[Amsterdam]: NP, [1629]. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 6"). [2], 322, [10]pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Title within decorative border. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Written in Italy by Immanuel Aboab (c. 1555-1628), a Portuguese-born converso Jewish scholar, great-grandson..... More
St. Ottilien/ Munich: Rabbinical Representative by Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Occupied Zone [sic], 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folios. Keddushin: 192, 32, 28pp. Rebound in modern tan soft leather with blind-stamped star of David on the front cover. Blind-stamped tooling, and gilt lettering lettering on the..... More
Jerusalem: Makor Publishing Ltd., [ca. 1981]. Limited facsimile edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Vol.1: [2] 310pp. [2]. Vol.2: [2] 311-728pp. [2]. Vol.3: (xvi) 327pp. [2]. Vol.4: [2] 327- 600pp. [2]. Modern half brown pebbled leather over light brown textured boards, with gilt tooling and ruling on the covers. Gilt ruling and..... More
Amsterdam: NP, 5470 [1710]. Hardcover. Small octavo. 7.5x5". [5] 201pp. [4]. Rebound in modern dark brown leather boards, with blind-stamped tooling on the covers. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. In four parts, each with its own title page. The initial title page is illustrated by detailed woodcuts of..... More
Frankfurt a. M. Dominicus a Sande, 1716. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [48]pp (Prefaces and Index), 976, [45]pp (Index). Contemporary full calf with raised bands. Green speckled edges. Frontispiece illustration of Moses and Aaron surrounded by a number of pictures including that of the Molech idol, a wedding and the sighting..... More
Berlin: Herausgabe der Mischna, 1831-1834. First edition. Hardcover. Complete 6 volume set. 4to. Three-quarter blue cloth over marbled paper boards with raised bands and red title-labels. Marbled edges all around. Marbled endpapers. Mishnah with Judeo-German translation and the classic commentaries of R. Obadiah Bartenura and R. Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. This..... More
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Amsterdam: Christian Petzold, 1711. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 5pp. (12). 544pp. 3/4 vellum over decorated paper-covered boards with brown handwritten lettering to spine. Scuffing, abrasions and discoloration to boards and spine. All maroon page edges. 2 Ex libris- plates pasted-in on front endpaper: 1) Ex libris Rev. Joseph Jaquett. Presented..... More
Munich [cancel imprint in English]: Rabbinical Representative by Central Commitee [sic] of Liberated Jews in the American Occupied Zone, 1946. First edition thus. Hardcover. Elephant folio (15-3/4" x 11"). (2), 192, 32, 28pp. Rebound in modern tan soft leather with blind-stamped star of David on the front cover. Gilt and..... More
Thessaloniki: Mordekhai Nahman ve-David Yisraelig'ah, [1790-1791]. First edition. Hardcover. Large quartos. Vol.1: [2], 157. Vol.2: [3], 158- 274, [1] 35. Double-sided leaves. Rebound in modern burgundy mottled faux-leather boards, with gilt lettering on the front covers, gilt lettering and ruling on the spines. Edges of the book block in red..... More
Jerusalem: Makor Publishing Ltd., 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/290. Complete 4 volume set. 4to. Half-leather over blue cloth gold-stamped image on the cover and raised bands. Brown edges and yellow book mark ribbons. Hebrew and English title-pages. Facsimile of the 1509 Constantinople printing of Maimonides' famous code of Jewish Law..... More
Sulzbach: Aharon ben Meshulam Zalman, [1779]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 254, 4 (double-sided leaves). Rebound in brown buckram over decorative tan paper boards. Gilt lettering on the spine. Title page with decorative woodcut border. This work of Halacha (Jewish law) by German Rabbi Noah Hayyim Zevi Hirsch Berlin (1734-1802) interprets..... More
Dyhernfurth [Brzeg Dolny]/ Fürth: Printed by Yosef Mayah/ Itzak Ben Yehuda Leib, [1809-1814] / [ca.1767]. Hardcover. Large folios and elephant folios. Vol.1: [6] 157 leaves. Vol.2: [1] 243 [4] leaves. Vol.3: [1] 166 leaves. Vol.4: [1] 169 leaves. All leaves double-sided. Re-bound in period dark brown leather. Some volumes with..... More
Utrecht: Francisci Halma (Francis Halma), 1686. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. [3]. 56pp. Title page illustrated with decorative and deatiled woodlock printer's device. The work is a detailed list of the 613 Jewish laws, codified in the Hebrew bible, as presented according to Maimonides, in his work Sefer Mitzvot (The Book..... More
Berlin: Emil Apolant, 1894. Hardcover. Small Folio. xvi,122pp. Blind-embossed red cloth. Stamp of "Archival-Depot Offenbach A.M." to free front endpaper. Elaborate work on Shechitah, the slaughtering of certain animals according to Jewish law (Kosher Slaughtering). The practices of Shechitah are not described in the "Five Books of Moses" but were..... More
Lemberg: NP, 1817. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. Folio. 32 pp. 44 pp. 1/4 blue cloth over marbled boards. First section are new insights [hiddushim] on the weekly portion of the Hebrew Bible. Second section covers various topics in the Talmud. Front cover board unhinged but attached. Covers are worn..... More
Tel Aviv: Avuka Press, 1975-1992. Hardcover. Large 8vo. This work consists of the first 11 out of 15 all published volumes. Serial publication, bound in blue cloth with black and gold stamping on front cover. Minor age wear. Text in English. Very good condition. More
Franequerae (Franeker): Johannis Gyzelaar, 1696. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/2"). Vol. 1: [32], 256, 253-608 p.; Vol. 2: [8], [609]-1138, [38]pp. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Identical additional engraved title by Joseph Mulder (1658-1742), a Dutch Golden Age printmaker and engraver, for each..... More
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Djerba/Tunis: David Aydan (David Idan)/ Imprimerie Africaine A. Hadida, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 59pp. 11 double-sided leaves, 16pp. Half tan cloth over red mottled paper boards. Includes both Hebrew and French title pages on either end of the book block, which has both Hebrew (left to right) and Arabic..... More
Berlin: Printed by Julius Sittenfeld, 1862. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. Original spotted leather with debossed vignette and decorative ruling on cover. Blue endpapers. Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. With commentaries by Vidal Yom Tov of Tolosa, Abraham ben David of Posquières, Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Shem..... More
Padova (Padua): Coi Tipi della Minerva, 1837. First edition. Softcover. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8"). 30pp. First edition of the publication of a sermon pronounced by Italian Rabbi Lelio della Torre on June 4, 1836 at the Oratorio Maggiore di Rito Tedesco degl'Israeliti di Padova (The synagogue of German..... More
![Item #13296 Shu"T [Sheelot u-teshuvoth] Birkat Retseh. including commentary called: "Milhamot...](/pictures/thumb/13296.jpg?v=1434441302)
Lemberg: Felix Bednarski, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 170 leaves. Rebound in imitation leather with embossed gilt lettering. Work of responsa on questions of Jewish Law. Written by renowned Jewish layman and Head of Religious Court, Tsevi [Tzvi] Hirsch Ornshtain. (see below) Very minor age wear to binding. Serious staining..... More
NP, n/d. Hardcover. 2 volumes (Mixed edition, see above). 1) Folio, 226p. Rebound in half leather over cloth. Decorated title page. Age wear to binding, with browning throughout. Title page repaired but complete, with no parts missing. In Hebrew. Very good condition. 2) , 312p. Rebound in half leather over blue cloth..... More
Basileae (Basel): Sumptibus & typis Ludovici König, 1632. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Title page, 9, 456 leaves. Engraved title-page. Full vellum with black lettering and decorative ruling on spine. Red edges. Decorative initial, head- and tailpiece. First edition of Johann Buxtorf's magnum opus. Unfortunately, Buxtorf did not live to..... More
Jerusalem: Dafus Ha-Gadol ve' Ha-Meshubach (Reb Yechiel Brill, Reb Michel Ha'Cohen and Rabbi Yoel Moshe Solomon), [1864]. Second edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. [4] 46 leaves (double sided). Bound in black cloth over black pebbled buckram boards. Modenr small heart-shaped white paper label pasted on the front cover. Pages uncut. Title..... More
Tunis: NP, 1905. Hardcover. Unknown edition: Bet Eked mentions the first edition as Lavov, 1887 (see below). Folio. 54, 8 leaves. Half leather over marble board. Two title pages. Includes an introduction and afterword by author's son, Yitzhak. Inscription on first title page. A compendium of writings on various topics of..... More