Mechilta - Venice Edition, 1545 [Mekhilta; Mekilta] [LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES] [IN HEBREW]. [SERIES]: The First Editions of the Midrashim.
IN HEBREW. Limited Facsimile Edition of 200 Copies. 285x220 mm. 37 double pages (75 pages). Gilt hardcover. Cover curved. Spine edges bumped. Inner cover and few pages slightly stained - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Mechilta - Venice Edition, 1545 [Mekhilta; Mekilta] [LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES] [IN HEBREW]. [SERIES]: The First Editions of the Midrashim.
280x215 mm. 37 double pages (75 pages). Gilt hardcover. Stamp on few pages - no damage to text. Else in good condition.
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Mechilta: Venice Edition, 1545 [Mekhilta; Mekilta] [LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES] [IN HEBREW]. [SERIES]: The First Editions of the Midrashim.
IN HEBREW. RARE LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES of Mekhilta (Mekilta; Mechilta), a halakhic midrash to the Book of Exodus printed in Venice in 1515. 285x215 mm. 37 double pages (75 pages). Black cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Cover bottom corners bumped. Rear cover edge, spine edges and front hinge slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Neubauer, Ad. [Adolf] [Ed.] / Rabio Sherira Gaon; R. Abraham ben David; R. Joseph ben Zaddiq's; R. Abraham of Torrutiel; Joseph Sambari
Mediaeval [Medieval] Jewish Chronicles and Chronological Notes [PART ONE ONLY]. Edited from Printed Books and Manuscripts by Ad. Neubauer. 2nd Edition.
PART ONE ONLY OF TWO. IN HEBREW with English introduction. RARE REPRINT EDITION of medieval Jewish chronicles edited with English introduction by Adolf Neubauer (1831-1907), librarian at the Bodleian Library and reader in Rabbinic Hebrew at Oxford University. [CONTENTS]: Preface; Abridged Words; Index to I and II; Chronicles: I. The Scroll of Fasting; II. The Order of the World; III. The Smaller Order of the World; IV. An Arabic Chronicle from the Creation to 1159 A.D.; V. The Book of Genealogy; VI. The Diary of the famous David Reubeni, 1522-1525; VII. Extracts and Notes, A to H; Additions and Corrections. 215x170mm. XXIV+200 pages. Black cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover rubbed and dirty/slightly stained. Cover bottom corners and spine edges bumped. Spine faded/yellowing, stained and rubbed. Else in good condition.
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Lewi, David B. / Grosberg, Menasse [Ed.]
Michtam zu Tractat Megila [Tractate Megillah] [IN HEBREW] [FACSIMILE EDITION]
IN HEBREW. FACSIMILE EDITION. 240x175 mm. XV+12+25 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Spine slightly yellowing. Spine edges slightly rubbed. Else in good condition.
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Hoffmann, D. [David Zvi] [Ed.]
Midrasch ha-gadol [Midrash HaGadol] zum Buche Exodus - Erstes Heft / Zweites Heft [2 PARTS IN 1]. Nach einer Handschrift der Köngl. Bibliothek zu Berlin und nach anderen Handschriften herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen und Quellennachweisen versehen. [SERIES]: Schriften des Vereins Mekize Nirdamim 3. Folge, Nr. 19 & 20.
TWO PARTS BOUND TOGETHER. RARE critical edition of 'Midrash Ha-Gadol' on the book of Exodus - a collection of midrashim and exegesis compiled in medieval Yemen, regarded by many as a masterpiece of Jewish Yemenite literature. The editor - David Zvi Hoffmann (1843-1921) was an eminent Orthodox Rabbi and Torah Scholar whose rabbinical training was at the hands of Moshe Schick and Azriel Hildesheimer. Shortly after obtaining his degree, he became employed as a teacher in Samson Raphael Hirsch's Realschule school in Frankfurt am Main, and in 1873 moved to Berlin to join the faculty of the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin where he eventually became rector in 1899 after the death of Azriel Hildesheimer. This edition was proofed and edited by the Mekize Nirdamim society. 240x165mm. 242 pages. Green cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Original covers, whitepages and several pages browning. Cover upper and spine yellowing/age-stained. Spine bottom edge slightly bumped. Inner cover and text block edges slightly age-stained. Pen underlining on first title page - no damage to text. Small hole on second title page - no damage to text. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of an important medieval Midrash is in good condition.
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Hoffmann, D. [David Zvi] [Ed.]
Midrasch ha-gadol [Midrash HaGadol] zum Buche Exodus - Erstes Heft [THIS PART ONLY] [IN HEBREW].
IN HEBREW. PART ONE ONLY OF TWO. ERSTES HEFT of the critical edition of 'Midrash Ha-Gadol' on the book of Exodus - a collection of midrashim and exegesis compiled in medieval Yemen, regarded by many as a masterpiece of Jewish Yemenite literature. The editor - David Zvi Hoffmann (1843-1921) was an eminent Orthodox Rabbi and Torah Scholar whose rabbinical training was at the hands of Moshe Schick and Azriel Hildesheimer. Shortly after obtaining his degree, he became employed as a teacher in Samson Raphael Hirsch's Realschule school in Frankfurt am Main, and in 1873 moved to Berlin to join the faculty of the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin where he eventually became rector in 1899 after the death of Azriel Hildesheimer. This edition was proofed and edited by the Mekitze Nirdamim society. 240x160mm. 80 pages. Softcover. Cover yellowing/age-stained and wrinkled. Cover corners and edges worn and tattered. Front cover detached; edges partly chipped. Rear cover almost detached. Spine worn and partly missing. Rear cover and few pages upper corner water-stained - NO damage to text. Page edges/corners slightly bumped/worn. Pages bottom part wrinkled. Pages yellowing and uncut. [SUMMARY]: Despite the aforementioned mostly external damage, this rare Midrash is in good reading condition.
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David Hanagid / Katsh, Abraham I. [Tr.&Ed.]
Midrash David Hanagid : Exodus [THIS VOLUME ONLY] [IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH INTRODUCTION]
THIS VOLUME ONLY. IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH INTRODUCTION. 245x175 mm. 239 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt spine. Cover curved. Inner cover age stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Bialer, Yehuda L.
Min Hagenazim: Descripion of Manuscripts and Historical Documents [VOLUME 2 ONLY] [IN HEBREW].
IN HEBREW. VOLUME 2 ONLY. Contains b&w plates. 200X150 mm. 196+15+XI pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Bar-Asher, M. [Moshe]
Mishna-Codex Paris. Paris 328-329 [SIGNED BY AUTHOR] [IN HEBREW] [INTRODUCTION VOLUME ONLY]. Introduction by M. Bar-Asher, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
IN HEBREW. INTRODUCTION VOLUME ONLY. RARE introduction to the oldest complete dated manuscripts of the Mishna by one of the preeminent authorities on Mishnaic Hebrew - Moshe Bar-Asher, a renowned Israeli linguist and the president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. The Paris Manuscripts 328/9 contain the complete text with Maimonides' commentary, written and vocalized by Yoav b. Yehiel Harofe from the province of Cesena in Italy, between 1399 and 1401. 295x225mm. 75 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover and some pages bottom corner creased. Cover wrinkled near spine. Cover edges somewhat yellowing. Author's dedication and signature (in Hebrew) on content page. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in good condition.
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Brönnle, Paul [Ed.]
Monuments of Arabic Philology - Volume II: Commentary on Ibn Hisham's Biography of Muhammad according to Abu Dzarr's MSS. in Berlin, Constantinople and the Escorial (Continuation and End).
VOLUME 2 ONLY of 'Monuments of Arabic Philology' series by Dr.Paul Brönnle. RARE edition of the original Arabic text of Abu Dzarr's commentary to the famous biography of Muhammad that was written by Ibn Hisham, an early Muslim historian. Contains an English preface. 228x159mm. 466 pages [+12]. Quarter cloth grey board Hardcover. Spine somewhat faded/yellowing. Title-label with handwritten Arabic title pasted on spine. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in good condition.
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Kafka, Franz / Schillemeit, Jost [Ed.]
Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente II - Textband und Apparatband [TWO VOLUME SET]. [SERIES]: Franz Kafka - Schriften, Tagebücher, Briefe: Kritische Ausgabe.
TWO VOLUME SET - 'Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente II: Textband und Apparatband. RARE CRITICAL EDITION of posthumous writings and fragments by one of the major figures of 20th-century literature - Franz Kafka (1883-1924), renowned as a great German-language writer of novels and short stories. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 220x150mm. [683] + [495] pages. Dark green cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket and green cloth ribbon marker. Text block upper edge dyed yellow. Ex-libris sticker on front endpaper. Pencil underlining near text on few pages. [TEXT VOLUME]: Jacket dirty/slightly stained. Jacket edges and hinges rubbed/slightly wrinkled. [APPARATBAND]: Puncture-mark on jacket front side hinge. [SUMMARY]: These two volumes of the critical edition of posthumous writings and fragments by one of the giants of modern literature are otherwise in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Juda al-Charisi [Yehuda Alharizi; Judah ben Solomon Harizi; al-Harizi] / Kaempf, S. I. [Kämpf, Saul Isaac]
Nichtandalusische Poesie andalusischer Dichter aus dem elften, zwölften und dreizehnten Jahrhundert: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Poesie des Mittelalters / Zehn Makamen aus dem Tachkemoni oder Diwan des Charisi [Juda al-Charisi] [TWO VOLUME SET]. Nach authentischen Manuscripten, unter denen eines aus dem Jahre 1281, herausgegeben, vocalisirt, interpunctirt und sprachlich und sachlich erläutert, wie auch mit Beilagen biographischen und literarhistorischen Inhalts vermehrt von Dr. S. I. Kaempf.
RARE TWO VOLUME SET of "Nichtandalusische Poesie Andalusischer Dichter aus dem Elften, Zwölften und Dreizehnten Jahrhundert" by Saul Isaac Kaempf (1818-1892), an eminent Austrian rabbi and Orientalist. The second volume contains ten chapters from what is considered one of the masterpieces of medieval literature "Tahkemoni". 235x155mm. [XXVIII+247] + [XXIV+294] pages. Maroon cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Cover slightly stained. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [VOL.I]: Cover slightly rubbed. Cover upper corners, bottom edge and spine edges bumped. Several wormholes on cover edges. Spine hinges wrinkled. Spine faded. Binding slightly visible between pages 240-241. Some pages bottom corner slightly wrinkled. Text block edges age-stained. [VOL.II]: Wormholes on cover. Worm-mark on introduction pages with damage to four letters of the text, the rest of the text is untouched. Spine slightly rubbed. Spine edges bumped. Inner cover age-stained. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two volume critical edition of classic Andalusian Hebrew poetry, edited with commentaries and introduction by one of the foremost authorities on medieval Hebrew is otherwise in good condition.
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Nestle, Eberhard; Nestle, Erwin; Aland, Kurt [Eds.]
Novum Testamentum Graece [Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament].
22.5x15cm. 110+657 pages. Gilt hardcover with nylon jacket. Spine slightly loose. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Klein, S.; Mahler, E.; Klausner, J.; Löw, L.; Krauss, S.; Margulies, S.H.; Davidson, I.; Horovitz, J.; Aptowitzer, V.; Täubler, E.; et al.
Orientalia et Judaica - Volumen I - Curavit Collegium Eruditorum. [SERIES]: Scripta Universutatis Atque Bibliothecae Hierosolymitanarum
VOLUME I ONLY. [CONTENTS]: S.Klein - Die Künstlerstrasse Palstinas / E.Täubler - Das Land Kde und das Volk Gojim / E.Mahler - Budapest / J. Scheftelowitz - Die Bewertung der Aramischen Urkunden von Assuan und Elephantine für die jüdische und iranische Geschichte / V.Aptowitzer - Jüdisches in syrischen Rechtsbüchern / J.Horovitz - Das koranische Paradies / I.Davidson - Liturgic Fragments from the Genizah / S.H.Margulies - Das Schwertlied Ezechiels / A.Schwarz - Die Hauptergebnisse der wissenschaftlich-hermeneutischen Forschung / S.Krauss - Glossae Sacrae / J.Klausner - The Origin of the Mishnaic language / E.Mittwoch - Hebräische Etymologien / L.Löw - Muscari und Ornithogalum / E.Rubinowitz - The Caper-Tree. Text in Hebrew, German and English. 25x19.5 cm. XIV+XIV pages. Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover rubbed and slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Binding partly visible between inner cover and whitepages. Ex-libris sticker on inner cover. Stamp on title page - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Maman, Aharon
Otzrot Lashon [IN HEBREW]
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Maman, Aharon
Otzrot Lashon: The Hebrew Philology Manuscripts and Genizah Fragments in the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America [IN HEBREW]
IN HEBREW. 260X190mm. Hardcover in dust jacket. Spine with gilt lettering. In good condition.
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Benjacob, I.A.
Ozar Ha-Sepharim: Thesaurus Librorum Hebraicorum
165X260 mm. 678+XXVII pages. Hardcover. Cover corners bumped. Spine taped. Stamp on title page. Several pages slightly loose. Several pages age-stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Cafsuto, Moise Vita / Rofe, Josef [Tr.] / Cassuto Salzmann, Milka & Cassuto, David [Eds.]
Diario di un Viaggio in Terra Santa di Moise Vita Cafsuto da Firenze, 1734. Estratto da un Manoscritto Italiano Inedito. Traduzione Ebraica di Josef Rofe. Corredata del facsimile del Manoscritto Curata per la stampa de Milka Cassuto Salzmann ed David Cassuto.
RARE FACSIMILE EDITION WITH HEBREW TRANSLATION of a manuscript of a travel diary to Holy Land (incomplete) by Moise Vita Cafsuti, an 18th-century Florentine Jew who was renowned in Tuscany for his expertise in gemstone valuation. The family of the author, now known as Cassuto, was a well-known family in Florence and among its descendants are many famous people, among them Moshe David (Umberto) Cassuto. Contains an introduction in Italian and Hebrew. 230x170mm. IV+100+VIII pages. Softcover with dust-jacket. Jacket front side rubbed and slightly peeling. Jacket upper edge slightly wrinkled. Single small wormhole on jacket front bottom corner near spine - NO damage to text. Wormholes on rear side of dust-jacket, rear cover and whitepage - NO damage to text. Cover and inner cover age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare bilingual edition of a fascinating 18th-century travel diary to the Holy Land, of interest to any serious scholar of the history of Italian Jewry and the Land of Israel, is otherwise in good condition.
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Steinschneider, Moritz
Polemische und apologetische Literatur in arabischer Sprache zwischen Muslimen, Christen und Juden, nebst Anhängen verwandten Inhalts
210x145mm. X+456 pages. Gilt hardcover. In good condition.
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Sperber, Alexander
Problems of the Masora. Off-print from Hebrew Union College Annual, Volume XVII
230X150 mm. 104 pages. Soft cover. Cover slightly stained and slightly wrinkled. Cover edges slightly worn. Spine yellowing. Spine edges worn. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Stanislawski, Michael
Psalms for the Tsar: A Minute-Book of a Psalms-Society in the Russian Army, 1864-1867
Contains color plates. 275x185 mm. 63 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing and tattered. Sticker on front inner cover. Else in good condition.
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Garcia Martinez, Florentino
Qumran and Apocalyptic: Studies on the Aramaic Texts from Qumran. [SERIES]: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah - Volume IX.
250x165 mm. XVI+233 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. DJ yellowing. Cover upper edges slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Front inner cover and few page edges slightly stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Ehrlich, Arnold B. [Bogumil]
Randglossen zur Hebräischen Bibel: Textkritisches, Sprachliches und Sachliches - Vol. II [VOLUME II ONLY]. [VOL.II]: Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium.
VOLUME II ONLY: Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium. 24.5x16.5mm. 355 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover corners slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly worn. Spine loose. Two pages detached from binding. Pages slightly yellowing and slightly stained - NO damage to text. Else in good condition.
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Herbert, Edward D.
Reconstructing Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls : A New Method Applied to the Reconstruction of 4QSama. [SERIES]: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah - Volume XXII.
295x210mm. XV+293 pages. Gilt hardcover and spine. Spine edges bumped. Else in good condition.
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Goitein, S. D. [Shelomo Dov] [Ed.]
Religion in a Religious Age. Proceedings of Regional Conferences Held at the University of California, Los Angeles and Brandeis University in April, 1973
235x155mm. 156 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine edges bumped. Else in good condition.
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Raccah-Djivre, Daisy ; Sarfati, Rachel [Curators]
Rome to Jerusalem: Four Jewish Masterpieces from the Vatican Libaryõ
230x170mm. No pagination. Gilt softcover. Cover edges and corners slightly rubbed. Else in good condition.
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Rothschild Manuscript no. 24 [this vol. only] Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
This vol. only. 340X370 mm. Pages unnumbered. Folder with loose pages with colour photographs. Folder yellowing, worn at edges. Else, book in good condition.
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Buber, Salomon / Shlossberg, Arieh Leib
Sammlung agadischer Commentare zum Buche Ester / Sefer Halachot Pesukot [IN HEBREW]. Enthält: Midrasch Abba Gorion; Midrasch Ponim Acherim; Midrasch Lekach Tob. Nach Handschriften herausgegeben mit kritischen Noten, Erklärungen und einer Einleitung versehen von Salomon Buber in Lemberg.
RARE TWO BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER. Single volume featuring two titles from the year 1886: 1) 'Sifre De-Agadta', a collection of exegetic (Midrash) literature pertaining to the book of Esther, based on three ancient Hebrew manuscripts, compiled, edited, prefaced and annotated by Jewish-Galician scholar Salomon Buber, grandfather of Martin Buber; 2) 'Sefer Halachot Psukot', a collection of Halachic rulings from the Geonic period, mistakenly attributed to Yehudai Gaon. 240x150mm. [XIV+112] + [X+148] pages. Marbled quarter-leather Hardcover. Cover and spine worn, bumped and peeling. Spine pierced at several places. Small tear on rear whitepage edge. Pages yellowing. [SECOND TITLE]: Two wormholes extend from rear endpaper throughout the pages bottom edge - NO damage to text. Pages 125-128 bottom corner slightly tattered - NO damage to text. [SUMMARY]: This rare annotated edition of the old Midrashim and Responsa is otherwise in good condition.
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Buber, Salomon [Ed.]
Sammlung Agadischer Commentare zum Buche Ester [IN HEBREW]. Enthält: Midrasch Abba Gorion; Midrash Ponim Acherim; Midrash Lekach Tob.
IN HEBREW. 235x160mm. [XIV+112] + [VIII+32] + [VII+24] + [52+IV] pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Taylor, Charles
Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, Comprising Pirqe Aboth and Pereq R. Meir / An Appendix to Sayings of the Jewish Fathers: Containing a Catalogue of Manuscripts and Notes on the Text of Aboth [TWO VOLUME SET] [FACSIMILE EDITION]. [Pirkei Avot; Avoth; Avos; Perek Rabbi].
TWO VOLUME SET. FACSIMILE EDITION. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 245x175 mm. [183] + [145+56] pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Inner cover and few pages age-stained. Pages yellowing. [VOL.II]: Cover slightly stained. [SUMMARY]: Else both volumes in good condition.
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Salomo ben Gabirol [Solomon ibn Gabirol] / Dukes, Leopold [Ed.]
Schire Schlomo: Hebräische Gedichte von Salomo ben Gabirol aus Malaga [FACSIMILE EDITION]
FACSIMILE EDITION. 25x17.5 cm. XVI+94+XVI pages. Hardcover. Cover yellowing. Inner cover and few pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Falk, Harry
Schrift im alten Indien: Ein Forschungsbericht mit Anmerkungen
230x160 mm. 355 pages. Hardcover. Cover yellowing and rubbed. Cover slightly stained. Spine yellowing. Spine edges bumped and slightly rubbed. Sticker on whitepage. Else in good condition.
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Friedmann, M. [ED.]
Seder Eliahu Rabba and Seder Eliahu Zuta (Tanna d'be Eliahu) [Devei Eliyahu] / Pseudo-Seder Eliahu Zuta [IN HEBREW WITH GERMAN FORWARD]
IN HEBREW WITH GERMAN FORWARD. 225X160 mm. 10+56+200+150 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket torn. Cover corners rubbed. Spine edges bumped. Binding slightly visible between rear white page and rear inner cover. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Friedmann, M.
Seder Eliahu Rabba and Seder Eliahu Zuta (Tanna d'be Eliahu) [IN HEBREW]. Nach einem vaticanischen Manuscripte ediert, kritisch bearbeitet und commentiert.
IN HEBREW. 225x165 mm. 10+200+150+56+23+x pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing. Spine upper edge bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Nahon, Umberto [S. U.] / Sarfatti, Gad
Sefer Ha-Maftir di Urbino. Manoscritto ebraico del 1704 pubblicato in facsimile in memoria di Renzo Bonfiglioli (Ferrara, 1906-1963). Note introductive a cura di Umberto Nahon e Gad Sarfatti.
RARE handsome facsimile edition of a small collection of Haftarot of the type used by the Jewish children of Urbino. The 32 pages of the Haftarot booklet are lavishly decorated with floral patterns and illustrations of the Urbino synagogue, along with other Jewish motifs. The booklet is in its original size, and is accompanied by introductory texts in Hebrew and Italian. 205x135mm. 27+33+31 pages. Red cloth Hardcover. Gilt emblem on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover slightly dirty. Text block edges and pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare book, a testimony to the cultural wealth of the Jewish community in Urbino, is otherwise in very good condition.
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Nahon, Umberto / Sarfatti, Gad
Sefer Ha-Maftir di Urbino. Manoscritto ebraico del 1704 pubblicato in facsimile in memoria di Renzo Bonfiglioli (Ferrara, 1906-1963). Note introductive a cura di Umberto Nahon e Gad Sarfatti.
RARE handsome facsimile edition of a small collection of Haftarot of the type used by the Jewish children of Urbino. The 32 pages of the Haftarot booklet are lavishly decorated with floral patterns and illustrations of the Urbino synagogue, along with other Jewish motifs. The booklet is in its original size, and is accompanied by introductory texts in Hebrew and Italian. 205x135mm. 27+33+31 pages. Red cloth Hardcover laid in slipcase. Gilt emblem on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Slipcase slightly stained. Slipcase spine upper edge bumped. Text block edges slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare book, a testimony to the cultural wealth of the Jewish community in Urbino is in very good condition.
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Nahon, Umberto; Sarfatti, Gad [Eds.]
Sefer Ha-Maftir di Urbino. Manoscritto ebraico del 1704 pubblicato in facsimile in memoria di Renzo Bonfiglioli (Ferrara, 1906-1963). Note introductive a cura di Umberto Nahon e Gad Sarfatti.
RARE handsome facsimile edition of a small collection of Haftarot of the type used by the Jewish children of Urbino. The 32 pages of the Haftarot booklet are lavishly decorated with floral patterns and illustrations of the Urbino synagogue, along with other Jewish motifs. The booklet is in its original size, and is accompanied by introductory texts in Hebrew and Italian. 205x135 mm. 27+31 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine yellowing. Inner cover and few pages slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Sefer Hayasar [Hayashar] (Libro Retto): Reproduction de l'edition de Venise (1625) [IN HEBREW with an abstract in French] [FACSIMILE EDITION]. Avec Introduction et References Scripturaires.
IN HEBREW with an abstract in French. FACSIMILE EDITION. 240X175 mm. 161 pages. Soft cover. Cover and pages curved. Cover stained, wrinkled and slightly yellowing. Cover corners and edges slightly wrinkled. Spine stained and slightly yellowing. Upper spine wrinkled and worn. Spine edges wrinkled. Text block edges stained - no damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Yom Tov Ben Zahalon [Tzahalon; Maharitatz] / Samuel Aripul [Shmuel] / Moses Galante [Moshe] / Tamar, David [Intr.] / Tishby, Peretz [Ed.]
Sefer Lekah Tov, Safed 1577 / Kehillat Ya'acov - Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, Safed 1578 / Sefer Sar Shalom - Commentary on the Book of Songs of Songs, Safed 1579 [RARE FACSIMILE EDITION OF 550 COPIES] [IN HEBREW] [THREE VOLUME SET]. Sepher Lekach - Commentary on the Book of Esther / Kehilat Ya'acov [Ya'akov; Yaakov; Yaacov] - Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes / Sefer Sar Shalom - Commentary on the Book of Songs of Songs. [SERIES]: The First Safed Printings - a, b & c.
THREE VOLUME SET IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH INTRODUCTION. RARE FACSIMILE LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES - COPY No.165. [CONTENTS]: 1)'Sefer Lekah Tov' - a Commentary on the Book of Esther by Yom Tov ben Moshe Tzahalon (Moses Zahalon), also known as the Maharitatz (c.1559-1638). 'Sefer Lekah Tov' was first printed in 1577 in Safed, thus the first Hebrew book printed in the Land of Israel. Contains a general introduction in English and Hebrew. 2) Kehillat Ya'acov - Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, first printed in 1578 in Safed. This cabalistic commentary on Ecclesiastes was written by Moshe ben Mordechai Galante (d.1608), a 16th-century rabbi and a disciple of Joseph Caro. / 3) Sefer Sar Shalom - Commentary on the Book of Songs of Songs by Samuel ben Isaac Aripul (1540?-ca.1586), first printed in 1579 in Safed. 250x180mm. [35+X+167] + [192] + [206] pages (altogether 610 pages: 212+192+206). Dark-blue leather Hardcover with silver lettering on front cover and spine. Spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: These extremely rare three volumes of a limited facsimile edition of Jewish biblical commentaries, which were the first books printed in the Land of Israel, are in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Jarden, Dov [Ed.]
Sefune Shira: Mediaeval Liturgical and Secular Poetry [IN HEBREW]
IN HEBREW. 25x17.5 cm. 168 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners worn and slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Inner cover and few pages age-stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Weiser, Rafael ; Nadav, Mordekhai [Eds.]
Selected Manuscripts and Prints: An Exhibition from the Treasures of the Jewish National and University Library [HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM 60TH JUBILEE YEAR]
27.5x21.5 cm. 92+36 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine slightly yellowing and slightly stained. Cover and spine corners slightly rubbed. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Schiffman, Lawrence [Ed.] / Goelet, O.; Gropp, D.M.; Porten, Bezalel; Tov, Emanuel; Eck, Werner; Peter, Frank E.; Levine, Baruch A.; et al.
Semitic Papyrology in Context: A Climate of Creativity. Papers from a New York University conference marking the retirement of Baruch A. Levine. [SERIES]: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East - Volume 14.
RARE collection of studies on interrelations between the Semitic and Greco-Roman cultures, originally presented at a conference in honor of the retirement of Professor Baruch A.Levine, Skirball Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (New York University). [LIST OF AUTHORS]: Lawrence Schiffman, Douglas M.Grop, Ogden Goelet, Bezalel Porten, Emanuel Tov, Hannah M.Cotton, Werner Eck, Ranon Katzoff, Frank E.Peter, Ludwig Koenen, Geoffrey Khan, Mark R.Cohen. Epilogue by Baruch A.Levine. Index of ancient sources cited is included. Copy from the library of the the world-renowned epigrapher and member of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ada Yardeni (1937-2018), author of numerous publications, among them "The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Palaeography, Script Styles, Calligraphy & Design" (London: The British Library, 2002), which is considered the authoritative text on the subject. 245x160mm. XIV+285 pages. Hardcover. Cover fore edge and spine edges bumped. Pencil underlining by the previous owner on pages 3-30 and 97-98. Pages 3-8 bottomm corner/fore edge wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of papers on multi-cultural traditions of papyrus writing, of immense important for students of the Greco-Roman world and the Near East in Late Antiquity, is in good condition.
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R. Jehuda ben Barsilai aus Barcelona [Rabbi Judah b. Barzillai Albargeloni] / Halberstam, S. J. [Comments]
Sepher Haschetaroth - Dokumentenbuch von R. Jehuda ben Barsilai aus Barcelona [IN HEBREW] [FACSIMILE EDITION]. Nach der einzigen Handschrift in Oxford (Cat. Neubauer No. 890).
IN HEBREW. FACSIMILE EDITION. 245x175mm. 8+156 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped and worn. Inner front cover and few pages slightly stained - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.i
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Glick, Shmuel
Seride Teshuvot of the Ottoman Empire Sages from the Cairo Genizah Collection of the Cambridge University [IN HEBREW] [THREE VOLUME SET]
IN HEBREW. THREE VOLUME SET. [ALL VOLUMES]: 285x220 mm. 1298 pages (pagination: 53+505/506-970/971-1298). Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. [VOL.I]: Rear cover slightly rubbed and stained. Else all volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Glick, Shmuel
Seride Teshuvot of the Ottoman Empire Sages from the Cairo Genizah Collection: of the Cambridge University Library - Volume 1 [THIS VOLUME ONLY] [NUMBERED COPY] [IN HEBREW].
THIS VOLUME ONLY. NUMBERED COPY. IN HEBREW. 28.5x22.5cm. 53+505 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Glick, Shmuel
Seride Teshuvot of the Ottoman Empire Sages from the Cairo Genizah Collection: of the Cambridge University Library - Volume 2 [THIS VOLUME ONLY] [IN HEBREW].
THIS VOLUME ONLY. IN HEBREW. 28.5x22.5cm. 460 pages (Pagination: 511-970). Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Spine slightly faded. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sifra - Venice Edition, 1545 [FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES] [SERIES]: The First Editions of the Midrashim.
RARE FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES of Sifra, a Halakhic Midrash to Leviticus frequently quoted in the Talmud. Like Leviticus itself, the Midrash is occasionally called "Torat Kohanim" (Kid. 33a; Sanh. 103b; Cant.R. vi.8), and in two passages also "Sifra debe Rab". 285x215mm. 59 double pages (119 pages). Black cloth Hardcover wit gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare limited facsimile edition of an important Halakhic Midrash is in good condition.
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Bar Yochai, Shimon
Sifre [FACSIMILE EDITION]. [Venice Print, 5306; reduced in 1.5 cm]
RARE handsome facsimile edition of Sifre, a canonical legal exegesis on the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy. Originally printed in Venice in the 16th century, the book carries evidence of the high level of craftsmanship reached by the Venetian printers. The book features an illustrated title page, adorned with floral and architectural decorations. The first word of the book is enlarged and surrounded by an elaborate decorative frame. 285x125mm. 126 pages (252 columns). Green cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners slightly worn. Cover and spine yellowing and slightly stained. Spine edges torn/tattered. Binding visible between endpapers and whitepages. Previous owner's name on whitepage. Sidenotes and underlining on few pages - no damage to text. Small tear on pre-title page. Pages yellowing. Pages rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare facsimile edition of an important halakhic Midrash published in 16th-century Venice is in good condition.
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Sifrei - First Edition Venice, 1546 [LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES] [IN HEBREW]
IN HEBREW. LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 200 COPIES. 285x220mm. 63 double pages (127 pages). Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly curved. Spine edges slightly bumped and slightly worn. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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