A fragile & ephemeral survival - the 1908 catalogue of a Zagreb antiquarian bookshop: 364 items described, including an extraordinary rarity - the third edition of the Gospels in Croatian, published in Venice in 1586. 1/
Mirko Breyer Knižar i Antikvar - Vijesti iz Slavenskog Knizevnog Antikvarijata - Katalog XI, Zagreb 1908.
Mirko Breyer (1863 – 1946) was a Croatian writer, bibliographer and antiquarian. In 1903, Breyer founded his eponymous bookstore in Zagreb, and it operated until 1929. 2/
Mirko Breyer (1863 – 1946) was a Croatian writer, bibliographer and antiquarian. In 1903, Breyer founded his eponymous bookstore in Zagreb, and it operated until 1929. 2/
Breyer was supporter of a Jewish assimilation in Croatia, and a longtime member of the Zagreb 'Israelites' community. His aim was to gather all Croatian and Yugoslav Jews regardless of political view. Breyer was imprisoned as a Jew during World War II at Stara Gradiška camp. 3/
Breyer survived the war, and died in Zagreb on 29 December 1946. He was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery. 4/
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