London: Facsimile Editions, 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500 copies. The Rothschild Miscellany was commissioned by Moses ben Yekuthiel Hakohen in 1479. It was a time when the Jews in Italy came into contact with all sectors of society and many adopted the way of life of the gentile aristocracy. They..... More
Facsimile Editions, n/d. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 1/360. Smooth, dark-brown calf with 23-carat gold-tooled edges and cover medallion (Jacob's Dream framed by a escutcheon of bees from a former owner, the Barberini family); gold and blind-tooling on spine. Companion volume bound in white vellum. Seated within leather-edged slip-case covered in..... More
Cincinnati: Bloch & Co., 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 263pp. Period burgundy cloth boards with blind-stamped tooling and ruling on the covers, gilt lettering and tooling on the spine. Edges of book block gilt. Published as the final piece of his magnum opus project for American-Jewish liturgy titled "Minhag America"..... More
Amsterdam: En Casa de Joris Trigg/ D. Efraim Bueno y Jona Abravanel, "5412" [1652]. Hardcover. Duoecimo. 7x4.5". 478pp. Original dark brown leather with blind-stamped ruling and tooling on the covers and spine. Raised bands on the spine. Metal clasps. Red-speckled edges of the book block. An early Spanish-language edition of..... More
Amsterdam: Moseh Mendez Coutinho, 1706. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 6.5x4.5". [8] 347pp. [1] 401-611pp. [8]. (Jewish year = 5466). Original dark brown pebbled leather boards. Gauffered and gilt edges. Title page illustrated with decorative woodblock floral motifs bordering the text. The publication is an early Spanish-language Jewish daily prayer book (siddur), which..... More
Amsterdam: David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz (David de Castro Tartas), 5423 [1663]. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 6.5x4.5". 479pp. Original brown calf boards with gilt-stamped motifs and raised bands on the spine. Blue ribbon marker. Edges of the book block in red. Marbled endpapers. The title page is..... More
Wilhermsdorf [Fürth]: Hirsh ben Hayim mi-Fyorda, [ca.1718-1719]. Hardcover. Folios. Vol.1: [3] 168, 46 double-sided leaves. Vol.2: [3] 247 double-sided leaves. Period blind-stamped brown leather boards. Gilt lettering, blind-stamped ruling, tooling and raised bands on rebacked brown leather spines, retaining the original boards. Beveled edges. Leather and metal clasps with metal..... More
Amsterdam: Selomoh Proops, 5477 [1717]. First edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 6.5x4". 352pp. Original black pebbled leather boards with hinged metal clasps on the covers. Beveled edges. Gilt edges of book block. Marbled endpapers. Title page illustrated with copper-plate engravings. The publication is an early Spanish-language prayer book relating to the traditions..... More
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Tel Aviv: Sinai, n.d. [ca. 1950]. Later printing. Hardcover. 64mo. 1 3/4x 2 3/4". 191pp. Black buckram with gilt Tower of David motif, ruling and lettering, on the front cover and spine. Illustrated title page, showing the Tower of David. This scarce miniature edition of the biblical Book of Psalms..... More
New York: Printed by M. Thalmessinger, (1858). (Fünfte Auflage) Fifth edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 492 pp. Blind-embossed brown leather with gold-stamped floral design on spine. All gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Bottom of title page reads "For sale at the office of the Sexton of the Congregation Temple Beth El, Corner..... More
Trieste: Tipografia del Lloyd Austriaco, 1855. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 15pp. Original pink wrappers, sunned to a tan color. This scarce and intriguing publication is a Jewish prayer book created as a result of sever casualties in the city of Trieste during the outbreak of the Third Cholera Pandemic (1846–1860)..... More
Berlin: Die Gemeinschaft/ Liberalen Synagoge Norden in Berlin, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 16pp. [7]. Textured grey paper wrappers with gilt lettering and ruling on the front cover. Published in Hebrew orientation, with pagination from right to left. Modernist typography and design on the front cover and title page. This..... More
Vienna: Schlesinger's Buchh, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 463 pp. of Hebrew liturgy accompanied by German translation as well as index + 32 pp. of commentary and information on Jewish ritual practice and daily life. Full leather binding with gold lettering on spine. Decorative golden and mother of pearl onlays..... More
Amsterdam: Ha-Ahim Yosef, Ya‘akov, [and] Avraham, bene Shlomoh Props, [1767]. Hardcover. Three parts, octavo. [1, title], 32; 81; [1, title], 51ff. Printers device at titles. Text complete, and foliation continuous throughout first part despite apparent irregularities; third part with separate full title (identical to that of the first). Vocalized Hebrew..... More
Basel: Jüdischer Gebetbuch, 1943. Hardcover. 8vo. iv. 332pp. Original pebbled black cloth. Jewish Sabbath prayer book including morning prayers for the weekday, according to the Ashkenazi rite printed in Switzerland during the Holocaust in 1943. Switzerland because of its neutrality was a safe zone for those Jews who could successfully..... More
Paris: Société Consistoriale des Bons Livres/ K. Kaufmann, [1852]. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 5.5 x4". (xvi) 710pp. (vi) 14pp. Rebound in modern green buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled endpapers. This famed French siddur (Jewish prayer book) was originally created and compiled by chief Rabbi of Strasbourg..... More
Frankfort-on-the-Maine: J. Kauffmann, 1897. Sixth edition. 7 x 4.5 inches. Metal binding with bas-relief of the ten commandments in lovely ornamental border on silk moire. Decorative, brass clasp. All page edges gold. Truly a gorgeous little prayer book. Hebrew and English on opposing pages. Neolite backstrip cracked vertically. Book is..... More
Djerba (Tunisia): Or Torah, [ca.1942]. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 30 numbered double-sided leaves. Pink paper wrappers. A scarce Tunisian prayer book written in Judeo-Arabic, by noted Djerba Rabbi, Sasi (Ben-Hu'ati) Kohen (d.1971). Wrappers with some staining and smudges. Spine sunned. Interior mostly clean with only the most minor sporadic damp..... More
Berlin: Aaron ben Moses Rofe, 510[1759/1769]. Hardcover. 12mo. Two volumes bound in one. First one is Sefer Torat Hayim ve-Ahavat Hesed: 22 leaves. Brown leather board, rubbed. Title of book taped to head of spine. Sefer Torat Hayim deals with laws and customs of visiting the sick, burial and mourning..... More
Nuremberg: J. Bulka, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 816pp. (2), 85pp. (1). Quarter brown cloth over brown paper boards with black lettering and design on spine. Top edge red. Hebrew and German title-pages. Machsor Vitry by R. Simcha of Vitry, a student of the 11th century Jewish scholar R. Shlomo..... More
Calcutta: Araki, 1855/1856. Hardcover. Octavo. 73 leaves. Black paper covered boards. Contains pizmonim (liturgical songs), intercessions and prayers. Vignette with Levitic hands at last page. Text in Hebrew. Binding with minor wear at edges. Sporadic foxing at end papers. Reinforced and renewed title page en facsimile, page 16 reinforced with..... More
Fürth: Itzik Leib, 1711. First edition. Wood cover. Folio. 50 leaves. Beige wooden boards. Illustrated title page with imagery of Moshe, Aharon, Jacobs dream of the ladder and King David playing the harp. Order of Slikhot, prayers for forgiveness, to be included in the Jewish observance during the month of..... More
Livorno: E. Otolingi (Eliezer Menachem Ottolenghi), 1828. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 96 double-sidded leaves. Black morocco over blue paper boards, with gilt lettering on the spine, with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. The book is a Jewish prayer book (siddur) written laid out in the Sephardic tradition, for both weekday and..... More
Ramallah, Israel: bi-d'fus Ofest Yisraeli li-Ttzo, 1977. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 323 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Entire text is in Hebrew. Vol. 2 only. The author, is a well established author and scholar on Karaite Judaism. Karaism, is a Jewish movement characterized by..... More
Vienna: Jos. Schlesinger Library, 1857. 4.5 x 3 inches. Metal binding with bas-relief of the ten commandments in lovely ornamental border. Hebrew and English. Neolite backstrip missing, but binding tight. Inscription of former owner in pen on front free end paper. Overall good+ condition. More