Publishers cloth. 8vo. 272 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Bibliyotek fun YIVO. English title page: “Jewish Educational Policies in Poland from 1806 to 1866.” With 9 pages of plates, including a facsimile of a Diploma from the Warsaw Rabbinical School. Appendix period documents in Polish. “Yankev Shatzky (1893–1956) , historian and librarian. A native of Warsaw, Yankev Shatzky spent most of his career in the United States, closely associated with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. His published works number more than a thousand, including hundreds of scholarly articles, scores of major book reviews, monographs, and book-length studies, in addition numerous anthologies and annuals that he edited. Writing primarily in Yiddish, but also in Polish and Hebrew, Shatzky ranged over the length and breadth of modern Jewish history and thought. He also wrote extensively on the history of Yiddish theater and popular Jewish culture. His best and most important works focused on the Jews of Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine—the constituent parts of Old Poland. ” (YIVO Encyclopedia; Shatzky, Yankev) . Subjects: Jews - Education - Poland. Light rubbing to cloth, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (YID-16-25) Xx