Author: ORZESZKO E. (ORZESZKOWA Eliza)
Title: Meyer et Isaac. Moeurs juives (Meir Ezofowicz)
- Compiled by Victor Tissot
- Place of issue: Paris (Paris)
- Year of publication: 1888
- Publisher: E. Dentu
- Number of pages: [4], 376
- Illustrations, maps: full-page illustrations in the text 26
- Size: 28 cm
- Binding: hardback half-leather from the epoch, gilt and ornamentation on the spine, decorative paper on the front and back boards, preserved front cover of the booklet
- Condition: minor rubbing of binding, characteristic yellowing of paper in places - otherwise a beautiful impressive piece!
- ISBN: ---
Description:
Book in French. Banach 758 One of the most famous novels of Polish Positivism. On the boards woodcut illustrations by Elviro Andriolli.
"Meir Ezofowicz" is considered one of the best novels of the outstanding novelist. Orzeszkova conducted her own extensive study of Judaism and the problems of Jewish communities. In the novel she addresses the problem of anti-Semitism and calls for cooperation.
Piece from the book collection of Leon Drogoslaw Truszkowski landowner and collector (includes his stamp with a baronial crown).