Jerusalem: Mekitse Nirdamim, 1955. Softcover. Quarto. 58, 303 pp. Tan paper wrapper with black lettering on front and spine. 4 plates of b/w facsimile photographs. Critical edition of the halakhic midrash on Exodus Mekhilta of Rabbi Simon Bar Yohai. This edition is based on fragments found in the Cairo Genizah..... More
Leiden: Lugduni Batavorum: Typographia Erpeniana, 1625. Hardcover. 8vo. (8) 346 (1) pp. Contemporary leather. Raised bands. Printers' device on title page and colophon. Great translation of King David's Psalms [Tehillim]. Syraic and Latin in parallel columns. Spine severely torn, with taped posted of title [in Hebrew: Tehillat Lautmann]. Staining, rubbing..... More
Halae: Sumtibus Orphanothrophei, 1768. Hardcover. 8vo. xl. 324pp. Contemporary paper covered boards with paper label to spine. Ex-libris stamp to title page and last text page, not affecting text. Paste-in to inside of back board: "Schenkung der Frauen Fanny u. Bertha Oppenheimer, zum Andenken an ihren sel. Gatten und Sohn..... More
[Geneva]: Oliva Pauli Stephani, 1600. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 3/4 x 9"). [6] leaves, 535, [1], 133 [i.e. 131] (page 131 of the supplement misnumbered 133), [1]pp. Modern half brown morocco over grey linen, with gold lettering and decoration to spine. Modern marbled endpapers. Large engraved title vignette. Decorative..... More
Freiburg: Herder'schen Kunst und Buchhandlung, ND (ca 1820). Hardcover. Quarto. [2], 491, [3], 154pp. Original 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Engraved title page. Exquisite edition of the Bible magnificently illustrated with 132 fine steel engravings inspired by the English Macklin Bible and other masters printed by the Strasbourg..... More
Strasbourg: Georg Messerschmidt, 1546. Hardcover. Folio. 251 leaves. Rebound in half leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and blind-stamped tooling on spine; raised bands. Historiated initials. Woodblock (6 x 5 3/4") depicting the Garden of Eden preceding Book of Genesis. Latin translation of the Aramaic text of the Five..... More
London: James Sangster and Company, 1879. Hardcover. 753 pp. Three quarter leather over brown boards, with gold stamping and tooling on spine. Encyclopedic dictionary of the old and new testaments, arranged alphabetically. Series of steel engravings, and nearly 1000 woodcuts from photographs, coins, sculptures, and other sources. Quarto. Some slight..... More
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 3/8"). 456pp. Original printed paper covered boards. "The uncial Hexateuch, Ms. Ambrosianus A 147 inf., produced at the beginning of the 5th century, shows an unusual attitude towards the biblical text on the part of those who restored..... More
New York: Virtue and Yorston, 19th century. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio. Unpaginated. Three-quarter leather with gilt-lining over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Raised bands. All gilt edges. 'Sarah Babcock Johnson' in gilt letters to leather on bottom right corner of front board. Rubbing to corners and parts..... More
London and New York: George Virtue, ca. 1880's. Hardcover. Folio. IV, [4], 942pp, 943-1260pp, 230pp, [10], 1261-1622pp, [4], 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard..... More
New York: Virtue and Yorston, ND (ca 1870). Later edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 3/4 x 11"). [2], 1622pp (Old and New Testaments), [2], 80pp.(Index and Concise Dictionary of the Bible). Original black and gilt-embossed morocco, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Tissue-guarded..... More
Paris: Pierre le Petit, 1680. Edition nouvelle, enrichie de Figures en taille-douce. Hardcover. 16mo. 569, [5]pp. Original full calf. Engraved title page. Vignette on title page. Decorative headpieces and initials. This remarkable and early edition of de Royaumont's classic history of the Bible (first published in 1670) is superbly illustrated..... More
London: Macmillan, 1919. Reprint. Hardcover. 3 volumes. xxv. 569pp. xxi. 571pp. xviii. 596pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 3 volumes. xxv. 569pp. xxi. 571pp. xviii. 596pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Fascinating anthology on legends of the Bible, and how they influenced different cultures in Africa..... More
Brünn: Verlag von Bernard Epstein u. Comp. 1892. Softcover. 8vo. 74pp. Original wrappers. Many pages unopened. Work on Gregorius Bar-Hebraeus Abu al-Faraj a.k.a. Bar Hebräus, Bar Ebroyo or Abulfaragus (1225/6 - 1286) and his commentary on the book of Daniel. Abulfarag was a universal scholar and Maphrian [the prelate who..... More
New York: Histadrut "Ahiver" 1914. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 23 pp. Original paper wraps. Book is extremely scarce, as OCLC only lists five libraries worldwide in possession of this item. The title means "Political Ideal of the (Hebrew) Prophets." The author was a well known and influential scholar, author of..... More
Jerusalem: Jerusalem Bible Publishing Co., 1958. Hardcover. Octavo. 1978pp. (4). Illustrated tan dust jacket with black & yellow lettering on front, back cover and spine. Tan illustrated boards with black & yellow lettering on front, back and spine. This a profusely illustrated complete edition of the Old Testament in Hebrew..... More
Frankfurt: Thomae Matthiae Götzenii, 1660. Second edition. Hardcover. Folio. (20) 1070 (14)pp. Bound in pigskin with blind-stamped ruling and raised bands. Frontispiece portrait engraving of Friedlieb. Engraved title page. Title page with publisher's device vignette. Historiated and decorative head- and endpieces. Decorative initials. A commentary on the Old Testament in..... More
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Tel Aviv: Pe'er, n/d. Hardcover. 5 volumes, according to the 5 Books of Moses: 1. Bereshit [Genesis] 2. Shemot [Exodus] 3. Va'yikrah [Leviticus] 4. Bamidbar [Numbers] 5. Devarim [Deuteronomy] Pagination in Hebrew lettering. Green cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine in original paper djs. Hebrew translation of the originally in Yiddish published..... More
Vienna: Hevrat Ahi-asaf, 1902. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 200, X pp. Rebound blue marble board with half red cloth binding. Gold lettering and border on spine. Grey endpapers. Additional title pages and introduction in German. Two plates of color facsimile images. Famous Friedmann edition of the midrash Tanna D'Vei Eliyahu, which..... More
London: Society if Hebrew Literature, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. XIV, 115 pp. of Hebrew text + 42 pp. English index of Hebrew terms. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Spine has been crudely repaired with green binder's tape. Sunning to outer edges of boards and spine. Exterior in..... More
Leipzig: Caroli Tauchnitii, 1840. n/a. Hardcover. Folio. 1428pp. Three-quarter black leather over brown cloth. Rebacked. Wear to head and tail of spine and to edges. Minor chipping to tail of spine. Some scuffing to boards. Faded decorated page edges. New endpapers. Minor age yellowing around page edges not affecting text..... More
Leipzig: A. H. Payne, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 2 vols. 1853,(8)pp. Black 3/4 leather over brown cloth. Gilt lettering and decorative design along spines, inner edges and corners. Raised bands, marbled endpapers. Complete Hebrew Bible (TaNaKh), "For Israelites, with Masoretic text and a new German translation and additional commentary..... More
New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1839. Hardcover. 12mo. 198pp. Blind-stamped black cloth with gold decoration on spine. Some age wear to binding. Includes the books Samuel and Ruth. Each section with frontispiece. Sporadic foxing and water staining throughout. Fair to poor condition. More
London: Phaidon Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv, 242pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with silver lettering on red label of spine. "The significance of the Bible in the life, thought and culture of the early Middle Ages can hardly be overstated. Here eleven linked studies, embracing palaeography..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. XII, 948pp. 3/4 red morocco over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Large frontispiece fold-out colored map of Palestine. Decorative initials. A Scholarly work on the History and Setting of the Bible. While describing the various districts of..... More