‎Deutschland‎

‎LA TRIBUNA ILLUSTRATA DELLA DOMENICA [DREYFUS ISSUE]‎

‎1st Edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 4to. [289]-296 pages ; 44 cm. In Italian. English title: “The Illustrated Sunday Tribune” Issue N. 37. With a full front page Dreyfus illustration, in full color, titled "il dramma dreyfus - la fine del falsario, ” depicting an angel of death killing a man and blaming the incident on Dreyfus who sits shackled in jail. This issue of the Tribune was published in the same year as Emile Zola’s “J’accuse, ” and a year before Dreyfus was given a pardon. “‘The illustrated Tribune’ was an Italian weekly published in Rome… (it) was the weekly illustrated (magazine) preferred by Italians from the nineteenth century to the advent of television… (running from 1890 to 1969) . ” (Wikipedia, 2017) The back illustration of the periodical contains another full-page illustration of the death of John Hopkinson and his family on a mountain in the Alps. “John Hopkinson (1849 – 1898) was a British physicist… who invented the three-wire (three-phase) system for the distribution of electrical power…On 27 August 1898, Hopkinson and three of his six children, John Gustave, Alice and Lina Evelyn, were killed in a mountaineering accident on the Petite Dent de Veisivi, Val d'Herens, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) Other articles of note include an illustrated guide of late 19th century Italian women’s fashion, and a nice example of a mate-in-2 chess problem off of an Evans Gambit. Period Ads throughout. OCLC + Worldcat are unclear about holdings for specific issues but list about 15-30 copies worldwide. In remarkably good condition with bright illustrations and very little wear. Pages are clear and without markings. Very good condition. (FR-3-2)‎

‎Brandt, Martin.‎

‎MOSES SMITH: LUMPHANDLAREN FRÅN GHETTOT SOM BLEV NORDENS NYE GULDKONUNG.‎

‎Original illustrated Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 192 pages. Includes Picutre cover with Antisemitic Jewish charicature on gold-colored foiled paper. Claims that low-life Jewish "Lumpen-traders" are taking over the Scandinavian economy (i. E. Moses Smith instead of Adam Smith) ; Brandt includes Bonniers publishing company as an example. Some edgewear, library stamp on cover, Good Condition. (Holo2-139-18)‎

‎Salfeld, Siegmund‎

‎BILDER AUS DER VERGANGENHEIT DER JÜDISCHEN GEMEINDE MAINZ : FESTGABE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE 50 JÄHRIGE WIEDERKEHR DES EINWEIHUNGSTAGES (11. MÄRZ 1853) DER HAUPTSYNAGOGE‎

‎Original Wraps. 4to. 93 pages. 27 cm. First edition. In German. 'Images from the past of the Jewish community of Mainz: Festschrift commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the inauguration day (11 March 1853) of the main synagogue. ' With frontispiece of the synagogue in Mainz. Salomon Benjamin Salfeld (1843–1926) , German rabbi and historian. “In 1880 Siegmund Salfeld became a rabbi of the Jewish community in Mainz, in the then Archduchy of Hessen. The Salfeld family lived across the street from the archduke's palace, in the same building as the community's Hebrew school. It was in Mainz that Siegmund Salfeld wrote his most recognized work, Das Martyrologium des Nürnberger Memorbuches, which was published in 1898. This was a scholarly work that focused not only on the book referenced in the title, but also on the Jews of Nuremberg and Germany during the Middle Ages. Salfeld also taught at both the Hebrew school and the city Gymnasium, and was a member of the local school board. He established a library for the community, comprised of scholarly works of biblical, Hebrew, and Jewish literature, and maintained the records of the Jewish community. ” - LBI Guide to the Papers of Siegmund Salfeld. Subjects: Jews - Germany - Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Mainz (Germany) . Hauptsynagoge. Mainz. Jüdische Gemeinde. Mainz. Hauptsynagoge. Wraps worn, bumped, some edge loss. Previous owners inscription on endpage. Clean and fresh throughout. Very good condition. (GER-44-5)‎

‎Brandt, Martin.‎

‎MOSES SMITH: LUMPHANDLAREN FRÅN GHETTOT SOM BLEV NORDENS NYE GULDKONUNG.‎

‎Original illustrated Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 192 pages. Includes Picutre cover with Antisemitic Jewish charicature on gold-colored foiled paper. Claims that low-life Jewish "Lumpen-traders" are taking over the Scandinavian economy (i. E. Moses Smith instead of Adam Smith) ; Brandt includes Bonniers publishing company as an example.Light wear, about Very Good Condition. (Holo2-139-18A)‎

‎(Xt) Maimonides, Moses; Ibn Tibbon, Shmuel; Fürstenthal, R J‎

‎DOCTOR PERPLEXORUM, ODER, MOREH NEVUKHIM (ROMANIZED FORM) : THEOLOGISCH-PHILOSOPHISCHE EROERTERUNGEN ÜBER DIE UEBERINSTIMMUNG DER MOSAISCHEN UND RABBINISCHEN RELIGIONSQUELLEN MIT DER PHILOSOPHIE [PART ONE]‎

‎Later boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. 392 pages. 22 cm. Early German-language edition. In German with Hebrew commentary. Parts two and three were printed at different times in Vienna (1864) and Frankfurt (1838) , respectively. One of the three major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, primarily known either as Maimonides or RAMBAM. This work seeks to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Hebrew Bible theology, by finding rational explanations for many events in the text. It was originally written in Judeo-Arabic, but has been translated many times. (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish philosophy. Philosophy, Medieval. Vinograd, Krotoschin 14. Ex-library with usual markings. Damp stains to some pages. Light repair to title page and last page. Otherwise Good Condition. (RAB-64-19)‎

‎Stille, Alexander‎

‎BENEVOLENCE AND BETRAYAL--FIVE ITALIAN JEWISH FAMILIES UNDER FASCISM‎

‎8vo; 365 pages; Includes endnotes and 2-page bibliography Very Good in Very Good Jacket (HOLO2-25-18) xx‎

‎(Xt) Perles, Rosalie‎

‎EIN MODERNER ERLÖSER DES JUDENTHUMS‎

‎1st edition. Period boards. 8vo. 16 pages, 24 cm. In German. Title translates to “A Modern Savior of Judaism. ” Rosalie Perles (1839-1863) was a leader of the Jewish women's societies in Munich before moving to Königsberg. She contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia, in addition to publishing her own works (EJ, 1906) . SUBJECTS: Jews -- Cultural assimilation. Jews -- Conversion to Christianity. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide (OCLC: 28394252) . Very Good Condition. (YID-41-11)‎

‎Thiele, A. F.‎

‎DIE JÜDISCHEN GAUNER IN DEUTSCHLAND, IHRE TAKTIK, IHRE EIGENTHÜMLICHKEITEN UND IHRE SPRACHE, NEBST AUSFÜHRLICHEN NACHRICHTEN ÜBER DIE IN DEUTSCHLAND UND AN DESSEN GRENZEN SICH AUFHALTENDEN BERÜCHTIGSTEN JÜDISCHEN GAUNER [PART 1, OF 2 PARTS TOTAL]‎

‎1st edition. Original period boards. 8vo. 328 pages, 21 cm. In German. Includes a 107-page dictionary of Jewish Criminals’ slang at rear. Title translates to “The Jewish Crooks in Germany: Their Tactics, Peculiarities, and Language, along with Detailed News About the Most Notorious Jewish Criminals Staying in Germany and at its Borders. ” Thiele was a German court clerk in the criminal court in Berlin (Kierkegaard, 2015) . SUBJECTS: Jewish criminals. Jews -- Germany. Cant -- Dictionaries -- German. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide (OCLC: 1423903) , most are in Europe. Spine is chipping. Some pages are lightly soiled, but no loss to text. Overall good condition. Important. (GER-54-4)‎

‎(Xt) Torre, Lelio Della‎

‎DELLA CONDIZIONE DEGLI EBREI SOTTO L'IMPERO GERMANICO NEL MEDIO EVO‎

‎1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 21 pages, 21 cm. In Italian. Title translates to “The Conditions of the Jew under the German Empire in the Middle Ages. ” Lelio Della Torre (1805–1871) was an Italian Jewish scholar who wrote in Italian, German, French and Hebrew. He is best known for his critical translation of the Book of Psalms, but also as the rabbi of the Torino Jewish community (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1096-1800. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (JTS, HUC, Hebrew U. , British Library) . Wrappers are very slightly worn. Very good condition. (YID-32-9)‎

‎Salomon, Gotthold‎

‎GOTTES STIMME AUS DEM FEUER: EINE NACH DEM VERHEERENDEN BRANDE VOM FUENFTEN BIS ACHTEN MAI 1842 AM FESTE DER GESETZGEBUNG (AM 1. PFINGSTFEIERTAGE) GEHALTENE PREDIGT IM NEUEN ISRAELITISCHEN TEMPEL UND ZUM BESTEN DER DURCH DIE FEUERSBRUNST VERUNGLUECKTEN SCHULLEHRER UND LEHRERINNEN‎

‎1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 17 pages, 21 cm. Title translates roughly to "God's Voice From The Fire: A Speech Given in The New Israelite Temple Honoring the Best of the School Teachers and Teachers Lost in the Fire. " Gotthold (1784-1862) was a German Jewish rabbi, politician, and bible translator. He was the first Jew to translate the complete Old Testament into High German, following in the footsteps of Moses Mendelssohn. He also preached at the Hamburg Temple. This speech addresses The Great fire of Hamburg, which began early on May 5, 1842, in Deichstrasse and burned until the morning of May 8, destroying about one third of the buildings in the Altstadt. It killed 51 people and destroyed 1, 700 residences and several important public buildings, necessitating major civic rebuilding and prompting infrastructure improvements. The heavy demand on insurance companies led to the establishment of reinsurance. The Neuen Israelitischen Tempel (aka, the Hamburg Temple) was the first permanent Reform synagogue and the first ever to have a Reform prayer rite. It operated in Hamburg (Germany) from 1818 to 1938 (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Jewish sermons -- Germany. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, HUC, NLI, State Archives of Freien and Hansestadt, UBremen, and Leo Baeck) . Very good condition. (GER-55-2)‎

‎(jt) Kisch, Guido‎

‎THE JEWS IN MEDIEVAL GERMANY; A STUDY OF THEIR LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS.‎

‎8vo; xv, 655 pages; 24 cm. Bibliography on pages 565-605. First edition. Kisch received the I. Hirschfield award for "Best non-fiction work on Jewish history" for this work. Some underlining, otherwise Very Good Condition in Good Jacket with edgewear. (mx-1-8)‎

‎Wohlgemuth, J.‎

‎BEITRÄGE ZU EINER JÜDISCHEN HOMILETIK.‎

‎8vo. 107 pages. In German. Wohlgemuth (1867-1942) studied and taught at the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary, as well as teaching at the university in Berlin and the Adass Yisrael school. In 1914 he began Juschurun, which later became a leading Orthodox periodical. (EJ) OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Univ of CA-Los Angeles, Yale, Univ van Amsterdam) . Lacks outer binding, otherwise Good condition (MX-4-22)‎

‎Rimon. Mark Wischnitzer; Rachel Wischnitzer [William Cohn, S. Rubinstein, E. Motylev]‎

‎MILGROYM ZEITSCHRIFT FAR KUNST UN LITERATUR [ISSUE 3, 1923]‎

‎First edition. Original wrappers. 4to. 48 + [4] pages. 32cm. In Yiddish. Milgroym was published bi-monthly in separate Hebrew and Yiddish editions (The Hebrew editions were titled “Rimon”) from 1922-1924 for a total of 6 issues and "embraced the study, both retrospective and contemporary, of art in all its manifestations – painting, sculpture, music, theatre. " In Geveb called Mil­groym "arguably the most visually stunning of the inter­war Yiddish journals." Each issue contains illustrations and literary works from a wide array of Jewish artists. Milgroym also published works by the likes of Chaim Nachman Bialik, Jacob Klatzkin, Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky, and A. Z. Idelson. The present issue features an essay on the Synaoguge of Mohilev, with illustrations, by El Lissitzky; and essay on Jewish Artists in Russia by Henryk Berlewi, an essay on the Magen David by Moses Gaster; an essay on the Posthumous Work of Israel Wachser by Chaim Bialik, as well as other articles and illustrations, many in color. For a detailed analysis of the importance and cultural context of Milgroym, see Naomi Brenner's excellent essay, "Milgroym’s Cultural Context (https://ingeveb.org/blog/milgroym-s-cultural-context), part of In Geveb's series on Milgroym and other interwar Yiddish journals. For more on Milgroym, see the In Geveb special issue dedicated to this wonderful periodical (https://ingeveb.org/issues/the-milgroym-project). SUBJECT(S):Jews -- Periodicals. Yiddish literature Jewish arts -- Periodicals. Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals -- Yiddish. Germany. Jüdische Kunst. OCLC: 1200783324. Wrappers are very lightly soiled and browning. Spine is worn. Internally Very Good. (ART-27-6A)‎

‎Philippson, Ludwig, editor‎

‎ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG DES JUDENTHUMS. VOLUME 34, NOS. 1-52 (BUT LACKS NOS. 21, 24, 44 & 45) , 1867‎

‎Heavy wear to outer cover & outer issues, no text loss. Good; 4to (large) ; 192 total pages; "German Jewish weekly periodical founded by Ludwig Philippson in 1837....as an impartial organ devoted to all Jewish interest, it at first advocated a moderate historicalreform of Judaism as a revealed religion. " The weekly "was one of the firstJewish periodicals of Central and Western Europe. For many years it exercised great infulence in other European countries...[and] played a prominent role in the struggle of the Jews of Germany for civic emancipation....It was of great influence in promoting a knowledge and appreciation of Judaism and its history and in fostering the iner religiousand communal life of the German Jews. " (Universal Jewish Ency. 1939, I: 188). Wear and toning, otherwise good condition. GER-38-13D‎

‎Grini) Bratlie, Gunnar. Foreword by Francis Bull‎

‎SKISSER I SMUG. GLIMT FRA LIVET PÅ GRINI.‎

‎Boards bowed as uusally found. Paper & internal binding Very Good. Lacks Jacket ; Oblong 4to; 60 pages; Unpaginated & undated. Magnificent illustrated documentaryon life in Grini Concentration Camp in Norway. THe book actually has very little text aparat from Bull's foreword; It is essentially a book of sketches with short blurbs about each detailed illustration--not only of prisoners working, and being abused, but also of them painting, making music, celebrating holidays, etc. Bound in mock-marbled boards with illustrated endpapers. A wonderful book.‎

‎[Aachen] Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig von; Hecquet, Philippe‎

‎AMUSEMENS DES EAUX D'AIX-LA-CHAPELLE: OUVRAGE UTILE A CEUX QUI VONT Y PRENDRE LES BAINS, OU QUI SONT DANS L'USAGE DE SES EAUX ; ENRICHI DE TAILLES-DOUCES, QUI REPRÉSENTENT LES VUES & PERSPECTIVES DE CETTE VILLE, DE SES BAINS & FONTAINES, EGLISES & EDIFICES PUBLICS. VOL II ONLY [OF 3]‎

‎1st edition. Full Leather binding with tooled spine with gilt lettering. 8vo, 443 pages. Illustrations throughout. In French. Title translates as, “Water Amusements of Aix-la-chapelle [Aachen]: A Useful Work For Those Who Will Take The Baths There, Or Who Use Its Waters; Enriched With Tailles-douces, Which Represent The Views & Perspectives Of This City, Its Baths & Fountains, Churches & Public Buildings." This volume includes fold-out plates XII though XVII [6 in total], all of which are present, as well as numerous in-text illustrations. Includes fold out illustration of Bain de L’Empereur ‘T Keysers Bad as a frontis. In French. Volume two only. Karl Ludwig was a German writer. He worked in the households of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Frederick the Great. He wrote La Saxe galante and Histoire secrete de la duchesse d'Hanovre, épouse de Georges I. Subjects: Baths -- Germany -- Aachen. Mineral waters. Balneology. Travel. Description and travel. OCLC number: 20181205. A single institution (University of Manchester) lists a 1734 copy; we presume this to be an error as no other copies pre-dating 1736 could be located anywhere. Former Owner’s small ex-libris (obliterated) and small ownership stamp on blak end paper. Some wear to covers, 1st foldout has some tearing along crease. Very Good Condition, attractive binding, plates, illustrations, and text paper. A nice copy. (AC-21-19)‎

‎(xt) Adler, Lazarus‎

‎VORTRÄGE ZUR FORDERUNG DER HUMANITÄT. VOL I ONLY [OF 2]‎

‎1st edition, original paper wrappers. 8vo, vii, 16 pages. In German. Volume 1 (of 2) only. Title translates to: Lectures on the Demands of Humanity. “In 1852 Adler became district rabbi of the province of Hesse-Kassel and retained this post until his retirement to Wiesbaden in 1883. Adler represented the more conservative branch of the Reform movement in Germany. While a consistent advocate of religious and educational progress, he opposed measures, such as the abolition of circumcision, which he felt would create an unbridgeable gulf between factions of the Jewish community. He was president of the Kassel rabbinical conference (1868) and an important participant in the German-Jewish synods of Leipzig (1869) and Augsburg (1871). From 1837 to 1839 Adler published Die Synagoge, a periodical containing sermons, popular historical studies, and essays dealing with contemporary Jewish issues.” (encyclopedia.com) OCLC: 35014204, OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Previous owner’s stamp on title page and front end page; ex library stamp on front end page; some edgewear. Good Condition Overall. (AMR-69-3)‎

‎Wevers, John William‎

‎EXODUS / SEPTUAGINTA. VETUS TESTAMENTUM GRAECUM AUCTORITATE SCIENTIARUM GOTTINGENSIS EDITUM. VOL. II,1‎

‎1st edition, original cloth, 8vo. 474 pages, In Greek with editorial matter in German. " ... The creation and propagation of a critical text of the LXX/OG has been a basic concern in modern scholarship. The two great text editions begun in the early 20th century are the Cambridge Septuagint and the Gttingen Septuagint, each with a 'minor edition' (editio minor) and a 'major edition' (editio maior). For Cambridge this means respectively H.B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek (1909-1922) and the so-called 'Larger Cambridge Septuagint' by A.E. Brooke, N. McLean, (and H. St. John Thackeray) (1906- ). For Gttingen it denotes respectively Alfred Rahlfs's Handausgabe (1935) and the 'Larger Gttingen Septuagint' (1931- ). Though Rahlfs (editio minor) can be called a semi-critical edition, the Gttingen Septuaginta (editio maior) presents a fully critical text, as described below. While both the Cambridge and Gttingen editions collect and organize textual evidence, they are based on different text-critical approaches. Whereas the Swete-Cambridge edition is 'diplomatic' (see below) the Rahlfs-Gttingen edition is expressly 'critical.' The difference between them did not, however, arise from any theoretical disagreement but, instead, from practical considerations. Whereas in the Cambridge view a critical edition of the LXX/OG was premature, Gttingen judged that its time had come. The Cambridge Septuagint project has since lapsed (1940), but the Gttingen editio maior continues. The central importance of critical editions in modern Septuagint Studies and their continued development is, therefore, not in doubt. Whereas a diplomatic edition uses as its base text a single, 'best' manuscript, to which other textual evidence is collated and organized into an apparatus, a critical text of the LXX/OG may be described as a collection of the oldest recoverable texts, carefully restored book by book (or section by section), aiming at achieving the closest approximation to the original translations (from Hebrew or Aramaic) or compositions (in Greek), systematically reconstructed from the widest array of relevant textual data (including controlled conjecture). The Gttingen Septuagint features two apparatuses (as does the Larger Cambridge Septuagint), the first for LXX/OG textual evidence proper and the second for so-called hexaplaric evidence, i.e. 'rival' translations/revisions of the translated LXX/OG (such as circulated under the labels 'Theodotion, ' 'Aquila, ' and 'Symmachus'), preserved largely through the influence of Origen's Hexapla. For LXX/OG research the importance of both apparatuses is second only to the critical text itself. Though in the nature of the case, the quest for each lost Greek original is without end, it is equally true that responsible research uses such critical texts as its starting point. Similarly, though the Greek original is not claimed to be superior to subsequent text-forms that have been generated (usually by revision of various sorts) in its transmission history, it nevertheless has logical as well as historical priority. It follows from the above that electronic tools aimed at facilitating research on the Septuagintal materials -- whether the LXX/OG as produced and published (the original text) or the LXX/OG as transmitted and received (i.e. its later history) -- ought to make use of the best available critical editions as base text rather than non-critical editions, a practice which would have a regressive effect on scholarship" (The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies) SUBJECT(S): Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. Exodus, Textual. OCLC: 25253135. Ex library with usual marks, else Very Good Condition. (AC-7-13)‎

‎Dan, Joseph; Talmage, Frank‎

‎STUDIES IN JEWISH MYSTICISM: PROCEEDINGS OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, AND MCGILL UNIVERSITY IN APRIL, 1978‎

‎1st editon, original cloth, 8vo. X+220 pages. 24 cm. Contents: Mysticism in Jewish history, religion and literature / Joseph Dan -- Was Philo a mystic? / David Winston -- Jewish Merkavah mysticism and Gnosticism / Ithamar Gruenwald -- Hasidei Ashkenaz private penitentials : an introduction and descriptive catalogue of their manuscripts and early editions / Ivan Marcus -- The emergence of mystical prayer / Joseph Dan -- Response to Joseph Dan / Lawrence Kaplan -- Nahmanides' symbolical reading of history / Amos Funkenstein -- Response to Amos Funkenstein / David Lieber -- A philosophical-mystical interpretation of a Shi`ur Qomah text / David R. Blumenthal -- Response to David R. Blumenthal / Alti B. Rodal -- The function of the enigmatic in two Hasidic tales / Arnold J. Band. SUBJECT(S): Mysticism -- Judaism -- Congresses. Conference papers and proceedings. OCLC: 7795454. Top right corner slightly dented, else Very Good Condition. (AC-7-15)‎

‎[Mendelssohn, Moses] Wolf, Michael; Euchel, Isaac Abraham‎

‎TOLDOT HA-HAKHAM HA-HOKER ELOHI RABENU MOSHEH BEN MENAHEM ZTS"L…MENDELSSOHNS LEBEN VON ISAK EICHEL. [STANDS ON ITS OWN; VOL I, PART II OF ZEMIROT ISRAEL. SEMIROTH JISRAEL: SAMMLUNG DER KLASSISCHEN WERKE NEUHEBRÄISCHER POETEN UND PROSAIKER]‎

‎1st edition. Original printed wrappers, 16mo (small), 208 pages. In Hebrew with German-Heberw title pages as front cover. Biography and some writings of Moses Mendelssohn (Moses of Dessau; 1729–1786) philosopher of the German Enlightenment in the pre-Kantian period, early Maskil, and a renowned Jewish figure in the 18th century. Born in Dessau, son of a Torah scribe, Mendelssohn received a traditional Jewish education under the influence of David Fraenkel, who was then rabbi of Dessau. When the latter was appointed rabbi of Berlin in 1743, Mendelssohn followed him there in order to pursue his religious studies and to acquire a general education. He earned his livelihood with difficulty while simultaneously studying Talmud diligently and acquiring a broad education in literature and philosophy. In addition to his fluent knowledge of German and Hebrew, he acquired knowledge of Latin, Greek, English, French, and Italian. His teachers were young, broadly educated Jews, such as the Galician immigrant Israel M. Zamosc, who taught him medieval Jewish philosophy, the medical student Abraham Kisch, who taught him Latin, and the well-born Berlin Jew, A.S. Gumpertz, who taught him French and English and in general served as a model of a pious Jew immersed in the larger intellectual world. During this period he met the writer and dramatist G.E. Lessing (1754) and a deep and lifelong friendship developed between them. In 1750 he became a teacher in the house of Isaac Bernhard, owner of a silk factory; in 1754, he was entrusted with the bookkeeping of the factory and eventually he became a partner in the enterprise. Throughout his life he worked as a merchant, while carrying out his literary activities and widespread correspondence in his free time. Only in 1763 was he granted the "right of residence" in Berlin by the king. In 1762, he married Fromet Guggenheim of Hamburg, and they had six children. In 1754 Mendelssohn began to publish – at first with the assistance of Lessing – philosophical writings and later also literary reviews. He also started a few literary projects (for example, the short-lived periodical Kohelet Musar) in order to enrich and change Jewish culture and took part in the early Haskalah. In 1763, he was awarded the first prize of the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences for his work Abhandlung über die Evidenz in metaphysischen Wissenschaften ("Treatise on Evidence in Metaphysical Knowledge"). However, when the academy elected him as a member in 1771, King Frederick II refused to ratify its decision. In 1769, he became embroiled in a dispute on the Jewish religion, and from then on, he confined most of his literary activity to the sphere of Judaism. His most notable and enduring works in this area included the translation into German and commentary on the Pentateuch, Sefer Netivot ha-Shalom ("Book of the Paths of Peace," 1780–83) and his Jerusalem: oder, Ueber religiöse Macht und Judenthum ("Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism," 1783), the first polemical defense of Judaism in the German language and one of the pioneering works of modern Jewish philosophy. An active intermediary on behalf of his own people in difficult times and a participant in their struggle for equal rights, he was at the same time a forceful defender of the Enlightenment against the opposition to it which gained strength toward the end of his life. In the midst of a literary battle against one of the leading figures of the counter-Enlightenment, he died in 1786 (EJ 2007; JE 1905). Zeitlin, p. 424. Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000109459. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Germany -- Biography. Rabbis Philosophers. OCLC: 492895808. OCLC lists 4 copies (Staatsbib. Berlin, LBI, HUC, Hebrew Col.), though, strangely, our edition ends on page 208 (final page!) rather than the 224 as the OCLC copies indicate. Uncut copy, some wear & darkening to wrappers, paper remains bright white and nice. About Very Good- Condition. Nice copy of this scarce work. (KH-10-9)‎

‎Budko, Josef [Joseph Yosef], illustrator. Edited and translated by Max Grunwald‎

‎HAGADAH SHEL PESACH. PESSACH-HAGGADA. [BUDKO HAGGADAH. HAGADA SHEL PESAH PASSOVER HAGGADAH PESAH PESSACH PESAKH]‎

‎1st edition thus. Original illustrated cloth, Small 8vo, [43] Hebrew + [42] German pages. With 39 woodcut historiated initials and lithograph etchings. Yudlov 2822; Not in Yaari. Joseph Budko (1888-1940) , was a "painter and graphic artist. Budko, who was born in Plonsk, received a traditional Jewish education. In 1902 he went to study at the art school in Vilna. In 1910 Budko moved to Berlin where he learned metal-chasing and also studied at the Museum of Arts and Crafts. In Berlin Budko met Hermann Struck who taught him the technique of etching. Eventually he also took up woodcutting, lithography, and painting. In 1933 Budko settled in Palestine. In 1935 he became the director of the reopened New Bezalel school of arts and crafts. Budko stressed the teaching of graphic design and utilized the ornamental value of the Hebrew letters. Budko's subject matter was determined by the Jewish environment in which he grew up and to which he returned in Jerusalem. Budko developed a style that combined the personal with the Jewish, being a synthesis of Jewish tradition and modern art. He also revived the spirit of Jewish book illustration, adapting it to modern design. Among the books he illustrated are the Haggadah, and he designed many bookplates. " (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) . "Joseph Budko’s Haggadah, 1921, skillfully integrated the Hebrew text with illustrations. Budko was thought to be withdrawn and outwardly cold, but his art was warm in a style that permitted a melding of tradition with modernism, slavery with redemption. His [illustration of a] faceless Jew trudges alone through history from a callous past to an unknowable future, moving over a snow-lined path, half-frozen, but determined and defiant. No signs or wonders for him - he knows he must make it on his own. " (Harris, "The way Jews lived: five hundred years of printed words and images, ” p. 353) . Yaari 1913; Yudlov 2821. Library of Congress Berman Haggadah Collection includes a copy. Spine rebacked, occational light foxing and staining, Good+ Condition (Yid-29-13C )‎

‎KRINGS, Wilfried‎

‎Wertung und umwertung von allmenden im Rhein-Maas-Gebiet vom Spättmittelalter bis zur Mitte des 19.Jahrhunderts - Eine historisch-sozialgeographische Studie‎

‎Assen, Van Gorcum 1976 geïll. met 11 fig., XXII + 107pp., linen cover with dustwrapper, in the series "Maaslandse Monografieën" vol.20‎

‎Various authors‎

‎Zwanzigster Internationaler Eucharistischer Kongress in Cöln vom 4. bis 8. August 1909 (amtlicher Bericht herausgegeben im Auftrage des Lokal-Komitees)‎

‎[x] 956 + 47pp.+ plates out-of-text + frontispice, cloth, gilt edges, 23cm., G, R75915‎

‎Various authors‎

‎Jahrbuch der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2008‎

‎527pp.with ills. (of which some in colour) + frontispice in colour, 24cm., cloth, very good condition, ISBN 978-3-11-022160-2, W75757‎

‎MENZENBACH Johann‎

‎Ludwig Windthorst in seinem Leben und Wirken, insbesondere in seiner politischen Thätigkeit‎

‎623pp. + plate out-of-text + frontispice (portrait), 20cm., cart.cover (spine in leather, some use), marbled edges, few foxing, name of previous owner on several pages, good condition, [text printed in Gothic German], G75628‎