Two Books by Yosef Perl – "Sefer Megale Tmirin" and an Anthology of Writings in Yiddish – 1864 / 1937

1. "Sefer Megale Tmirin" by Yosef Perl. Lvov: M.F. Poremba press, 1864. Second edition.
A satiric parody on Chassidic stories, written as an exchange of letters between Chassidim who try to avoid distribution of a book against Chassidut. In the beginning and at the end of the book appear handwritten bibliographic notes.
70, [2] leaves, 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and damages. Open tear to lower corner of title page, restored. Strip of adhesive tape between the first and second leaves. Ink stamps. New binding, damaged.
2. "Yosef Perls Yidish Ktovim, gefunen in der Tarnopoler Perl-bibliotek…" [writings in Yiddish by Yosef Perl, found in Perl's library in Tarnopol]. Published by "Bibliotek fun YIVO", Vilnius, 1937. Anthology of writings in Yiddish, among them "Sefer Megale Tmirin" and other stories.
CVII, [1], 244 pp + [2] picture plates, 22 cm. Good-fair condition, ink-stamps and slight defects (mostly at margins). New binding, slightly damaged. The original front cover is mounted on the new front binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.