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VILNA. LIKUTEI SHOSHANIM. BIBLIOGRAPHY. FIRST EDITION, BERLIN 1889. - Catalogue of the famed Straschun library. The library was amassed by R. Mattisyohu Straschun who was an important member of the Vilna community. It contained over 5500 seforim and was renowned as one the most important scholarly collections in the world. Upon his demise he bequeathed it to the community, whereupon it became one the city’s most important landmarks, attracting scholars and writers from across the broad spectrum of Lithuania’s Jewish population. After the Holocaust, its surviving remnants were divided amongst various libraries, including the YIVO institute in New York. 4, 304 pages 20cm. Some damage to first few pages (with no missing text), crudely restored. Previous owner’s notations. Modern binding.