Geneva: Henri Estienne (Stephanus), 1566. First edition. Octavo. A-C8 (= 24 unnumbered leaves). Text and register reads from right to left. Hebrew characters in both square (vocalized) and rabbinic fonts. Contemporary vellum over flexible paper boards, exposed thongs. Fine, crisp copy. First edition of this succinct alphabet and grammar, including..... More
St. Petersburg: типо-литография А.Е. Ландау (Printed by A.E. Laudau)/ Восходъ (Voskhod), 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 568pp. Burgundy cloth over decorative tan and grey paper boards. White paper label on the tail of the spine. Blue speckled right edge of the book block. Pages uncut. The work is a fascinating..... More
Bordeaux: Chez Racle, 1814. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 234pp. (2). Brown leather, with gilt tooling and gilt stamped floral design on spine. Signed author's attestation of printing at verso of title page. The publication is considered to be the first work to incorporate Hebrew printing in Bordeaux. The work, is..... More
St. Petersburg: Brockhaus-Efron, 1906-1913. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10-1/2" x 7"). 16 volumes. Approximately 15,000 pages. Text in Russian. Original textured burgundy cloth with blind- and gilt-stamped decor on covers and reverse lettering (burgundy letters against a gilt background) on covers and spines. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated with reproductions of b/w..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2010. First edition. Small quarto (11" x 7"). 5 vols. Double column text. Purple cloth, decorated and lettered in silver. This work contains over 2200 entries and is illustrated with over 250 photos, portraits, maps and drawings (some in color). A fine, as new set with Vols. 2-5..... More
Berlin: Verlag Eschkol-A.-G. 1928-1934. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. Original dark blue cloth with gilt emblem on cover. gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Heavy stock marbled endpapers. Color frontispieces. Ribbon markers. The first comprehensive encyclopedic work on Judaism in the German language. Profusely Illustrated with color & b/w plate..... More
Viennae (Vienna): Georg Brög, 1878-1892. Hardcover. Complete 8 volume set. Quarto. Original 3/4 morocco over red cloth with raised bands, gold tooling and lettering on spines. All paper edges gilt. Title-pages in Latin and Hebrew. Fascinating work being the scientific edition of the Aruch, a medieval lexicon of Talmud and..... More
Leyden: Hendrik van Damme, 1702. First edition with Jan Luyken's engravings. Hardcover. 24mo. [16], 522, 31, [1]pp. Modern half leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Modern endpapers and fly leaves. Additional engraved title depicting a series of engravings. The larger one shows Moses..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1927-1930. First edition. Hardcover. Complete 5 volume set. 4to. Original dark blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering and ruling on the front covers, Gilt tooling and lettering with light blue labels on the spine. Blue top edge. Frontispiece illustration with tissue-guard. Jewish encyclopedia published in Germany several..... More
Belgrade: Naklada Saveza Rabina Kraljevine S. H. S., 1925. Hardcover. 8vo. 302pp. (16). Original blue cloth with gold lettering and design on cover and spine. Croatian Jewish almanac for 1925-1926 with Hebrew weekly calendar. Includes contributions fromisak alcalay, David Alcalay, H. Kaufmann, H. "Urbach, Leopold Fischer and Mojsije Margel as..... More
Basleae (Basel): Johannes König, 1655. Hardcover. 12mo. [22], 976 [76] pp. Paper covered boards with title plate. 17th century Hebrew-Latin dictionary. Text in Hebrew and Latin. Half of spine and title plate missing. Scuffing, abrasions and wear to boards. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to edges. Yellow page edges. Water..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1927-1930. First edition. Hardcover. Complete 5 volume set. 4to. Three-quarter black pebble cloth over yellow cloth with raised bands and title-label. Blue top edge. Frontispiece illustration with tissue-guard. Jewish encyclopedia published in Germany several years before the rise of Hitler. Includes over 2,000 maps, charts and illustrations..... More
Frankfurt: Andreäische Buchhandlung, 1839. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 231 (1)pp. Original black boards with gilt lettering on red label of spine. Corrected and improved edition. Textbook for the for the practise of Judaism in twelve chapters: 1. About dignity and the destination of human beings. 2. About religion and..... More
Jerusalem: The Society of Jewish Collectors, 1987. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/300. 217pp. (l) [5]. Green paper boards with gilt lettering on the covers and spines. Hebrew and English title pages. This is #117 from a limited edition of 300 copies, hand numbered on the half-title. The work is a...... More
Halberstadt: bi-Defus Y.F. Hirsch, 1859. Second edition. Hardcover. This is the second edition of the work. The first edition was printed in 1837 in Zulku. A later edition was printed in Leipzig. (Source: Bet Eked, see below) Two volumes in one. 8vo. 284 leaves. Rebound in cloth. Modern, light green..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. lxxxii, 810pp. Indices. Title pages in Russian and English. Title and text in English and Hebrew with some Russian and Arabic. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. A fine, as new copy. Winner of the Association..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. IV, 452pp. Half blue cloth over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Scarce and fascinating work written by Alfred Nossig, writer, sculptor, statistician and musician; one of the first supporters of the Jewish national movements..... More
Budapest: Moritz Burian, 1880. Hardcover. 8vo.70pp. 24pp. 1/4 cloth over decorative brown paper covered boards. Perpetual calendar for both the Jewish and civil year (for the years 1861 to 1930). Contains 70 calendar tables for 20 past and 50 (then) coming years. Including introduction, index and appendix (personal calendar for..... More
New York/Jerusalem: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2004-2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Vol.1: (lxxvii) 316pp. in English, 389pp. [+58 in numerals] in Hebrew. Vol.2: [2] 319-568pp. in English, 393-670pp in Hebrew. Grey cloth slipcase. Grey cloth boards with red debossed illustrations on the covers and and red lettering on..... More
Vienna: Verlag der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in Wien, Moritz Walzner & Sohn, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 1-32, 8, 33-48pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering and device on cover. The statutes, 105 paragraphs, include four appendices, one of them, election rules, bound in with its own eight page pagination before..... More
Vienna: R. Picker's buchhandlung, 1878. Softcover. Octavo. 32 pp. Rebound black pebble wrapper. Hebrew block lettering on title page. Kutres ha-Rambam was one his six bibliographies on such topics as the Talmud, Jewish proper names and haggadic hermeneutics. This work is on the Maimonides' legal code. It lists several hundred..... More
(Baltimore): American Jewish History Society, 1926. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xi, 486 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains numerous facsimiles of book and pamphlet covers of material relating to Jews, ranging from Christian missionary tracts, discussions of the role of Jews as well as Native Americans (widely believed..... More
Baltimore: Press of Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 168pp. Original full cloth with gold-stamped borders and lettering on front cover. Decorative endpapers. Rare and interesting work giving an inside look at the various American Jewish charity organizations in the very first years of the 20th century..... More
Basel: Ludwig David Kahn, 1871. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. (8) 58pp. Original light blue wraps with black lettering on cover. Genealogy of an Alsatian German family. In memoriam of the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews. Based on records kept by Florette Günzburger, sister-in-law of the grandmother of the..... More
New York: Kehillah (Jewish Community) of New York City, 1918. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 1597 pp., 3 folding maps, 4 charts. Original back cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece folding map. Title page printed in English and Hebrew. The major statistical reference work on the..... More