Watch List notes:

Der babylonische Talmud in Auswahl (Selections of the Babylonian Talmud), by Jakob Fromer & illust. by Joseph Budko; 1924, Brandusschen Verlagsbuchhandlung,Berlin; 172 pages. Printed on thick art paper, with illustrated/graphical section headings + 2 page intro. image (Budko's initials at base & date "Purim 5784" in Hebrew). Hardcover w/protective thick black paper jacket (this brittle along spine) - otherwise pristine & mint condition. 16 translated selections of Talmud (Proverbs, Brachot, Shabbat, Pesachim, Yoma, Rosh HaShana, Ta'anit, Yevamot, Ketubot, Gittin, Kiddushin, Baba Kama, Baba Metzia, Baba Batra, Sanhedrin, Avoda Zara). Budko (1888-1940) was famous Jewish-Polish artist who created etchings, engravings & woodcuts; favorite student of Jewish artist Hermann Struck; director of Bezalel art school 1934-40. Fromer (1865-1938) was Jewish-Polish semiticist & librarian of Berlin Jewish Community who published anti-Semitic article (1904) identifying Judaism's character as source of anti-Semitism & called for its self-destruction; recognized as an authority on Talmud; this work is said to reflect his ongoing struggle to reconcile his western identity with his traditional background.