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Image courtesy of the Russian State Library (Moscow), Oriental Centre.
Image courtesy of the Russian State Library (Moscow), Oriental Centre.
Image courtesy of the Russian State Library (Moscow), Oriental Centre.

 

 

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    Be"Z

    Be"Z was the author of Der Mode Ustav oder Der Kurs fir Aristokraten un Damen  (The Proper Fashion or The Course for Aristocrats and Ladies), Warsaw: A. Boimtritter, 1894, 44 p. A practical guide to raising the level of aristocracy and teaching the most important rules of etiquette set out in 19 paragraphs, by the author of a new fashion magazine (unidentified). The publication also contains a selection of 10 letters from grooms and brides in the author's collection.

    Full name of the author is unknown.

    Russian on title page:

    ДЕРЪ МОДЕ УСТАВЪ, т. е. Франтовскіе обычаи, соч. Беза, Въ Тино-Дит. Ф. Баумриттера, ул. Дикая № 44, ВАРШАВА 1894

    The Rule of the Mode (Fashion), i.e., Dandy Customs, work by Beza, In Tino-Dit. F. Baumritter, Dikaya Street, No. 44, Warsaw 1894

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    בע״ז

    מחבר פֿון דער מאָדע אוסטאַװ - אָדער דער קורס פֿיר אַריסטאָקראַטען אונ דאַמען, װאַרשע: א. בױמטריטטער, 1894, 44 זז׳. אױפֿן שער־בלאַט שטײט „אַשײנע צוגאַבע דער פּעקיל בריעף – דאָס איז 10 װוּנדער שײנע בריעף פֿון אײניגע חתנים אונ כּלות װאָס האָט זיך פֿערװאַלגערט צװישן מײַנע כּתבֿים.“

    דער גאַנצער נאָמען פֿונעם מחבר איז אומבאַקאַנט.

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