Zur Kenntnis der neuhebräischen religiösen Poesie
Frankfurt: Bach'sche Buch- und Steindruckerei, 1842. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vii (v), 175 (1)pp. Bound in modern blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Decorative title page. A contribution to literary history of religious new Hebrew poetry with examples in Hebrew. Text in German, Gothic script, with Hebrew examples of poetry at rear. Binding rubbed with some wear along edges and head and tail of spine, corners bumped. Spine darkened. Front endpapers with penciled notes on both sides and heavily browned. Front endpaper with chips at fore-edge and bottom and detached. Starting at front endpaper. Title page heavily browned with some remnants of paper and glue on right column of decorative frame. Glue bleeding through to verso. Moderate foxing of book block throughout. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in fair to good- condition. fair. Item #35636
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