eight issues of the Kochvei Yitzchak journal for maskilim, edited by Mendel ben Yitzchak Stern, Vienna. Includes issue 1 which was published in 1845 and issues 7, 17, 20, 23, 30, 34, 35 – published between 1845-1868. [The last issue was published in 1837, after a break of four years]. The issues were published sporadically. [37 issues were published over the 28 years of its existence.] The journal discussed poetry, manuscripts [which were first published in its publications from time to time], Hebrew studies, translations of German-Jewish texts and more. Contributers included Elazar ben Yehuda of Worm, Shd”l [Shmuel Dovid Luzzato], Rochel Morpurgo and others. Editor Mendel Stern [1811-1873] was the director of the Hebrew department at Anton Schmidt’s press. Varying sizes and conditions.