Bischoff, Erich: Babylonisch-Astrales im Weltbilde des Thalmud und Midrasch. (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung. 1907) bound with: Boissier, Alfred: Notes d'Assyrologie. II. (Reprinted from the "Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology," March, 1898) bound with: Ernestus Aemilius Fabian: De Seleucia Babylonia. Cum Tabula Geographica. (Leipzig: Willhelm Engelmann. 1869) bound with: Jones, Felix: Notes on the Topograhy of Nineveh, and the other cities of Assyria; and on the General Geography of the Country between the Tigris and the Upper Zab. (London. 1855) bound with: Academie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres. Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Annee. Bulletin de Mai. (Paris: Librairie Alphonse Picard et Fils. 1911)
NP, n/d. Hardcover. 5 Books bound in one. 172pp. 4pp. 72pp. 101pp. 384pp. Half red leather over marbled boards with original wrappers bound in. Top edge gilt.Gilt lettering and ornamental decoration to spine. Raised bands. Marbled boards.
The last work is illustrated with 2 full-page photogravures, printed on good quality white paper [no browning], protected by tissue guard. Also contains 6 full-page and many in-text b/w plates of Babylonian tablets.
Works on Talmud and Midrash, Assyrology, Archeology and Topography. Illustrated throughout with photogravure (see above), maps, photographs, sketches and charts.
Scuffing, rubbing to boards, browning throughout. In German, English and French. Very good condition. vg. Item #17996
On Erich Bischoff:
Erich Bischoff (1865-1936). Acclaimed scholar on Jesus in Judaism, Jewish Law, Kabbalah, and general mystic thought. Author of, among others, the standard work "Mystik und Magie der Zahlen" (Berlin : H. Barsdorf, 1920), "Das Buch von Schulchan Aruch, mit Anmerkungen und Anhängen" (Leipzig, Hammer-Verlag, 1936), "Die Kabbalah. Einführung in die jüdische Mystik und Geheimwissenschaft" (Leipzig, T.Grieben, 1903), "Jesus und die Rabbinen" (Leipzig, J.C. Hinrichs'sche buchhandlung, 1905) and this work, "Babylonisch-astrales im Weltbilde des Thalmud und Midrasch" (Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs, 1907).
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