From the Collections of the Jewish National and University Library Jerusalem. Facsimile reproductions chosen from the collections of the manuscripts department of the library
Cardboard portfolio - Facsimile reproductions chosen from the collections of the manuscripts department of the library. 255x330 mm. No pagination. Cardboard box edges and corners worn and wrinkled. Spine tattered. Else in good condition.
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Reich, Mira
From the Dr. and Mrs. Kolb Collections at the Jewish National and University Library : a Token
28x21.5 cm. 38+42 pages. Softcover. Cover faded, rubbed and slightly wrinkled. Pen writing on front cover. Spine rubbed. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Steinschneider, Moritz / Malter, Heinrich; Marx, Alexander [Eds.]
Gesammelte Schriften von Moritz Steinschneider - I. Band: Gelehrten-Geschichte [VOLUME I ONLY]. Herausgegeben von Dr. Heinrich Malter und Dr. Alexander Marx
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of the FIRST VOLUME ONLY (all published) from three-volume edition of collected writings by the renowned bibliographer and Orientalist Moritz Steinschneider (1816-1907). 230x160mm. XXVII+637 pages. Half-leather black Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover edges and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover corners and spine edges peeling. Spine rubbed and scratched. Pen marks on front whitepage bottom edge. Text block edges, inner cover, whitepages and several extreme pages age-stained. Text block edges dirty. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of collected writings by an eminent 19th-century Judaica scholar is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Lewin, B. M. [Ed.]
Ginze Kedem: A Geonitic Scientific Periodical [PARTS I-V IN THREE VOLUMES] [IN HEBREW]
PARTS I-V IN THREE VOLUMES. IN HEBREW. [ALL VOLUMES]: 245x165 mm. [110] + [50+96+110] + [192] pages. Gilt hardcover. Inner cover and few pages age-stained. Pages yellowing. [VOL.I]: Cover slightly curved. [VOL.II]: Cover bottom edge bumped and rubbed. [VOL.III]: Spine edges bumped and rubbed. [SUMMARY]: Else all volumes in good condition.
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Katsh, Abraham I.
Ginze Mishna: One Hundred and Fifty Nine Fragments from the Cairo Geniza in the Saltykov Shchedrin Library in Leningrad Appearing for the First Time with an Introduction, Notes and Variants [IN HEBREW].
IN HEBREW. 280x220 mm. 15+319+19 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly scratched. Rear inner cover slightly worn. Ex-Library copy with the usual markings. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Elgvin, Torleif [Ed.] / Davis, Kipp; Langlois, Michael [Associate Eds.]
Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artifacts [Artefacts] from the Schoyen Collection. [SERIES]: Library of Second Temple Studies [LSTS / JSPS] - 71.
RARE volume which presents 8 artefacts and 26 texts from the Judaean Desert, from Qumran, Wadi el-Daliyeh and Bar Kokhba caves: biblical texts with a number of textual variants as well as 3 unknown extra-biblical texts. It contains many important contributions for textual criticism of the Bible, archaeology, mineral analysis of ancient artefacts and research of Dead Sea scrolls and Qumran community (10 of the fragments presented here are the earliest known version of the relevant biblical text). Contains many b&w plates. 290x220mm. 508 pages. Hardcover. Cover upper corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Previous owner's name written in pen on front whitepage upper corner. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of immense interest to both biblical scholars and archaeologists, is in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Richler, Benjamin
Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections
285x185 mm. X+409 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
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Ben Isaac (Raschi) [Rashi; Shlomo Yitzchaki; Schlomo Jizchaki; Salomon Isaacides; Salomo; Solomon; Itzhaki] / Buber, Salomon [Ed.]
Ha-Orah : Ritualwerk Rabbi Salomo Ben Isaac (Raschi) Zugeschrieben, Erster Teil [THIS VOLUME ONLY] [IN HEBREW] [FACSIMILE EDITION]
THIS VOLUME ONLY. IN HEBREW. FACSIMILE EDITION. 245x170mm. 167+231 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Ex-library copy with stamp on inner cover, first white page and title page. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Beit-Arie, Malachi
Hebrew Codicology: Tentative Typology of Technical Practices Employed in Hebrew Dated Medieval Manuscripts
275x220 mm. 114 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges wrinkled. Inner cover slightly stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Narkiss, Bezalel / Roth, Cecil [Foreword]
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts / Mediaeval Hebrew Illuminated Letters [Medieval]
Contains Mediaeval Hebrew Illuminated Letters as a separate booklet and a color folded plate. 34.5x24 cm. 175 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Narkiss, Bezalel
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts [IN HEBREW]
IN HEBREW. 345x245 mm. 222 pages. Contains illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt spine. Dust jacket slightly stained. Dust jacket edges slightly wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts from Jerusalem Collections
18x21 cm. 19+19 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained and slightly worn at edges. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Narkiss, Bezalel ; Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza ; Tcherikover, Anat
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Isles, Volume One: The Spanish and Portuguese Manuscripts [TWO VOLUME SET]. [VOL. I]: Text / [VOL. II]: Plates.
TWO VOLUME SET. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 31x23.5 cm. [211]+[176] pages. Gilt hardcover laid in a slipcase. [VOL. II]: Cover slightly stained. [SUMMARY]: Else both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sirat, Colette / De Lang, Nicholas [Ed. ; Trans.]
Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages [SIGNED BY AUTOR].
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 25x18 cm. XVI+349 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust-jacket. Cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Richler, Binyamin / Brody, Robert / Shoshana, Abraham [Ed.]
Hebrew Manuscripts: A Treasured Legacy. With a chapter on the Cairo Genizah by Robert Brody.
28x21.5 cm. 166 pages. Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Small piece torn from jacket rear upper edge near spine. Spine edges and hinges bumped. Else in ggod condition.
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Adler, Israel / Shalem, Lea [Assistance]
Hebrew Notated Manuscript Sources up to circa 1840 - A Descriptive and Thematic Catalogue with a Checklist of printed Sources [TWO VOLUME SET]. [SERIES]: Répertoire international des sources musicales - Internationales Quellenlexikon der Musik - International Inventory of Musical Sources: B IX, 1.
TWO VOLUME SET. RARE descriptive and thematic catalog of all manuscript music sources of synagogue music prior to 1840 (when the massive publications of printed scores began) by Israel Adler (1925-2009) - the founder and former head of the Jewish Music Research Centre (JMRC) at the Faculty of Humanities of the Hebrew University, which he directed from 1964 to 1969 and from 1971 to 2000. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 245x170mm. LXXXII+899 (pagination: LXXXII+578/579-899). Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket slightly dirty. Spine edges very slightly bumped. [VOL.I]: Jacket spine wrinkled. Jacket spine edges slightly tattered. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare comprehensive two volume catalog of Jewish music, the result of two decades of intense search by an eminent Israeli musicologist, is in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Adler, Israel / Shalem, Lea [Assistance]
Hebrew Notated Manuscript Sources up to circa 1840 - A Descriptive and Thematic Catalogue with a Checklist of printed Sources [TWO VOLUME SET]. [SERIES]: Répertoire international des sources musicales - Internationales Quellenlexikon der Musik - International Inventory of Musical Sources: B IX, 1.
TWO VOLUME SET. RARE descriptive and thematic catalog of all manuscript music sources of synagogue music prior to 1840 (when the massive publications of printed scores began) by Israel Adler (1925-2009) - the founder and former head of the Jewish Music Research Centre (JMRC) at the Faculty of Humanities of the Hebrew University, which he directed from 1964 to 1969 and from 1971 to 2000. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 245x170mm. LXXXII+899 (pagination: LXXXII+578/579-899). Hardcover with dust-jacket laid in plain cardboard box. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket edges wrinkled. Spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare comprehensive two volume catalog of Jewish music, the result of two decades of intense search by an eminent Israeli musicologist, is in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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van Bekkum, Wout Jac. [Wouter Jacques]
Hebrew Poetry from Late Antiquity. Liturgical Poems of Yehudah - Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary. [SERIES]: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, No. 43 (XLIII).
RARE monograph on the poetry of an early Jewish liturgical poet (payyetan) Yehudah who composed a cycle of poems in accordance with the reading tradition of the Pentateuch and Prophets on the Sabbath. The author - Wout Jac. van Bekkum teaches Post-Biblical Hebrew in the Department of Middle East Studies, University of Groningen and is Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Amsterdam. Contains three reproductions of manuscripts. 245x160mm. XXXIV+183 pages. Dark-blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Front cover upper corner and spine bottom edge slightly bumped. This extremely rare study on early liturgical Hebrew poetry is in very good condition.
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Ellern, Hermann; Ellern, Bessi [Ed.]
Herzl, Hechler, the Grand Duke of Baden and the German Emperor: 1896-1904 [FACSIMILE EDITION].
FACSIMILE EDITION. 35x25 cm. XXVI+104+20 pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Inner cover and several pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Zifroni, Immanuel ben Salomo / Goldschmidt, Lazarus [Ed.]
Hölle und Paradies : Nach Dantes Divina Commedia [IN HEBREW].
IN HEBREW. 115x160 mm. XI+71 pages. Hardcover. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Spine edges slightly worn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Zifroni, Immanuel ben Salomo / Goldschmidt, Lazarus [Ed.]
Hölle und Paradies nach Dantes Divina Commedia [IN HEBREW]
IN HEBREW. 160x115mm. Gilt hardcover. Cover and spine edges and corners worn. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Berkovits, Ilona \ Horn, Zsuzsanna [Tr.] \ West, Alick [Ed.]
Illuminated Manuscripts in Hungary : XI-XVI Centuries
Contains b&w and color plates. 325x240 mm. 110+XLIV pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ edges worn. Else in good condition.
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Sassoon, David Solomon
Important Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts: From the Collection formed by the Late David Solomon Sassonn.
24.5x18.5cm. 137 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
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Narkiss, Bezalel; Yaniv, Bracha; Zirlin, Yael / Lockard, Joe [Ed.]
Index of Jewish Art: Gross Family Collection [BOOKLET AND TWO CARD FOLDERS]. Part One - Volume One: Objects / Part One - Volume Two: Manuscripts and Printed Books.
BOOKLET AND TWO CARD FOLDERS. 21.5x16 cm. Unpaginated. [BOOKLET]: Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. [Vol. One]: Hebrew title page missing. [BOTH VOLUMES]: Stamp on folder. Folder yellowing and slightly stained. Folder corners and edges slightly bumped. Few cards slightly stained - no damage to text. Cards slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Else both card folders and the booklet are in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Narkiss, Bezalel ; Yaniv, Bracha ; Zirlin, Yael / Lockard, Joe [Ed.]
Index of Jewish Art: Gross Family Collection [TWO VOLUME SET]. Part One - Volume One: Objects / Volume Two: Manuscripts and Printed Books.
BOOKLET AND TWO CARD FOLDERS. 21.5x16 cm. 814 pages. [BOOKLET]: Few pages stained - no damage to text. [BOTH VOLUMES]: Stamp on cover. Few card slightly stained - no damage to text. [VOL.I]: Folder slightly stained and slightly scratched. [SUMMARY]: Else both card folders and the booklet in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Isaeus / Scheibe, Carolus [Karl Friedrich] [Ed.]
Isaei Orationes cum aliquot deperditarum fragmentis. [SERIES]: Oratores Attici - Vol. 5.
170x110 mm. XLIX+167 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing and slightly wrinkled. Spine slightly worn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Friedman, Mordechai Akiva
Jewish Marriage in Palestine: A Cairo Geniza Study - Volume I: The Ketubba Traditions of Eretz Israel [THIS VOLUME ONLY]
THIS VOLUME ONLY. 23x16 cm. XXIV+492 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Few pages wavy. Else in good condition PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Jayne, Sears
John Colet and Marsilio Ficino
Contains b&w plates. 255X195 mm. 172+v pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Top cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Zeitlin, Solomon
Josephus on Jesus. With particular reference to the Slavonic Josephus and the Hebrew Josippon, by Solomon Zeitlin.
RARE monograph on the relation of Slavonic Josephus to Hegesippus and Josippon, and the Christian passages in the Slavonic Josephus, with chapters on the messianic expactation in Israel in the time of the Second Commonwealth and a sketch of the life and writings of Josephus Flavius. Solomon Zeitlin (Shlomo Cejtlin; Tseitlin; Tseytlin) (1886 or 1892-1976) was an eminent Jewish historian noted for his three-volume 'The Rise and Fall of the Judean State', still considered the standard history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth, and essential reading for anyone wishing to study the origins and birth of Christianity. Contains 6 b&w facsimiles of manuscripts of the Slavonic Josippon and Josephus, and Hebrew Josippon from Leningrad State Library, Moscow Musee Historique and Vatican. 235x160mm. VI+118 pages. Blue cloth Hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed, yellowing and somewhat stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Small sticker on front inner cover bottom corner. Upper corner of rear whitepage and several last pages sightly wrinkled. Inner cover and pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare groundbreaking study, of importance to historians of both Christianity and Judaism, is in good condition.
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Resnick, Salomon
Judaica - Publicacion Mensual 1947-48 [Two Vol. In one cover]
8' 417+206 PP. Hardcover. Cover damaged and warn in edges. Corners of cover slightly bent. Spine worn and slightly torn. Pages yellowing. Two volumes in one cover. Else in good condition.
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Swaminathan, C. R. [Ed.&Tr.] / Vatsyayan, Kapila [General Editor]
Kanvasatapathabrahmanam : Vols. I-V [FIVE VOLUME SET]. [SERIES]: Kalamulasastra Series 12, 22, 30, 31 & 39 (General Editor - Kapila Vatsyayan). Edited and Translated by C. R. Swaminathan.
FIVE VOLUME SET (the 6th volume was published in 2011). RARE complete critical edition of the Satapathabrahmana of the Kanva School of the Sukla Yajurveda, with a complete English translation, published for the first time. This edition benefits from manuscripts which were not available to Prof. Caland who published the critical edition of the first seven Kandas, with readings in Telugu script, and suggestions of traditional scholars who are experts in Srautayagas. Contains textual notes, a section under the heading Vimarsa discussing topics arising out of a study of the text, an exhaustive contents list of Brahmana and glossary of technical terms. 5kg. [ALL VOLUMES]: 250x190mm. Grey/light blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering and emblem on front cover and spine. Jacket spine upper edge bumped/wrinkled. [VOL.I]: XXIII+168 pages. Jacket front bottom corner worn. Jacket and cover edges slightly worn. Cover slightly stained. Bottom edge of cover and spine yellowing/faded. Jacket and spine wrinkled. Spine edges bumped. Previous owner's small sticker front whitepage upper corner. [VOL.II]: XXV+297 pages. Jacket corners worn, bottom edge bumped/wrinkled. Front cover upper corner slightly bumped. Cover and spine slightly stained. Spine wrinkled. Previous owner's small sticker front whitepage upper corner. [VOL.III]: XXVII+414 pages. Jacket front upper corner worn, spine bottom edge slightly wrinkled. Rear cover upper corner bumped. Text block bottom edges stained. Previous owner's small stamp on front whitepage upper corner. [VOL.IV]: IX+334 pages. Jacket upper edge bumped/wrinkled. Previous owner's small stamp on front whitepage upper corner. Text block edge slightly stained. [VOL.V]: IX+225 pages. Jacket edges and spine bottom edge bumped/wrinkled. Front cover edge stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare five volume set is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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von Schroeder, Leopold [Schröder] [Ed.]
Kathakam : Die Samhita der Katha-Cakha - Drittes Buch [Sakha] [THIS VOLUME ONLY]. Herausgegeben von Leopold von Schroeder.
THIS VOLUME ONLY - Drittes Buch of Kathakam, Die Samhita der Katha-Cakha. RARE critical edition of the original Sanskrit text of the third book from Kathaka samhita or the Caraka-Katha samhita, which, according to tradition, was compiled by Katha, a disciple of Vaisampayana. Includes an index of verse and chapter beginnings. 245x175mm. 219 pages. Grey board rebound Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover slightly dirty. Some peeling spots on rear cover. Cover and spine edges slightly worn. Spine rubbed and fading. Previous owner's small stamp on whitepage upper corner and title page bottom edge. Small stain near title page bottom corner. Pages 215-219 upper corner slightly wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of classic Hindu text, edited by a renowned German Indologist, is in good condition.
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Sarma, E. R. Sreekrishna [Ed.]
Kausitaki-Brahmana : 1. Text [Kausitakibrahmana; Kaushitakibrahmana; Kaushitaki; Sankhayana; Sankhyayana] [THIS VOLUME ONLY]. Herausgegeben von E. R. Sreekrishna Sarma. [SERIES]: Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, Supplementband 9,1.
VOLUME ONE ONLY - TEXT. RARE annotated critical edition of the original Sanskrit text of Kaushitaki-brahmana (or Sankhayana-brahmana), one of the Vedic Sakhas associated with Rigveda. 245x175mm. XVII+210 pages. Hardcover with gilt spine. Previous owner's small stamp on whitepage upper corner and title page bottom edge. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. This extremely rare book, of immense importance to all students of Sanskrit and Hinduism, is otherwise in very good condition.
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Moses Galante / Tishby, Peretz [Ed.]
Kehillat Ya'acov: Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, Safed 1578 [IN HEBREW]
IN HEBREW. 25x17.5 cm. 206 pages. Hardcover. Cover upper corner slightly curved. Else in good condition.
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Ibn Nachmias, Josef / Bamberger, M. L. [Ed.]
Kommentar zu den Spruchen Salomos von Josef ibn Nachmias [IN HEBREW]. [SERIES]: Schriften des Vereins Mekize Nirdamim - S. Folge, No. 9.
IN HEBREW. 240x170 mm. XXIII+196 pages. Hardcover. Pages slightly age-stained - no damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Sirat, Colette. Avrin, Leila.
La lettre hébraïque et sa signification / Micrography as Art Etudes de paléographie hébraïque.
The book features 118 b/w plates. 270x210mm, 80+118 pages. Black softcover. Cover sightly worn and slightly creased. Pages slightly yellowing. Good condition.
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Postel, Guillaume / Secret, François [Ed. & Intr.]
Le thrésor des propheties de l'univers. Manuscrit publié avec une introduction et des notes par François Secret. [SERIES]: Archives internationales d'histoire des idees (International Archives of the History of Ideas) - 27.
23.5x15cm. 270 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and spine edges slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
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Rabbi Tobia ben Elieser [Tuvia; Tobiah] / Bamberger, Seckel [Commentary]
Lekach Tob (Pesikta Sutrata) : Ein agadischer Kommentar zu Megillat Ruth von Rabbi Tobia ben Elieser. I. [VOLUME 1] Zum ersten Male herausgegeben nach einer Handschrift der Münchener Hof- und Staatbibliothek, mit Vergleichung der betr. Handschriften aus der Bibliotheken in Oxford, London (Cod. Harlien), Cambridge, Wien (Cod. Jellineck), Petersburg, Parma und Rom (Cod. Cosanata und Angelica). Mit Commentar versehen Seckel Bamberger.
RARE edition of midrashic commentary on the Book of Ruth by the 11th-century Talmudist and poet Tobiah ben Eliezer. 225x145mm. II+52 pages. Blue cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Rear cover and spine slightly stained. Spine edges and hinges slightly wrinkled. Hebrew title page detached from binding. Hebrew title page edges tattered. Inner cover and German title page slightly stained. Most pages upper corner/bottom corner slightly peeling - NO damage to text. Edges of several last pages tattered - NO damage to text. Pages browning. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of a medieval midrash is in good reading condition.
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Sed-Rajna, Gabrielle [Intr.]
Lisbon Bible 1482 - British Library Or. 2626 [FACSIMILE EDITION]
LISBON BIBLE FACSIMILE EDITION. This book is a facsimile edition of the colorful Hebrew Lisbon Bible from 1482, one of the most exquisitely illuminated medieval Jewish manuscripts. The book is printed on high-quality paper and accompanied by a short English and Hebrew introduction to the literary culture of the Iberian Jews. 2.5 kg. 300x245mm. 21+18 Introduction pages & 184 double facsimile pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed and slightly tattered. Pages 3-6 detached from binding. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sed-Rajna, Gabrielle [Intr.]
Lisbon Bible, 1482: British Library Or. 2626
LISBON BIBLE FACSIMILE EDITION. This book is a facsimile edition of the colorful Hebrew Lisbon Bible from 1482, one of the most exquisitely illuminated medieval Jewish manuscripts. The book is printed on high-quality paper and accompanied by a short English and Hebrew introduction to the literary culture of the Iberian Jews. 2.5 kg. 305x250 mm. 184+18+21 pages. Gilt hardcover. Text block edges slightly stained. [SUMMARY]: This beautifully illuminated Bible is in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sed-Rajna, Gabrielle
Lisbon Bible: 1482 - British Library Or. 2626
Contains colored plates. 30X24 cm. 18+21 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover corners slightly scratched. Front cover slightly scratched and bumped. Back cover slightly stained. Spine edges slightly bumped. Front page dis-attached and slightly wrinkled. Inner spine slightly dis-attached. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good conditions. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Allony, N.; Loewinger, D.S.
List of Photocopies in the Institute: Part III - Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican [IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH PREFACE] [PART III ONLY] The Institute of Hebrew Manuscripts
IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH PREFACE. PART III ONLY. 170x245 mm. IX+140 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly bent. Cover corners slightly worn. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Lieberman, Saul; Zeitlin, Solomon; Spiegel, Shalom; Marx, Alexander [Eds.]
Louis Ginzberg: Jubilee Volume on the Occasion of his Seventieth [70th] Birthday - English Section [THIS VOLUME ONLY].
ENGLISH SECTION - THIS VOLUME ONLY. 235x160 mm. IX+446 pages. Hardcover. Cover rubbed and slightly stained. Spine edges slightly worn. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Binding partly visible between front inner cover and few pages. Few pages slightly age stained. Few page corners slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Yahalom, Joseph / Engel, Edna
Mahzor Eretz Israel [Machzor Erez Yisrael] - A Geniza Codex [COPY #48 from LIMITED EDITION of 300]
COPY No.48 OF RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES. This book is a facsimile edition of "Machzor Eretz Israel", one of the oldest medieval Jewish manuscripts. This is a prayer codex of some 90 pages which was composed in Palestine prior to the 10th century CE. It was preserved in the Cairo Genizah and was later spread among various libraries in Europe and North America. The codex was recollected and reconstructed by Joseph Yahalom, who along with Edna Engel has added a preface and an index to the facsimile. The codex features a very elegant script and various prayers and customs that did not survive in later prayer books. 345x240mm. 42+96 pages. Grey cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Jacket wavy and slightly stained. Jacket edges slightly worn. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare reconstruction of a medieval Jewish prayer from one of the oldest Jewish manuscripts is otherwise in very good condition.
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Yahalom, Joseph / Engel, Edna
Mahzor Eretz Israel [Yisrael] - A Geniza Codex [LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES]
RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES. This is COPY No.4. This book is a facsimile edition of "Machzor Eretz Israel", one of the oldest medieval Jewish manuscripts in Hebrew. This is a prayer codex of some 90 pages which was composed in Palestine prior to the 10th century CE. It was preserved in the Cairo Genizah and was later spread among various libraries in Europe and North America. The codex was recollected and reconstructed by Joseph Yahalom, who along with Edna Engel has added a preface and an index to the facsimile. The codex features a very elegant script and various prayers and customs that did not survive in later prayer books. 345x240mm. 42+96 pages. Grey cloth hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Jacket rubbed and dirty. Jacket edges/corners worn. Spine upper edge bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare reconstruction of a medieval Jewish prayer from one of the oldest Jewish manuscripts is otherwise in very good condition.
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Antonioli Martelli, Valeria; Mortara Ottolenghi, Luisa [Eds.] / Bernheimer, Carlo; Bonfil, Roberto; Roth, Cecil [Intr.]
Manoscritti Biblici Ebraici Decorati, provenienti da biblioteche italiane pubbliche e private. Catalogo della Mostra ordinata presso la Biblioteca Trivulziana, Castello Sforzesco, Milano, 2/28 marzo 1966.
Contains many color and b&w plates. 24x16.5cm. 101 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. jacket tattered. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Manuscripts and Rare Books: An Exhibition at the Jewish National and University Library.
230X165 mm. LVII+55 pp. Softcover. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Beit-Arie, Malachi; Sirat, Colette /
Manuscrits médiévaux en caractères hébraïques portant des indications de date jusqu'à 1540 - Tome II: Planches / Notices - Bibliothèques de France et d'Israel, Manuscrits de petit format jusqu'à 1470 [VOLUME II - TWO PARTS: PLATES & NOTES]. Comité de Paléographie Hébraique.
COMPLETE VOLUME TWO ONLY IN TWO PARTS: PLATES & NOTES (Planches & Notices). RARE second volume from a series of monographs on Medieval Hebrew manuscripts by two pioneers in Hebrew codicology. 2.8kg. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 275x215mm. Grey cloth Hardcover. Brown lettering on both covers and spine. Cover slightly dirty. [PLATES VOLUME]: 106 plates (each plate printed on separate page with blank verso) & VI+6 introduction pages (altogether 224 pages). [NOTES VOLUME]: 106 double pages & XXII+22 introduction pages (altogether 256 pages). Front cover bottom corner bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two-part monograph on Medieval Hebrew manuscripts by the foremost authorities in the field is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Penkower, Jordan S.
Masorah and Text Criticism In the Early Modern Mediterranean: Moshe Ibn Zabara and Menahem de Lonzano. [SERIES]: The David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection Books and Manuscripts.
28x21.5 cm. 344 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sabar, Shalom
Mazal Tov: Illuminated Jewish Marriage Contracts from the Israel Museum Collection.
240x340 mm. 199 pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket edges slightly worn. Cover edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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