Metz: Ephraim Hadamard (Hadamar), 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 54 double-sided leaves (53 in Hebrew pagination, with a printing error listing leaf 5 twice). 3/4 brown library tape over original brown-red mottled stiff paper boards. This scarce work is a comprehensive instructional guide and overview of customs and prayers for the... More about Minhogim (Minhagim
London: Typis Milonis Flesher, sumptibus auctoris, prostat apud Mosem Pitt, & apud Brabazonum Aylmer, 1683. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (10) 450pp. 3/4 Vellum over marbled boards with brown lettering and library plate to spine. Age wearing throughout binding.Some tears, discoloration, scuffing and rubbing to boards and spine. Some browning and... More about R. Mosis Majemonidae de Sacrificiis Liber : Accesserunt Abarbanelis Exordium, seu procemium...
Amsterdam: Kunst- und Industrie- Comptoir, 1809-1810. First edition. Hardcover. Three parts, complete in three volumes. 12mo. xxxvi, 466pp. 538, [1]pp. 448, [3]pp. Contemporary quarter-leather over marbled boards with gold-tooled decoration on spine, green title-label with gold lettering and gold and red vignette. Red page edges. Variant title: Uebersicht der wichtigsten... More about Die Hebräerin am Putztische und Als Braut. Vorbereitet durch eine Uebersicht der wichtigsten...
Basileae: Johan. Jacobum Deckerum (1661) Ludovici Regis (1640), 1640 - 1661. Third revised (1661) Second edition (1640). Hardcover. 12 Mo. Original full vellum with handwritten lettering on spine. 1) Synagoga Judaica: Third revised edition. (34) 779 (38) pp. Title-page in red and black lettering. Fascinating work on Jewish rituals and... More about 1) Synagoga Judaica : De Judaeerum fide, ritibus, ceremoniis tam publicis et sacris, quam...
Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Henricum Teering, 1706. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [16], 285, [3]pp. Contemporary full vellum with gold lettering on spine. Decorative paper edges. Red and black lettering on title page. Vignette. Decorative headpiece and initials. Remarkable history of Hebrew burial customs illustrated with numerous b/w figs, 2 in-text and... More about Libri IV. de Sepulchris Hebraeorum: in quibus variorum populorum mores proponuntur, multa obscura...
Ienae: Impensis viduae Ioh. Rudolphi Croekeri, 1740. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [16], 730, [54]pp. Original 3/4 vellum over paper covered boards, with contemporary handwritten title on spine. All edges red. Decorative head- and tailpieces. Decorative initial. Rare and fascinating work on Jewish customs and ceremonies written by one of the... More about Sacri iudaeorum ritus antiqui secundum res gestas et dogmata illorum as codicis sacri utriusque...
Rotterdam: Jan Daniel Beman, 1731. Third edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [16], 548pp. 44pp. plus 4 foldout copper engravings. Original full vellum with black lettering on spine. Half title-page with a series of engravings. In the larger engravings, Moses with the tablets dictating the Torah to a scribe writing on a scroll... More about Schoole der Jooden, Begrypende het geheele Joodsche Geloof; Reeden-Strijdt, of Geloofs-Kamp,...
Basel: Johan Jacob Decker & Ludovici Regis a.k.a. Ludwig König, 1661 & 1629. Third edition & First edition (?). Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1. Vol. I. starting from front, Vol. II. starting from back. 12mo. In Latin. Vol. I: (34) 779p. Vol. II: (32) 462pp. Vellum with handwritten lettering to... More about Synagoga Judaica : De Judaeerum fide, ritibus, ceremoniis tam publicis et sacris, quam privatis,...
Charleston: The Daggett Printing Company, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. 1/250. Octavo. 121, [1]pp. Original black cloth, with yellow lettering on front cover. This striking volume takes us on a rather unusual exploration in Charleston's Jewish history. Indeed, its author, Dr. Barnett A. Elzas, rabbi of K. K. Beth Elohim has... More about The Old Jewish Cemeteries at Charleston, S. C.: A Transcript of the Inscriptions on Their...
Amsterdam: Kunst - und Industrie - Comptoir, 1809. First edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes. xxxvi. 466pp. 538pp. 448pp. Three-quarter cloth over tan paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Variant title: Uebersicht der wichtigsten Erfindungen in dem Reiche der Moden der Hebräerinnen von den rohesten Anfängen bis zur üppigsten Pracht. Frontispiece..... More about Die Hebräerin am Putztische und Als Braut. Vorbereitet durch eine Uebersicht der wichtigsten...
Lugduni Batavorum: Henricum Teering, 1706. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. [16], 285, [2pp. ads]. Full calfRed and black lettering on title-page. Vignette. Decorative headpiece and initials. Captivating account of Jewish burial customs, profusely illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and 10 fine full-page engravings, including 2 large folding plates, and 3... More about Libri IV. De Sepulchris Hebraeorum: in quibus variorum populorum mores proponuntur, multa obscura...
Stuttgart: Dr. Benno Filser Verlag G.m.b.H., 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 142pp. Original full cloth with gold lettering on front board. Marbled endpapers. Decorative initials. Fascinating work displaying synagogues and Jewish cemeteries across Württemberg, just a year before Hitler's rise to power! This book is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w..... More about Jüdische Gotteshäuser und Friedhöfe in Württemberg. Herrausgegeben vom Obberat der...
Afdeeling, S-Gravenhage: Joodsche Vrouwenraad, ca. 1930. Softcover. 8vo. 39pp. Original wrappers illustrated with b/w vignette by Manuskowski. Exhibition catalogue, listing 373 utensils used in Dutch Jewish households. One leaf with basic information, i.e., hours of exhibition, etc., laid-in as issued. Text in Dutch. Some sunning and minor staining on wraps... More about Tentoonstelling van Joodsche Gebruiksvoorwerpen in Het Huisgezin. Catalogus
NP: NP, ca. 1910s-20s. Hardcover. Oblong 48mo. Unpaginated. Original red cloth with gold lettering on covers. Fascinating leporello with 20 b/w photographic reproductions of the following views: Alt-Synagoge/Rathaus, Altneu-Synagoge (Aussenansicht), Altneu-Synagoge (Innenansicht), Grabsteine von Sara Gattin des Josef Katz 606 (1606?); Josua Sohn Jehudas, Vorbeter 941; Rabbi Avigdor Karo 1439;... More about Antiquitates Judaicae Pragenses
Basel: Johan Jacob Decker & Ludovici Regis a.k.a. Ludwig König, 1661. Third revised. Hardcover. 12mo. (34), 779pp. (38). Vellum with handwritten lettering to spine. Engraved title page. Work on Jewish rituals and traditions by Johannes Buxtorf the Elder. Text in Latin with some Hebrew insertions. Age wear to binding, with..... More about Synagoga Judaica : De Judaeerum fide, ritibus, ceremoniis tam publicis et sacris, quam privatis,...
Schleswig: Lorentz Eckstorff, 1695. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [16], 1424pp. Original full calf. Decorative initials. Decorative head-, and tailpiece. Remarkable work being a detailed examination of worship in Ancient Israel, by Danish Lutheran theologian Johannes Lund (1638-1686). Heavy rubbing on binding. Head and tail of spine chipped. Hinges starting. Endpapers... More about Öffentlicher Gottesdienst der alten Hebräer
London: Williams, Lea & Co., 1940-1955. First edition. Softcover. Octavos. Blue, brown and orange, printed paper wrappers. Some vols. with black lettering on front cover and spine, some with silver. Volume 5707 (1946-1947) signed and inscribed by the author/editor Rabbi "S. Levy" in black ink on the title page. This... More about The Jewish Annual (12 vols.) [SIGNED
Cochin, India: Kerala History Association, (1971). First English language edition. Hardcover. This work is inscribed to the Shames (synagogue caretaker) of the Cochin Synagogue in blue pen at page facing title page: " 25-11-80. To Jack + Gertrude Saffren. Shames of the Cochin Synagogue. Shalom. Jackie Cohen." 8vo. xxviii. 319 pp... More about Commemoration Volume: Cochin Synagogue Quatercentenary Celebrations: December 15, 16, 17, 18...
Cochin, India: Kerala History Association, (1971). First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxviii. 319 pp. Black cloth in original dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece of a photographic color reproduction of the Cochin synagogue. Festschrift on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Cochin synagogue in India. Illustrated with b/w... More about Commemoration Volume: Cochin Synagogue. Quatercentenary Celebrations: December 15, 16, 17, 18...
Oakland: Published by the author, 1930-1938. Fifth & Eleventh edition. Hardcover. The Secret of the Jew Eleventh edition. iv, 544pp. Original binding. Brown cloth with black print on cover, spine and back. Frontispiece portrait of author. Ex-libris stamp of Edward M. Tenenbaum on inside of front board. Foreword by Dr. C...... More about The Secret of the Jew - His Life - His Family: A Marriage Guide - How to Stay Married What a...
Frankfurt: Verlag von Sänger & Friedberg, 1913. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 47 pp. Original wrappers. Pages unopened. Work on a very controversial practice in Judaism, the sucking of the wound after the Brith-Milah, the circumcision of a newborn boy [symbolizing the covenant between forefather Abraham and his creator]. This practice... More about Meziza: ist sie religiös geboten? Wirkt sie heilend oder schädlich?
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968. Hardcover. 7 octavo volumes. Blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Seminal work translated by Henrietta Szold and Paul Radin. Mixed set with uniform binding: Volumes I and III through VI published in 1968, volume II in 1977, and volume VII in... More about The Legends of the Jews (Complete in 7 Volumes
Berlin: Siegfried Scholem, 1930. Limited Edition. Softcover. 1/300 copies. 4to. 15pp. Wrappers. All page edges untrimmed. Work on Jewish magic and superstition, as shown in the "fire talisman", protecting from fire breaking out. Illustrated throughout with many in-text sketches and two tipped-in b/w photographs. Browning and serious staining to wrappers... More about Jüdischer Feuersegen
New York: Burr Printing House, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 100pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece, portrait of author, protected by tissue guard. Charts detailing corresponding English/Hebrew calendar and holiday dates. 6 blank leaves in rear for registry of births, marriages and deaths. Some wear to... More about Nieto's Jewish Almanac for One Hundred Years. From new year 5663 (1902) to 5763 (2002
Berlin: Verlag Juda, 1907. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. 8vo. (3) 104pp. 1.4 black cloth over green paper covered boards. Illustrated front board and title page, with German and Hebrew lettering. With "Haskamah" (Seal of approval) by Rabbbi Salomon Cohn, following author's preface. This work is aimed to prepare a.... More about Moreh Derekh/ Leitfaden zur Vorbereitung für die Barmizwah, zugleich ein Wegweiser für Schule...