Philadelphia: Adam Waldie, 1830. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 139pp. Rebound blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Isaac Leeser's first printed work in America. Translated from the German of J. Johlson, teacher of an Israelitish School at Frankfurt on the Maine by Isaac Leeser. "The design... More
Warsaw: Ahi'asaf, 1912. 4to. 584pp. 526pp. 552pp. 597pp. 122pp. Original half-leather over black cloth. Dictionary of terms found in rabbinic literature with quotes from source material. Hebrew and Aramaic words are translated into Russian and Yiddish. The first volume was published in 1884. Samuel Joseph Fuenn was a moderate Russian... More
Livorno: Yisrael Kushta, 1877 or 1878 - 1887 or 1888. Hardcover. 4to. Contemporary half leather over black pebbled cloth. Speckled edges. Complete edition of the "Zohar." Includes "Sitrei Torah," "Midrash ha-Ne'elam" and "Ra'aya Meheimna." Printed with large easy to read block letters, vowel markings and footnotes and comments from R.... More
Philadelphia: Adam Waldie, 1830. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 139pp. Rebound blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Isaac Leeser's first printed work in America. Translated from the German of J. Johlson, teacher of an Israelitish School at Frankfurt on the Maine by Isaac Leeser. "The design... More
Leipzig: Ioh. Frid. Zeitlerum, 1705. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [20], 1504, [82]pp. Original full vellum with gold-stamped lettering and borders on spine. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris of Biblioth. Collegii Carol and ex-libris of Ducis Brunsvicensis et Luneburgensis at rear of front board. Illustrated woodcut vignette on title-page. Decorative... More
Frankfurt a. O. Yohanan Kristof Bekman, 1690. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 4to. 178 leaves. Three quarter red pebbled cloth over black marble boards with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated title page featuring the biblical figures of Aaron and Samuel. This title page is reproduced before Psalms section. Separate title page... More
Vienna: Joseph Kaiser, 1880. Hardcover. 8vo. 26pp. 208 (1)pp. 3/4 Dark blue leather over paper covered boards in matching color, with original wrappers bound in. Raised bands. Red label at spine with embossed gilt lettering. Orange endpapers. Title on inbound green wrappers, followed by title page in German and Hebrew... More
Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1903-1932. Annual. Octavo. Original illustrated green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Complete set of this organ for scientific discussion of Jewish culture and the history of ideas. Next to the Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums (Monthly for History and Scientific... More
New York: Bloch, 1929-1932. Hardcover. 4 volumes. All are bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. vol. 1: 90pp. 40pp.; Vol. 2: 460pp. 48 pp.; vol. 3: 629pp. 59pp.; vol. 4: 635pp. 155 pp. Fore- and bottom edges uncut. Frontispiece to last two volumes. :Menorat Ha- Meor" [the... More
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1880-1885. Hardcover. Octavo. 11 volumes bound in 7. The following five works are bound in one. 1) Der Midrasch Schir Ha-Schirim. 1881. xii,208pp. 2) Der Midrasch Ruth Rabba. Das ist die haggadische Auslegung des Buches Ruth. 1883. xiii,98pp. 3) Der Midrasch Echa Rabbati. Das ist die haggadische... More
Frankfurt an der Oder: Mikhal Gotshalk, 1699. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 48 leaves. Modern black cloth library binding. Title page contains an image of Jacob being reunited with Joseph in Egypt. (This image is also used by the contemporary Amsterdam printer Joseph Athias in his Bible.) Commentary on the Pentateuch... More
New York: Stanford and Swords, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xi) 245pp. Brown cloth boards, with blind stamped ruling on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. The publication was created for the purposes of English speaking non-Jews, and more specifically aimed at Christian missionaries, as a reference and introductory... More
Breslau: Th. Schatzky, (1903-1929). 1) Heinemann, Isaak; Die Lehre von der Zweckbestimmung des Menschen im griechisch-römischen Altertum und im jüdischen Mittelalter. (Erscheint gleichzeitig im Verlage von M. & H. Marcus in Breslau). 95pp. 2) Lewkowitz, Albert. Mechanismus und Idealismus. II. Seele und Wert. 95pp. 3) Jahres-Bericht des jüdisch-theologischen Seminars Fränckel'scher Stiftung... More
Leipzig: Heinrich Hunger, 1844. Softcover. 8vo. 69 (1)pp. Illustrated wrappers. IForepage edge. mportant work by German-Jewish Rabbi Samuel Hirsch (1815 – 1889). Hirsch was a major Reform Rabbi and Jewish Philosopher. Age wear to binding, with wrappers starting to split but still attached. Browning throughout. In German. Fair condition. More
Lemberg: David Zevi Schrenzel, 1858. Hardcover. 8vo. 103 pages. Quarter leather over black paper covered boards, tooled with a beautiful ornate floral pattern. Age wear on biding, heavy age wear on spine, bottom part of backstrip missing. Simon Duran's (1361-1444) commentary on 613 commandments based on Solomon ibn Gabirol's (1020-1057)... More
New York: Philip Cowen, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Each sermon has own unconsecutive pagination. Maroon cloth with decorative gold lettering on front cover. All page edges red. Thick endpapers with floral decorative motif. Inscribed by author on front endpaper dated 1895. Contents include: 1. Bless God for Good as... More
![Frucht vom Baum des Lebens/ Ozer Peroth Ez Chajim [Otzar Perot Etz Hayyim]: Die Sammlung der Rechtsgutachten PERI EZ CHAJIM des Rabbinerseminars ETS HAIM ZU AMSTERDAM. Zeitlich geordnet, ins Deutsche ubertragen und in gekürzter Form herausgegeben. [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR'S SON]. Max Menko Hirsch.](/pictures/thumb/17061.jpg?v=1434441371)
Berlin, Antwepen: Soncino, 1936. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by the author's son at free front endpaper (in Hebrew): "Le-Shoshana Grayb. Le-Maskeret me-Avi Menakhem Menko Hirsch z"l. She-mimeno lamadnu yahad Torah ve-Kabbalah. Avraham. 11th Menakhem-Av 5711. New York." [To Shoshana Grayb. In memory of my father Menakhem Menko Hirsch, of... More
Leipzig: Joh. Herb. Klosii, 1714. Quinta vice edita (Fifth edition). Hardcover. 16mo. [18], 624pp. Original 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold tooling and lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Engraved additional title. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initial and headpiece... More
New York: Steam Printing Office of the H.O.A. Industrial School, 1880, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 2 volumes. 8vo. xii, 294 pp. xii, 376pp. 1st volume: original purple cloth with gold and black stamped decoration on cover and spine. Blind border stamp on rear cover. Gold lettering on cover and... More
Paris: La Librairie Israélite, 1864. First edition. Softcover. Ex-library. Two parts in one, as issued. 8vo. 244, 224 pp. Original wrappers on tan cloth, title page blind stamped "Jewish Theological Seminary". Supplément a la Vérité Israélite. Numero du 24 Janvier 1861. Volume 3. Judaism and rabbinics of the 1800's, France... More
London & Bournemouth: The Soncino Press, 1951. Second edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxix, 508, 509-1003, viii, 581, viii, 471, viii, 484, v, 485-882, viii, 188 + viii, 245, viii, 318, vii, 327, viii, 336pp. Original dustjacket over blue cloth with gilt-stamped publisher's device on cover and gilt lettering on spine... More
Madrid: Editorial Gredos, S. A. 1964-1969-1970. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 184, [4]pp. (Tomo Preliminar); 736, [2]pp. (Tomo I, 1a parte); [737]-1219, [1], 78pp. (Tomo I, 2a parte). Original printed wrappers, with red and black lettering to front covers. Me'am Lo'ez, initiated by Rabbi Yaakov Culi in 1730, is a widely... More
Dublin: B. Jones, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 178pp. Original full calf. Engraved frontispiece. Decorative tailpieces. Remarkable work on the history of Joseph, and the epic journey of the Israelites from Rameses to Sinai. This little book is exquisitely illustrated with 10 fine engravings depicting biblical scenes. Heavy rubbing on... More
Amsterdam: Ahron Halevi, 1659. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 203pp. Original brown, rippled vellum with handwritten dark brown lettering on cover with string ties. Illustrated title page. Decorative headpiece and initial. Introduction to Biblical stories, e.g. Elijah and Elisha, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the building of the... More
London: James Nisbet and Co. 1859. Hardcover. 8vo. 332pp. Blind stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Gilt faded. Front cover broken away fron spine. Slight chipping to head and tail of spine. Corners bumped. Upper front corner frayed. Minor rubbing to boards. Stamp and signature of previous owners... More