1922: J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt a. M. Hardcover. 8vo. 175pp. Quarter cloth over green paper-covered boards. Interesting work on the role of medieval Jewish physicians in the Orient, Spain & Portugal, Germany, France, Turkey, Poland, and Italy. Additional two chapters: Wissenschaftliche Bedeutung und Characteristik der jüdischen Ärzte (Scientific importance and characteristics..... More
Rome: Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, 1993. Softcover. 8vo. 562pp. Original blue wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper and spine. Owners' inscription to title page. Fascinating academic conference on Italian Jewry, with lectures by renowned professors like Dina Porat, Carlo Ghisalberti..... More
Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, [1942]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 76 leaves. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable work presenting the teacher with a body of material useful in teaching medieval Jewish life to a group of sixth or seventh grade pupils. This unit was intended to supply training in progressive technique..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 2 out of 3 volumes. Ex-library books. 223pp. 444pp. Frontispiece photograph in volume 2. A collection of essays on the history of Jewish self-government from biblical times and under the European kehillah system. Text in German. Library book plates on endpapers..... More
New York: Bloch, 1950. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 128pp. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Illustrated with 6 b/w drawings of clothing, synagogues and map of 1564 Poland and Lithuania. Translated from the Arabic with introduction by Mesch, preface by Dr. Solomon Grayzel. Very..... More
Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, (2002). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author. 8vo. xii, 201pp. Illustrated paper covered boards in original dust jacket. Popular history of Jewish messianism, written in an engaging manner. Author's inscription on the half title-page. In near fine condition. More
Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. ix,257,[2]pp. Blue cloth with gold vignette and gold lettering on cover and spine. Interesting work on the academic and social role of the Jews in Germany. Volume 28 of the series "Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts." Very minor..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. xii. 144pp. Turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex library copy. Signed and inscribed by author Ellis Rivkin in pen at the top of the front free endpaper. "A full-length critical biography of Leon da Modenas (1571- 1648) has long been..... More
Wien; Leipzig: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1914. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. X, 200pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers with printer's device on front cover and double title-page. Fascinating work on the history of the Jews in the Austrian province of Styria. Age wear on wraps with front and back covers chipped along edges..... More
Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook, 1956. Hardcover. 4to. 42pp. 167pp. vi. Original half brown cloth over pink cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Hebrew and English title-pages. Scholarly edition of the work of the 13th century English Tosafist Rabbi Elijah of London. Includes a lengthy biographical..... More
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1991. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 176pp. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. This volume concludes Shlomo Simonsohn's monumental series which relates the history of papal Jewry policy in the Middle Ages from the days of Gelasius I to..... More
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1990. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [6], 1625-2116pp. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. This is the fourth volume of Shlomo Simonsohn's monumental undertaking which relates the history of papal Jewry policy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance from..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xv) 379pp. Purple dust jacket, with white and yellow lettering on the front cover and spine. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. A study of formation and development of Jewish cultural and religious identity in response to and under..... More
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 103, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover and title-page. This first volume of a collection on the history of Judaism in Italy focuses on the history of the Toscan Jews from the..... More
London: The Jewish Historical Society of England. Printed for the Society by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., 1926. Softcover. 4to. xliii,274pp. Original printed wraps. Pages unopened, as issued. "The following pages contain a Calendar of the Jewish Cases recorded in the Bute Collection of MSS. formerly belonging to the Holy Office..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. 255 pp. In English. Blue Cloth. Some age wear on spine, small tear where title page is attached and slight yellowing of pages, otherwise book in good condition. From the "Jewish Communities Series" More
London: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xvi), [4], 380pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket in red and gold, text in white on the covers and spine. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. In this remarkable work, Professor Assis provides the most extensive treatment yet..... More
New York: Hermon Press, 1966. Second revised. Hardcover. Quarto. IX, [1], 378pp. Original printed dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. In this pioneering work, the author gathered together 173 official church documents of the 13th century which reflect the attitude of the Church toward the Jews in..... More
New York: New York University Press, 1993. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [3], 392pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over tan cloth with gold lettering on spine. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Bernard Dov Cooperman. Remarkable work in which Jacob Katz describes the development of Jewish apartness after the Middle..... More
London: The Jewish Historical Society of England, (1967). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. IX, [1], 355, [4], 45pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Endpapers contain maps of Norwich. Frontispiece images of medieval Jews. Captivating work exploring what life was like for Jews in England..... More
London: The Soncino Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [14], 440pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Scarce and fascinating pioneering study, by a non-Jew, on the Jewish condition in Medieval Europe. Although this substantial work has been superseded in academic terms, it served to..... More
London: The Soncino Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIX, [1], 332, [2]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering on spine and printer's device in gilt on front cover. Compilation of 147 letters written by English Jews between 1158 and 1917 throwing some interesting sidelights on English..... More
New York: New York University Press, (1991). First edition. Softcover. 8vo. xiii, 380pp. Original photographic wraps. Captivating study by S. J. Shaw of the Ottoman Jewish community and the economic, cultural, and religious contribution of its members. The author pays special attention to the Ottoman role in protecting their Jewish..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. 12pp. Stapled wraps as issued. Minor staining to wraps. "The first evidence of Jewish religious life in Amsterdam dates from early in the year 1602, when services were held at Rabbi Uri Halevi's house in Joncker Street. It has been assumed that nearly ten years before..... More
New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, Inc., 1961. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, 280pp. Uncut. Original pictorial wrappers over with white and black lettering on spine. Fascinating work in which Jacob Katz describes the development of Jewish apartness after the Middle Ages which reached its apogee in the..... More