![Livro de Salmos [Candela a Tamar] Psalms in Hebrew, Ladino and English. Moshe Lazar](/pictures/thumb/26674.jpg?v=1434441709)
Lancaster, Ca: Labyrinthos, 1999. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. [8], 455 pp. Original illustrated wraps. Illustrated half-title page. Third volume in the "Henry J. Leir Library of Sephardica: Text and Studies" series. The book of Psalms (Sefer Tehillim) in a unique trilingual edition, of all 150 songs and prayers, including ancient..... More
Culver City, Ca: Labyrinthos, 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/200. 4to. XX, 315pp. on acid-free paper. Original black smyth-sewn clothbound with silver illustration on front cover and silver lettering on spine. Fifth volume in the "Sephardic Classical Library" series. A compilation of three Ladino adaptations of the biblical Joseph narrative. 1)..... More
Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers/The Cultural Foundation of Habib Levy, 1999. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (xix) 597pp. [2]. Illustrated purple dust jacket, with orange lettering on the front cover and spine. Dark blue buckram boards with silver lettering on the front cover and spine. Arguably the most authoritative..... More
Rome: Pontifico Instituto Biblico, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 213pp. Full brown cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Illustrated title-page. Fascinating account of the Jewish people in Egypt, from Jacob's arrival, to Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt. Profusely illustrated with numerous in-text B/W photographic illustrations. Spine..... More
New York: Bureau of International Affairs, 1972. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed to Marion and signed twice on title page by both authors. Octavo. 330pp. Original light blue wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. "This book is either about A people or THE people depending which side of the..... More
Paris: Librairie D'Amerique et D'Orient, 1971. Softcover. 8vo. 559pp. Original wrappers. Minor creasing and scuffing to wrappers. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Pages unopened. Frontispiece of Dupont-Sommer. Preface by A. Caquot and M. Philonenko. A 'homage' to French scholar Andre Dupont-Sommer who claimed that the Qumran sect and early Christianity..... More
Berlin: S. Calvary, 1904. Softcover. 8vo. 63pp. Original printed wraps. Rare copy entailing 3 lectures by Sch. Ochser on Judaism and Assyriology. "Drei volkstümliche Vorträge gehalten im Vereine der jüdischen Geschichte und Literatur in Berlin." Heavy foxing on wraps. Head and tail of spine chipped. Bottom corner creased affecting pages..... More
New York: Ktav, 1970. Reprint. hardcover. 4to, 175pp. Original gray cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. First printed in 1910, this work contains the original Hebrew text and translation of the fragments of a Zadokite work found in the Cairo Genizah and now known to have originated with..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1880. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. XV, [1], 312pp. Original 3/4 blue calf over buckram, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In this work, the author has attempted to present a general view of the history of..... More
Verona: Edizioni "Vita Veronese" 1960. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 108, [4]pp. Original printed wraps with red and black lettering on front cover. Printer's device on title page. Title-page signed by Nello Pavoncello. Scarce work on the history of the Veronese Jews from their first settlement in 522 to the 20th..... More
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 3/8"). 312pp. Original illustrated paper covered boards, with black lettering to back cover and spine, and white lettering to front cover. In this volume, "Andrew B. Perrin contributes to the ongoing debate over whether the Aramaic texts..... More
Paris: Librairie Lipschutz, 1936. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 270, [6]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wraps. Fascinating work on Don Joseph Nasi (1524–1579), Jewish diplomat and administrator, member of the House of Mendes, and influential figure in the Ottoman Empire during the rules of both Sultan Suleiman I and..... More
New York: Lane & Scott, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 614pp. Contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth with gold lettering and tooling on spine. All paper edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Remarkable work in which the author intended to present a complete view of the history and religion of the Hebrew people..... More
Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 58 leaves with b/w facsimiles of excerpts from the Dead Sea Scroll & 102 page booklet resting in printed tan cloth portfolio with folding flaps. Portfolio protected by original printed dust sleeve. Contents of booklet: Frontispiece of Professor Sukenik loose..... More
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 3/8"). 314, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated paper covered boards, with black lettering to back cover and spine, and white lettering to front cover. "The eighteen essays in this collection were chosen by Prof. Hanan Eshel (1958-2010) shortly before..... More
Budapest: Ad. Alkalay & Sohn, 1917. Softcover. 8vo. [6],141-194pp. 42pp. Original printed wraps. Publication with two works bound in one. Part III of a study by Prof. Venetianer on ancient Jewish physician, Asaf Judaeus, as well as the 40th annual report of the Franz Josef Landes-Rabbinerschule in Budapest for the..... More
London: Palestine Pilgrim's Text Society, 1884. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. viii, 44pp., 1 foldout map. Original printed light blue wraps with publisher's device on cover and title page. Translated by Aubrey Stewart and annotated by Col. Sir C. W. Wilson. "The pilgrimage of Antoninus is remarkable for the extent of..... More
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "With best wishes to Michael Preston from Michael M. Zarchin" on front free endpaper. Quarto. VII, 115pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. The basis of the present study..... More
Leuven; Dudley: Peeters, 2006. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XIX, [1], 581pp. Original printed wraps. Printer's device on title-page. While conquering the world, Rome encountered a great number of peoples around the Mediterranean. We know very little about how these populations viewed their conquerors. The Jews were the only people to..... More
Paris: Librairie Lipschutz, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XVI, 534, [2]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. First edition of this scarce and fascinating work relating the 2000 year old history of the Jewish community of Metz. It is profusely illustrated with numerous in-text and full-page photographic reproductions of..... More
Jerusalem: The Magnes Press of the Hebrew University and Heikhal Ha-Sefer, 1956. Hardcover. Folio. 48,[50]pp. Illustrated tan cloth in original dust wrapper. Includes descriptions and contents of the scroll, facsimiles, transcription and translation of columns II, XIX-XXII. Illustrated with 11 b/w photographic reproductions of the scroll. The scroll was discovered..... More
Breslau: S. Schottlaender, 1896. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 98 (1)pp. Original light green wrappers with black lettering on cover. Fragments of the Aramaic translation of the Torah, its origins and character as well as its relation to the other Aramaic translations of the Torah. Text in German and Hebrew..... More
Jerusalem: Sifre Tarshish, 1943-1944. Hardcover. Octavo. 159 [1] pp. Blue buckram with gold lettering on spine. On the history and institutions of charity among the Jews. Judah Bergman was a German rabbi and scholar, who emigrated to Palestine after the Nazi takeover. Tape marks on lower spine. Slight toning in..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXII, 227pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Fascinating work on the Spanish inquisition and the mass baptism of 1435 which made the Majorcan Jewish community the first in all Spain to be totally converted..... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxii, 382pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over anthracite cloth with white lettering on spine. 'This book focuses on the period known in Jewish history as the Geonic ear, which corresponds roughly to the second half of the first millennium..... More