Lemberg: Loebel Balaban, 1840. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 50 leaves. Orginal leather. Biography of Rabbi Shelomoh ben Yitzhak (Rashi), the grandfather of and one of the most important Biblical and Rabbinic commentators. This work is a translation from the German article written by Leopold Zunz (1794-1886), who is among the..... More
Warsaw: Isaac Goldman, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv, 232pp. Black cloth. Hebrew with Russian title-page in the front and a purple German title-page in the rear. Historical work by the 19th century bibliophile and historian Ephraim Deinard. Massa Krim deals with the history of Jews in the Crimean peninsula..... More
New York: Hermon Press, 1968. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 210, (3) 425 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spines, in original dustjackets with black lettering on spines. 1. The Geonim and Their Halakic Writings, and 2. Ginezah Studies. "The centuries between the final redaction of..... More
Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, ca. 1900. Hardcover. 4to. 808,[20],xviiipp. Brown cloth richly decorated in gold, black, red, blue and green. Red page edges. Decorative endpapers. Color frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Detailed work on the history of Jews in Germany, starting from the time of their first settlement during the Roman..... More
Philadelphia: Cahan Printing Co., 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 88pp. Maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners rubbed. Minor scuffing and a few tiny white stains to boards. Inscribed by previous owner on front endpaper. "A Thesis by Bernard Revel..... More
Florence: Galletti e Cocci Tifografi Editori, 1886. Hardcover. Ex-library. 12mo. 78pp. Brown half cloth over white paper boards. Pasted title-page on cover with red and black lettering and decorated initial. A history of the Jewish ghetto in Florence in the 16th century. Text in Italian. Names of previous owner, Richard..... More
London: The Jewish Historical Society of England, 1930, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. xxxvi, 134, li, 347 (1), 349-509 (1)pp. Original gray wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Two frontispieces. "This edition of Hebrew Starrs (printed by permission of the Authorities of the British Museum) has, as its..... More
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. xxxiii,392pp. vi,394-749pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Minor scuffing to boards. A detailed account of Rabbi Meir's life and his works as sources for..... More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1970. Second Edition with Appendix. Hardcover. 2 volumes in one. xxxiii,392pp. vi,394-749pp. Mottled green cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. A detailed account of Rabbi Meir's life and his works as sources for the religious, legal, and social history of the Jews of..... More
NP, n/d. 8vo. 2 volumes. Band I: Das frühere und das hohe Mittelater. Frankfurt am Main. 1924. J. Kauffmann. Second edition (Zweite Auflage). vii,514pp. Band II: Das spätere Mittelalter. Leipzig. 1920. Gustav Fock. First edition. xii,413,[2]pp. Text in German. Foreword by Emmi Caro. From the series "Grundriß der Gesamtwissenschaft des..... More
Lisboa: Livraria Classica Editora de A. M. Teixeira, 1921-1922. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. X, 518, [4]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable and concise history of the Portuguese New Christians by the illustrious historian João Lucio d'Azevedo. New Christian was a term used to refer to Iberian Muslims and Jews who..... More
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart's Verlagshandlung, 1834. 8vo. 419pp. Original wrapper, back cover missing. Age wear and creasing to wrapper. Most of backstrip missing, almost disbound. "Ein von der Akademie der Inschriften und schönen Wissenschaften zu Paris durch Ehrenerwähnung ausgezeichneter historischer Versuch über ihre bürgerlichen, literäischen Handels- Verhältnisse." Fascinating work on Jewish..... More
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart's Verlagshandlung, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 419,[1]pp. Rebound. Original front wrapper pasted on three-quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. Fascinating study by Depping on the history of the Jews and their role in medieval Europe. Text in German, gothic script. Some bumping and age wear on parts..... More
New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xii, 210, 425pp. Original cloth-backed green boards with black lettering on cover and spine. 1. The Geonim and Their Halakic Writings, and 2. Ginezah Studies. "The centuries between the final redaction of the Talmud and the..... More
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 235pp. Original brown cloth with blind stamp border and gold lettering on spine. Dropsie College emblem on title page. Catalogue of 487 documents from the Cairo Genizah along with description of the given item. Documents range..... More
Paris: Mouton & Co., 1973. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 183pp. (1). Paper wrappers. Preface by Georges Duby. Scholarly work on the Jewish community of the town of Monosque in Southern France during the late 13th and early 14th century. During this period the region fell under the direct control of..... More
Wien: Wilhelm Braunmüller, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xlii,148pp. Blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Head and tail slightly bumped. Minor age wear to binding. Decorated page edges and endpapers. Ribbon marker. Volume I of the series " Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutsch-Österreich", herausgegeben..... More
Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, (1936). True First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiii,227pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Important study on the Spanish inquisition and the mass baptism of 1435 which made the Majorcan Jewish community the first in Spain to be totally converted to..... More
Roma: Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 518pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over printed wrappers. This remarkable work contains the proceedings of the first international conference on the history and culture of Italian Jews. Lower front corner bumped, thus..... More
Paris: H. Champion, 1886. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [4], 194pp. Decorative initial. Scarce and fascinating work compiling documents, some published for the first time, shedding a light on the Jewish condition during the Middle-Ages in the French papal states. Original wraps missing. Book disbound with many pages loose (but present)..... More
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart's Verlagshandlung, 1834. Softcover. 8vo. 419,[1]pp. Original printed front wrapper bound in brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Lacking rear wrapper. Decorative endpapers. Deckled fore-page edges. Important 19th century work by Depping looking at life and customs of European Jews during the Middle Ages. "Ein von der..... More
Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown and black cloth with blind-stamped title on spine. The rationalistic era of Islam produced skeptics among the Jews of the time of Saadja, such was Hiwi al-Balkhi, whose criticism tended to undermine the belief in revelation. The Emunot We-Dëot (Emunot ve-Deot)..... More
München: Deutscher Volksverlag, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. Subtitle: A necessary profile of 700 years of role history. Publication of her dissertation and recorded in the NS bibliography. This inquiry into the roles of Jewish..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Hardcover. 4to. xxxi, 273pp. (10) + plus 52 photographic plates. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. English translation, alongside the original texts and photographic reproduction of the Cairo Genizah fragments held by the Freer Gallery of Art in..... More
Antwerpen: Delplace, Koch & Co., 1921. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 139 (1)pp. Original brown wraps with black publisher's device, ruling and lettering on cover. Illustrated front endpaper. Frontispiece title page in French. Black ruling and publisher's device on title page. Dedicated to the President of the Jewish Parish in Antwerp..... More