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ZIEMINSKI, Jan (Jan Wagner). Problem emigracji zydowskiej [ The Problem of Jewish Emigration ]. Warsaw: Nakladem zwiazku pisarzy i publicystow emigracyjnych [Union of Migrant Writers and Journalists], 1937. Very rare statistical cartography illustrating Jewish emigration from Poland. This summary of a study by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs includes 17 coloured maps, charts and tables on the Jewish population of Poland, and in the world at large. The accompanying text gathers statements of Polish government officialdom as well as Jewish leaders regarding Jewish emigration, and looks at the history of Jews in the Kingdom of Poland and specifically in the Second Polish Republic. Outside of Poland (where we can trace 9 copies in institutions), there are only 4 recorded copies in German libraries (Mainz; Herder-Institut fu¨r historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Marburg; BSB Munich; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), one in the British Library, and one in United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Quarto text vol. (270 x 200mm) and 17 loose maps, both contained within original card portfolio (290 x 210mm). Text: 74pp., with loose leaves at end comprising 2pp. of tables and 2pp. of errata printed on slightly shorter pink paper (tiny marginal ink stain to pp.31-35, otherwise a fine copy). Original printed wrappers. Illustration: 17 coloured plates, one of which double-page and folding, with loose leaf with 1p. list of contents (this latter faintly dust-soiled at head, a few plates with very minor marginal light soiling and faint creasing). Original printed green card portfolio (unevenly faded, flaps frayed at corners and with some minor nicks and associated small losses). Provenance : ink ownership inscription on upper cover of portfolio.