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[Lovers of Jewish Antiquity] : TAKONES FUN DER GEZELSHAFT LIEBHOBER FUN YUDISHEN ALTERTUM [TAKONOT]

Vilna: Drukeray B.A. Kletskin [Kletzkin], 1913

1st edition. Original purple paper wrappers, 8vo, 8 pages. In YiddishTitle translates as, “Regulations of the Society: Lovers of Jewish Antiquity.” A founding document connected to the first Jewish museum in Vilna, which was “opened in 1913, when a group of intellectuals established a Society of Lovers of Jewish Antiquity, along with a museum. The greater part of its collection of Jewish folklore, art, music, published and unpublished materials, was destroyed during the first World War. The Society was revived in 1919 and, soon thereafter, the museum.On the eve of the Second World War, the museum had accumulated more than 6,000 books, thousands of historical works and documents, various publications in eleven different languages, and a rich folklore collection. Additionally, there were ancient coins, including Jewish ones from the last Hasmoneans and the Bar-Kochba Period, as well as 3,000 works of art. The unique contents of this first Jewish museum were nearly all destroyed during the Second World War” (Howard Margol, litvaksig.org). No copies on OCLC. Harvard lists a copy and YIVO notes at copy at the Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania. We could locate no other copies. Pre-war Russian-Jewish institutional stamp on first page, rusting at staples, otherwise a gorgeous copy with beautiful paper. Very Good Condition. Scarce and important. (YID-43-28)

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