First edition, folio, 370 pp. 280:205 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards.

First edition of this important and fascinating historical account of Jewish History in France and German in the eleventh through thirteenth centuriues (1033-1273) by Julius Aronius. The full title is Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden im Fränkischen und Deutschen Reiche Bis zum Jahre 1273. Regesten der Geschichte der Juden gives, in chronological order, under each date, an abstract of every entry in the medieval chronicles and documents relating to the Jews of Germany. Its publication was interrupted by the death of Aronius, and was completed by Saalfeld. The title-page also notes two co-authors, Albert Dresdner and Ludwig Lewinski. The green color jacket gives the date 1887 but the title-age is dated 1902. There is an introduction from H. Breslau and then the text, in 773 numbered paragraphs, which begins in c. 100 and concludes in 1260-86

Julius Aronius was a German historian; born Feb. 5, 1861, at Rastenburg, Germany; died June 29, 1893. After completing the gymnasium course, he entered the University of Berlin, where he studied history, philology, and later went to the University of Königsberg. He was graduated from the latter as Ph.D. in 1883, on which occasion he wrote a thesis, "Studien über die Älteren Angelsächsischen Urkunden." Aronius became instructor at the Berlin Realgymnasium, ors, Alvbert  Ages, he began the work, under the title "Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland.".