La commentaire biblique: Mordekhai Komtino ou l'hermeneutique du dialogue
Paris: Cerf, (1991). First edition thus. Softcover. Sm. 4to.204,[4]pp. Stiff printed wraps. Text in French. Overall very good condition. More
Paris: Cerf, (1991). First edition thus. Softcover. Sm. 4to.204,[4]pp. Stiff printed wraps. Text in French. Overall very good condition. More
Paris: Le Bas, 1771. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], 130, 235, 85, 71 leafs. Decorative paper covered boards with Remarkable narrative of Sacred History, illustrated mostly by Le Maire, but also by Masquelier, du Clos, Gauché, and many others. Le Bas published this further edition in 1771 (the original edition..... More
London: Richard Edwards/ T. Hamilton, 1810. Ex-library, First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (lxxii) (1) 275pp. Brown over blue-grey paper boards, with black handwritten lettering on the front cover. White label on the spine. Pages uncut. Engraved frontispiece portrait of John Wycliffe. The book is new edition of the New Testament portion..... More
Westmead, Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 126 pp. Original green cloth with embossed gilt lettering to spine. This wonderful book looks at the history of Jewish commentary and homiletics. This is a reprint of the original 1913 - Leipzig (J. C. Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung) - edition, as..... More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXIII, [1], 256, [32]pp. Uncut. Original red cloth covered boards, with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Bevelled boards. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Color frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Title-page in red and black lettering. First edition of this..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., (1852). Hardcover. 8vo. xii,174pp. Green blind embossed cloth, gold lettering on spine. Includes preliminary essay, Prayers and Thanksgivings for Particular occasions, and for The Seasons. Head and tail of spine and edges rubbed and bumped. Slight sunning to spine. Foxing to interior. Overall in good..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1897. Hardcover. Large octavo. XXXIV, 62pp. Original cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped borders on covers. Fascinating edition published for the first time in 1657. Some edgewear on binding with some soiling on boards and age-toning/discoloration on spine. Previous owner's sticker on back of front..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. xvii, 342 pp. Brown cloth binding. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. No. 1. Ex-library copy, belonging to Professor Eugene Mihaly, of the Hebrew Union College. Inscribed to Dr. Mihaly from Lewis Barth. Historical analysis and facsimiles..... More
Leipzig: Kommissionsverlag von H. G. Wallmann, 1903. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vii,351pp. Brown cloth with illustrated paste-down. Rubbing to head and tail of spine. Small stamp of previous owner on free front endpaper. Illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs. Text in Gothic script. Very good condition. More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1967-1996. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 5 volumes (Lieferungen) 1967-1994 & 1 Supplement volume. Green cloth spine over paper covered boards. Vol. 1 (1967) back strip split but present. Some age wearing. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. 1974 vol. has some staining to upper part of..... More
Parisiis (Paris): Ioannis Iost, 1634. New edition, corrected. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4"). 10, [6], 1088, [24]pp (Index). Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, with handwritten title to spine. Vignette on title. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Originally published in 1611, Robert Bellarmine's "Commentary on the Book of Psalms" was written..... More
Amsterdam: Menasseh Ben Israel (Menasheh ben Yosef ben Yisroel), 1630-1631. First edition. Hardcover. Large 12mo. 612pp. Contemporary full vellum. Blue edges all around. Decorative head pieces at the beginning of each book. First Hebrew Bible printed in Amsterdam by the famous converso rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel. This project was funded..... More
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1860. Fourth edition, revised. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). xii, 577, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [4], 782pp (Vol. 2); [4], 437, [1]pp (Vol. 3); [4], 502pp (Vol. 4); xxxii, 458pp (Vol. 5). Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and..... More
New York: Bloch, 1949. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. x, 314 pp. Original paper wrappers. Minor age wear to wrappers, ex library copy with just a bookplate on front endpaper but no check out plate. Ex Libris Harry M. Orlinsky, the famous Judaic and Semitic scholar. Contents include but are not..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. XV, 231 pp. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Signed on title page by former owner, Harry Orlinsky, who is an interesting figure. A Reform Jew, he participated in a...... More
Berlin: Franz Duncker, 1871. Hardcover. 8vo. vi. 95pp. Paper covered boards. Work on the origins of the forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jakob,written by renowned Rabbi, founder of the Reform Movement and Jewish-German writer Aaron David Bernstein (1812-1884) a.k.a. A. Rebenstein (his pseudonym). Ex-libris plate of fellow Reform Rabbi, the acclaimed..... More
Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): Ex Officina Rogeri Danielis (Roger Daniels), 1642. Reprint. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 9"). [16], 766, [20]pp; [24], 125, [5]pp (Commentary by Joachim Camerarius). Contemporary blind-ruled full calf. Engraved vignette on each title. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. This edition of the Greek Testament is a reprint of Theodore..... More
Boston: S. H. Parker, 1817. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 224 pp. Full leather binding. Frontispiece, a map. Reference work to both the Old and New Testament of the Bible. Delightfully illustrated with three fold-out maps, one full-page map (frontispiece) and a genealogical table, as issued. Age wear to binding, with front..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/250.Folio. 47, [1]pp (Text), [25]pp (Plates), as issued. Original 3/4 morocco over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece protected with a tissue guard. Gilt vignette on red and black lettered title page..... More
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. lxii in English + 247 pp. in Hebrew and Judeo Arabic. Inscribed in Hebrew by author on front endpaper. Signed by the former owner, Harry M. Orlinsky, the famous Semitic and Judaic scholar on title page..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi,[1],250,[1]pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine in original dust jacket. "Are our Greek Gospels translations of Aramaic? Whar are to be our primary authorities for the language of Jesus? These and related problems are discussed in this..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1954. Revised. Softcover. 8vo. 79pp. Quarter cloth over original wraps. Bottom corner of back wrapper slightly creased. Minor staining to wraps. Mimeographed typescript. Originally published in 1940-41. Very good condition. Rare. More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1956. Revised. Softcover. 8vo. 26pp. Quarter cloth over original wraps. Some sunning and minor staining to wraps. Mimeographed typescript. Originally published in 1942-43. Very good condition. Rare. More
Leipzig: In Aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1846. First edition. Softcover. Small octavo. XXXI, 95 pp. Original blue paper wrappers. Introduction and notes are in Latin, text is a critical edition of the Greek version of the acts of the Apostles. Spine split, age wear to wrappers, marginal pencil marks and..... More
Leipzig: In Aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1847. First edition. Softcover. Small octavo. XXXI, 95 pp. Original blue paper wrappers. Introduction and notes are in Latin, text is a critical edition of the Greek version of the Second Book of Like. Spine split, age wear to wrappers, rear wrapper detached but..... More