MANUSCRIT] Max NORDAU (1849-1923) Entartung Autograph manuscript, titled and signed. Signed in German: "Première partie parue en octobre 1892 Second part published in May 1893". One quarto volume of 264 pp. and 330 pp. numbered on linen paper, of which only the rectos are used, and mounted on tabs. Bound in red half-maroquin with muted spine, boards worn. Numerous erasures and corrections punctuate the text, as well as additions of paper to complete certain passages. Important first draft manuscript. Entartung (Degeneration) is probably Nordau's most important and successful work. Rapidly sold in over a hundred thousand copies, it was translated into many languages. He severely criticizes the culture, literature and art of the late 19th century, which he regards as decadent. He borrows medical concepts to diagnose this "disease", which he sees as weakening the moral and intellectual foundations of Western civilization. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba