Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
Book about Yiddish Etymology – Noah Prilutski / Cover Design by Henryk Berlewi
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Dos Gevet, Dialogen Wegen Sprach un Kultur [dialogues about language and culture], Noah Prilutski. Warsaw: Kultur Lige, 1923. Yiddish.
Composition about the etymology of Yiddish and its dialects, written as dialogues between Kalman and Sender.
Noah Prilutski (1882-1941) – linguist, journalist and political leader of Polish Jewry between the two world wars. Founder of the paper "Der Moment".
Illustration on the cover by Henryk Berlewi. [3], 159, XCVIII, 21 cm. Original cover mounted on a hard cover (somewhat chopped), faults at cover's edges. Minor spotting.
Composition about the etymology of Yiddish and its dialects, written as dialogues between Kalman and Sender.
Noah Prilutski (1882-1941) – linguist, journalist and political leader of Polish Jewry between the two world wars. Founder of the paper "Der Moment".
Illustration on the cover by Henryk Berlewi. [3], 159, XCVIII, 21 cm. Original cover mounted on a hard cover (somewhat chopped), faults at cover's edges. Minor spotting.