Hardcover, xxvii, 274 pages, 8vo. Wechsler was born in Michalove, Borsod Province, Hungary, in 1849 and was ordained by various rabbis. He published a Hebrew/German newspaper in Miskolc, Hungary in 1882 and immigrated to America in 1885. He operated a printing press in New York and published a number of early Yiddish periodicals, including one of the first for women. Wechsler was active in the Hungarian Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagodol, where he served as president prior to 1889. He also served as rabbi in Yonkers, New Brunswick, and, from 1895 until at least 1917, New York. In 1895 Wechsler helped Bernard Drachman and Henry Pereira Mendes found the Vaad Harabbonim Mahzike Hadath (Goldman) . No copies listed on OCLC. Ex-library. Hinge repair. Chippings to edges of pages. Stained, brown pages. Wear to binding. Otherwise, good condition. Scarce. (amr-36-24)