Jews in the Province of Posen: Studies in the Communal Records of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries [INSCRIBED]

Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Inscribed "With best wishes to Michael Preston from Michael M. Zarchin" on front free endpaper. Quarto. VII, 115pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. The basis of the present study was a collection of manuscripts in the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, consisting of 42 manuscripts dealing with the socio-economic internal political organization, legal and religious aspects of 14 Jewish communities in the Province of Posen during the 18th and 19th centuries. This work sheds light on the life, customs and ceremonies of the German Jews in the Province of Posen. Very light wear of binding. Lettering on spine slightly faded. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.