Buy this book on-line Shatsky, Jacob : SPINOZA UN ZAYN SVIVEH"A Grupe Fraynd", New York, 1927
8vo; 1st edition. Cloth, Small octavo, 334 pages. In Yiddish. Section headings include "The Jews in Amsterdam", The Theological Storm", and "Leibnitz". Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334).SUBJECT(S): Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. "Jacob Shatzky (also: Yaakov, or Yankev Shatski; in Polish: Szacki) (1893–1956) was a distinguished Jewish historian.Shatzky was born in Warsaw. He received a traditional Jewish education and went on to study at universities in Lwów, Vienna, Berlin and Warsaw. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw in 1922 with a thesis on 'The Jewish Question in the Kingdom of Poland During the Paskiewicz Era.' Historians who studied under Shatzky include Lucy Dawidowicz.Shatzky enlisted in Pilsudski's Legion and fought with distinction in the First World War; he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was sent by the Polish Foreign Ministry in 1918 to report on a pogrom in Vilna. He resigned from his post when it became clear that the government would not act to punish the perpetrators of the pogroms.Shatzky emigrated to the United States in 1923. He served as Chief Librarian of the New York State Psychiatric Institute from 1930 to 1956. He acquired the personal library of Sigmund Freud for the collection" (Wikipedia). OCLC: 19308492. Some wear, Good Condition. (YID-42-43-EL-'x) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shatsky, Jacob : SPINOZA UN ZAYN SVIVEH. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, used books, libri antichi, livres illustrées and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |