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Madrid: Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1781, 1786. Complete 2 volume set. Prologue, 668pp, plus index. (6), 748pp. (1). Contemporary leather binding with leather clasps. An important work on the history of literary scholarship by Rodriguez de Castro. Volume 1 covers Iberian Rabbinic authors writing in Spanish and Hebrew from..... More
Frankfurt a. M. Georg Rabe, Sigmund Feyerabend, & Heirs of Weygand Han, 1565. Second edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (the first in two parts) bound in one, large quarto. Text in German (gothic lettering), with some Hebrew and Greek. [14], CXXV, [1, 12], 6-177, [13] leaves. [4], CCXVI, [1] leaves; main..... More
Basel: NP, 1768. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 504pp. 3/4 vellum over brown paper-covered boards. Discoloration and staining to spine. Top right vellum corners on front and back board missing. Major wear, abrasions and scuffing to boards. Almost all of paper-covering on back board gone. Printed on parchment. Welling to pages..... More
Dresden: Johann Christoph Krause, 1716. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (14) 232pp., 5 plates, including frontispiece, 260 (10)pp., 9 plates, one of them folding. Bound in three-quarter vellum over decorative boards with handwritten lettering on spine. Frontispiece engraving. Title page printed in red and black. Historiated headpieces. Decorative and historiated initials..... More
Jerusalem: Academy pf the Hebrew Language, 1967. Folio. 3 Volumes. Hebrew, with 11 page English preface and table of contents. Vol. 1: 147 pp., Vol. 2: 280, Vol. 3: XI 460 pp. First volume is inscribed by the author to a Dr. H. M. Orlinsky, who's signature is atop the..... More
Tel Aviv: Edition "Olamenu" 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (12)172, (8)228(1)pp. Original red paper-covered boards, decorative paper-covered board of deluxe edition of volume two with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjackets. Illustrated title page in vol. 1, color reproduction of a painting tipped-in on title page..... More
Budapest: Wodianer F. És Fiai Bizománya, 1903, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLI, [3], 524, XII, 566, [4], 919, [1]pp. Original olive cloth (1st vol.) and black cloth (Vol. II) with gold lettering on spines. Original printed wrappers (Vol. III). This set contains the first 3 volumes of this monumental..... More
Krakow: Nadzieja, 1931. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXII 1-319, [320]-568pp. Volume One only, which is bound in two books. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. A foundational text in the academic study of Polish Jewish history. This work is a communal history of the Jews of..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1928-1929. First edition. 8vo. 8pp. (1), 549pp. xvii, 10pp. (1), 640pp. 9pp. 338pp. xiv. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece photographs of Genizah texts. Hebrew and English title pages. A collection of rabbinic midrashic and aggadic texts from the famous..... More
Paris: Michel Sonnius, 1588. Early edition. Softcover. Duodecimo (6 1/2 x 4 1/2"). (8) 528 (32) leaves. Original soft calf with title stamped onto spine. Engraved title page. Decorative headpieces and initials. Engraving on verso of table of contents. Marginalia. Printed by Charles Roger. Originally published in 1575, this first..... More
London: The Soncino Press, 1929. Limited facsimile edition. Hardcover. 1/580. 91pp. Modern vellum boards with decorative gilt design on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge of book block in gilt. This is copy #59 from a limited edition of 580 copies printed on Van Gelder..... More
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1988-1991. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XV, Original printed wrappers. This remarkable work relates the history of papal Jewry policy in the Middle Ages from the days of Gelasius I to those of Julius III. It traces the unfolding of Christian-Jewish relations as viewed by..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. xxxiv, 554; viii, (555)-1086pp. Plus a (26)pp. plate section at rear of Vol. 2. Indices and a 35 page bibliography. Text in English with occasional bits of Latin and Hebrew. Light blue boards with dark blue bands at head & foot..... More
Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1974-1977-1981-1985. First edition. Quarto. XXXVII, [3], 638, [2], XIII, [1], 596, [2], IX, [1], 768, [2]pp., X, 663 [3]pp. Original blue-green cloth with gold lettering on front covers and spines. Printer's device in gilt on spines. Frontispiece in volume one. Volume one..... More
London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1905. First edition. Softcover. Small Octavo. 23pp. Original gray stiff wraps with black lettering and ruling on cover, protected by modern mylar. A Sermon delivered at the Bayswater Synagogue on December 2nd, 1905, by Rev. Professor Hermann Gollancz, president of the Jewish Historical Society of..... More
Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 136pp. [text], [18] plates [2] X plates,[2]. Original illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Locations, descriptions, and sociological implications of coin findings. Bibliography, index of coin types and inscriptions (German/Hebrew), mint prices, and b/w plates of..... 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
Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 127pp. Rebound in light brown cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Title page with black border. Dedicated to his father Alexander Sussman Balaban. Majer Balaban is considered to be one of the outstanding historians of Polish and Galician Jews. Table..... More
Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. 688pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Collection of articles on renowned Sephardic Rabbi, Jewish Philosopher, anti–Karaite activist and exegete Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon (882 or 892–942), known for his works on Hebrew linguistics, Halakha (Jewish Law), and Jewish philosophy. Edited by the acclaimed..... More
Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XII, 463, [1]pp. Original cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Fascinating work in which Henry Charles Lea examines the expulsion of the Moriscos and what he believes to be the cause. A Morisco was a converted Christian..... More
Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1903. Engels, Robert. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 128pp. Black cloth spine over paper covered illustrated boards. Some wear to head and tail of spine. Rebacked. Front board slightly bowed. Minor discoloration to back board. White binding tape to inside of front and back boards due to rebacking..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 329, (1)pp. Indices. Text in English with Hebrew transcriptions of the selected texts. Green boards lettered in white, with a red spine label. Illustrated with numerous color photos of the original leaves. A fine, as new copy. "Jewish Prayer Texts from the..... More
London, Edinburgh: The Jewish Historical Society of England, 1905, 1910, 1929, 1972. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. xix, 365, xxiii, 363, li, 390, x, 222pp. Original gray and light green wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. The Exchequer of the Jews recorded and regulated taxes and law cases of..... More
Strassburg: Trubner, 1916. Softcover. 8vo. 2 Volumes, Vol. 1: 60 pp. Vol. 2: 193 pp. In German and Hebrew. Green paperback. Name of last owner and date of 1922 in ink in top right corner of front cover of each volume. Some age wear and sunning on first volume, but..... More
New York: Hermon Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 3 vols. (10),549,xviii;,(16),640,xvi;(12),338,xvi,(2)pp. Index. Forewords, prefaces and title pages in Hebrew and English. Text in Hebrew. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photographs of Genizah texts. Previous owner's name on front pastedowns. A collection of rabbinic midrashic and aggadic texts..... More