Author: REISZ, MATTHEW,
Title: Europe's Jewish Quarters. [First edition].
Description: London-Sydney-New York.., Simon & Schuster, 1991. 8°. Original cloth, spine with gilded title, dustjacket. [2], 215pp. Many captioned coloured and monochrome illustrations, incl. facsims. after original engravings and drawings, featuring façades and interiors of Europe's great Synagoges accompanied by street-plans indicating direct locations, b ibliography, table of contents. WITH wo large and illustrated english language newspaper cuttings about author and his work loosely inserted. Detailed historic survey of main Europe's cities with their Jewish Quarters [Ghettos] and great Synagoges, community life and religion, economic and cultural life and its impact on non-pJewish societies of Amsterdam, Prague, Toledo, Venice, London, ViennaMarseille, Antwerp, Paris, etc. Very fine copy, WITH DUSTJACKET. (front inner flap of dustkacket clipped).

Keywords: history survey culture heritage legacy ghetto jews jewish quarters synagoge europe religion antisemitism persecution pogrom