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(ANTISEMITICA).   WAGNER, RICHARD. Das Judenthum in der Musik. FIRST EDITION in book form. From the library of the late RABBI DR. DAVID DE SOLA POOL with his signature (dated 1906) and bookplate. pp. 57, (1). Light wear, few leaves creased, pervious owner’s marks in pencil. Contemporary boards. 8vo. Leipzig, J. J. Weber, 1869.     This essay “Jewishness in Music” is an attack by Richard Wagner on Jews in general and the composers Giacomo Meyerbeer and Felix Mendelssohn in particular. It is an important landmark in the history and development of German anti-Semitism of the modern era. ACCOMPANIED BY: Paulus Cassel. Der Judengott und Richard Wagner. Eine Antwort. pp. 44. Original printed wrappers. Berlin, 1881.