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(HASKALAH). - Bikurei Ha'itim [literary journal]. Vols. I-III bound in one. In Hebrew and Judeo-German. With large folding publisher's ad. Ex-library, some staining, small tear on fold out. Modern boards. 8vo. Anton Schmid, Vienna: 1821-23. This literary-scientific journal was a central forum for Haskalah literature for twelve years. The editor Shalom Cohen sought to follow the literary tradition set by the first Haskalah periodical HaMe'assef. The first issue contains a biography of Moses Mendelssohn (pp. 20-2). See EJ, vol. IV cols. 992-3.