Jewish Customs, Ceremonies
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
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
Buxtorf, Johann (Johannes Buxtorf the Elder, Joannes Buxtorfius, Joannem Buxtorfium)
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
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
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
Buxtorf, Joannes M. (Johannes Buxtorf the Elder, Johann Buxtorf, Joannes Buxtorfius, Joannem Buxtorfium); Jan Luyken (Illustrator)
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
Buxtorf, Johann ((Johannes Buxtorf the Elder, Joannes Buxtorfius, Joannem Buxtorfium)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Buxtorf, Johann (Johannes Buxtorf the Elder, Joannes Buxtorfius, Joannem Buxtorfium)
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
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
Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Apud Joannem Wolters, 1701. Editio ultima, priori auctior & emendatior (Last edition). Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/2"). [72], 1-[344], [40]pp (Index of Vol. I); [4], 345-752, [60]pp (Index of Vol. II). Original full calf. First volume with engraved frontispiece. Both title pages in red and... More
Frankfort; Leipzig: Johann Paul Kraußen, 1729. Later edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [16], 752pp. Original full vellum, with gold lettering on spine. Beveled edges. All paper edges blue. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Originally published in 1603, Buxtorf's "Synagoga Judaica" was often quoted as an authority... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
