London: F. Haes, 1888. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 x 7 1/2"). xxvi, 214pp. Later 3/4 red morocco over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. All paper edges gilt. Frontispiece. Deluxe edition of this catalogue of an Exhibition illustrating Anglo-Jewish History and Jewish Ecclesiastical..... More
Paris: Jean Mariette, 1720. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [14: title; praefatio; vita auctoris; index operum]pp., 1361 cols. [i.e., 1360, col. 335 omitted from column numeration; cols. 76, 156, 763, 1071 numbered 67, 15, 765, 107, respectively ], [74: indices; dissertatio; index; approbatio (dated 10 January 1721); expositio tabulae]pp. 20 numbered..... More
Rotterdam: Chez Reinier Leers, 1706. First edition. Hardcover. Five volumes (the third in two parts), published between 1706 and 1707, duodecimo: I. [58], 600pp., 1 folding table; II. [2], 603-1132, [36, table and errata]pp., 3 engraved folding plates, 1 text chart; III (part 1). [10], 384pp., 1 text illustration; III..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1953-1968. Hardcover. Complete 13 volume set. Lg. 4to. Blue and black cloth with gold-decorated cover and gold lettering on spine. All volumes except for XII and XIII in original printed dust jackets and slipcases. (The last two volume djs are in a different style.) A revolutionary..... More
Saint Petersburg: Пантелеевых (Panteleevykh), 1880. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 8pp. of text + 8 plates. Green printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Pages un-opened. A scarce and obscure publication detailing the Jewish tombstones found at the archeological site of the ancient Greek city of Phangoria. The publication..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Balthasar Christoph Wust, 1676. Hardcover. Quarto. [16], 1016, [14], 246, [52]pp. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title on spine. All paper edges colored. Engraved frontispiece by Recknagel. Title page in red and black lettering. Vignette on title page. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Remarkable German edition of..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Small Elephant Folio. X, (4)198pp. Contemporary 3/4 morocco retaining original pebbled cloth boards, with gold lettering on black label, gilt ruling and blind-stamped tooling on spine. Top edge gilt. Vignette on title page. Remarkable..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1953-1968. Hardcover. Complete 13 volume set. Lg. 4to. Blue and black cloth with gold-decorated cover and gold lettering on spine. Blue top edge. A revolutionary work on the study of Jewish art, which caused art historians to reevaluate the concept of Jews in the classical period..... More
Cologne: Sumptibus Mauritii Georgii Weidmanni, 1691. Hardcover. Folio. [72], 1102, [8], 68, [28]. Contemporary vellum with brown lettering ["Flavii Josephi Opera"] Title in red and black with engraved printer's device./ Ornamental initials; head and tailpieces./ Latin and Greek in parallel columns./ "Ad Flavii Josephi Opera appendix, quae continentur Aristeas de..... More
Amsterdam: Gerard onder de Linden, 1726, 1727. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio. Continuous pagination. [24] 1940 (the last seven pages of vol. 1 are numbered 658+1 until 658+7). Contemporary leather with embossed gilt decoration, title plate ["Flavius Josephus "]. Raised bands. Title in first volume in black and red lettering, in..... More
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 46pp. [31] Plates. Original green cloth with guilded menora and lettering on cover, lettering on spine. Volume one of 4 art historical studies of late antiquity. Chapters on archeological record, paintings, inscriptions of catacomb as well as description of..... More
Rome: Sumptibus Fausti Amidei Bibliopole, 1751. Hardcover. Ex-library. Folio. 112 leaves of plates proceeded by half title page and title page in red and black lettering with printer's crest. Non-original library blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Plates (copperplate engravings) of biblical figures from Adam down through the kings..... More
Bristol: Printed for the editor, by Philip Rose, (1829). Hardcover. 4to. xi,[2],62,9pp. Gold lined three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Rare edition of the Book of Jasher, sometimes called Pseudo-Jasher, to distinguish it from the Sefer ha Yashar. The title page of the book states: "The..... More
Paris: Dionysium (Denis) Mariette, 1720. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [9] leaves, 1361 (i.e.1360, as column 335 omitted) columns (340 leaves), [29] leaves. Original full calf, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Six raised bands. All edges red. Engraved title vignette (printer's device). Decorative headpieces, and initials. Striking Latin..... More
Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, Pere, 1742. New edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. Original mottled calf with gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Speckled edges. Decorative endpapers. Each volume with frontispiece. Titles printed in red and black with publisher's device. Decorative head and endpieces. Decorative initials. New edition divided into six..... More
New York: B. Waugh & T. Mason, 1833. Revised. Hardcover. Octavo. 1003pp. Original full calf with gold lettering on title-label. Fascinating work profusely illustrated with 5 folding maps. Some edge wear on binding with spine and edges heavily rubbed. Very minor abrasion to boards. Sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in overall..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio. X, [4], 198pp. Contemporary 3/4 morocco over cloth boards, with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Vignette on title page. Remarkable study on Israel's holiest shrines, profusely illustrated with 42 full-page plates and 126 text-cuts..... More
London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, ND (ca. 1850's). Later edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 66, [2], 12 leaves of plates. Contemporary decorative gold-stamped cloth and gold-stamped spine (rebacked). Stunningly illustrated work of the 'Holy Vessels" and furniture of the Tabernacle looking at the Ark and Mercy-seat, the table of Shewbread, the..... More
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XXI, [1], 825, [1], XXXII, [2], 920pp. Original green cloth with silver lettering on spines. Scarce reprint of the original 1856 edition published in Saint Petersburg. Chwolsohn's principal works deal with the history of the Orient and of the peoples of..... More
Alexandria: Les Éditions Juives d'Égypte, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 149pp. [1]. Printed tan wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Publisher's device in black on the back cover. Pages uncut. Signed and inscribed by the author in ink (Isaac Benveniste) at the top of the half-title, following the..... More
Rotterdam: Jan Daniel Beman, 1731. Third edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [16], 548, 44pp. Original full vellum. Engraved frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Decorative initials. Profusely illustrated with 4 folding engraved plates by Jan Luyken. Johannes Buxtorf the Elder was one of the most important Christian Hebraists of his day and was..... More
London: Martin & Parnham, ca. 1900. 17 loose chromolithographic plates hightened in gold, depicting ancient Israelite sacrificial rites. Includes pictures of the High Priest, the offering of the paschal lamb and the Day of Atonement scapegoat. Housed in original publisher's printed card chemise. Includes explanatory pamphlet. In very good condition..... More
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1882. First edition in book form. Softcover. Octavo. 14pp. Original beige wraps with black lettering on cover. Reprinted from "The Jewish Messenger" of March 11th, 1881. Publisher's advertising on back wrapper. The Daggatun was a nomad tribe of Jewish origin living in the vicinity of..... More
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Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, 1856. First edition. Paperback. Folio. [1] leaf. Copy of despatch from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, in reply to a memorial from the members of the Jewish faith to be allowed to participate in the funds appropriated to..... More
Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, 1851. First edition. Paperback. Folio. [1] leaf. The present petition advocates that state aid to religion should be proportionaly dispensed to Jewish religious institutions. Melbourne, capital of the State of Victoria, was founded in 1835. The Melbourne Jewish Community was..... More