages. 28 cm. Limited edition. In Polish. Number 32; limited edition of 1250 numbered copies. History of the Jews of Cracow. Volume one only, from 1304 to 1655. Reprint; originally published: Krako´w: Izraelicka Gmina Wyznaniowa; gl. Skl. W ksie? G. L. Frommera, 1912-36. Majer Balaban (1877–1942) , “historian and educator. Majer Balaban was a founder and architect of modern Polish Jewish historiography and the first to synthesize both Polish archival sources and Jewish communal records and rabbinic responsa. … Balaban published hundreds of works in Polish, German, Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. His popular essays were featured regularly in the Jewish press. His work is largely descriptive, focusing on leading personalities, families, and religious movements and devoting considerable attention to material culture and daily life. In his local histories, for example, the topography of the Jewish quarter in various periods is described in detail. Among his many outstanding works is his two-volume history of Jews in Kraków (1931, 1936; Hebrew translation, 2003) , which remains the most detailed study of a leading Jewish community. ” (Yivo Encyclopedia) Subjects: Jews - Poland - Krako´w - History. Jews - Poland - Kazimierz (Pulawy) - History. Krako´w (Poland) - Ethnic relations. Kazimierz (Pulawy, Poland) - Ethnic relations. OCLC lists 11 copies. Light shelf wear to cloth, overall clean and fresh. Great condition. (EE-4-8)

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