(J. T. A. Mail Service)
The Jewish National and University Library has recently received a number of valuable shipments, it was announced.
Dr. Nathan Korn of Vienna sent an agricultural library consisting of about 400 volumes, the donation of the Society of Jewish Students at the School of Agriculture in Vienna. The shipment contained also: The Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Department of Mathematics and Natural Science, Vol, 117-132 (both sections) donated by Dr. Isaac Robinson of Vienna; a series of old Latin works donated by Mr. Marcus Satz of Vienna; the Arabic-Persian-Turkish dictionary by Meminski (1780); many valuable medical books previously belonging to the library of the late Dr. S. Kornfeld.
Dr. Schachter of Breslau sent a case of books containing among others many publications relating to the history of the Order B’nai B’rith and the Alliance Israelite Universelle. These were donated by Dr. Theodor Breslauer, Dr. Adolph Mandowski, Ludvig Schachne and the publishing firm of Dr. Freibatsch.
From Dr. Julius Jarcho of New York the Library received a large collection of new medical books and periodicals.
Dr. E. Libman of New York sent a case of books containing new medical works and editions of medical classics, among which was the ten-volume edition of “Hypokrates.”
Dr. Emanuel Hertz of New York donated a manuscript “De Natu Human” (ae intelligentiaee?) by one of the commentators of Descartes, and the edition of the Hebrew Pentateuch, Anvers 1573.
Prof. Theodor Lessing sent all of his works, at the request of the Library.
Dr. Alfred Adler. the well-known psychoanalyst, sent his book, “Der Nervose Charakter,” and many of his individual studies. Mr. Chaim Enzio Sereni sent to the Library the edition of “Diologhi di Amore” by Leone Ebreo, printed in 1558.
Mr. Jechiel Kurz of Tarnow sent eight very old Hebrew books, among them the Augsburg edition of ” Akvath Rohel” (1556).
Mr. Ludrig Ikenberg of Dresden bought for the Library editions of Kant and Schopenhauer which the Library had hitherto lacked.
The printing firm of Meyer of Halberstadt again sent a large number of its publications.
The Library Committee in Rome recently photographed many memorials and works of art in Italy relating to the history of the Jews in that country, and donated the collection to the Library.
In Slovakia, Dr. M. Oettinger collected for the Library interesting posters relating to the history of the Jews in that country.
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