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F. Vieweg, Libraire-Editeur, Paris. 1880. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Plats abîmés. Dos abîmé. Intérieur acceptable. 197 pages de texte + 14 planches de photo-gravures et fac-similés en fin d'ouvrage (certaines dépliables). Etiquette de code sur la couverture. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque. Dos muet. 1er plat et 1ers feuillets se détachant. Les inscriptions babyloniennes du WADI BRISSA, par H. POGNON, Consul suppléant de France à Bagdad.
1974ref. R160224017I.L.Peretz. 1974. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 321 pages - ouvrage en yiddish - sens de lecture inversé - un portrait en noir et blanc de l'auteur en frontispice - signet conservé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 492.4-Hébreu
19748vo; 1095 + 500 pages; Original Publisher's Cloth. Large 8vo. 1095, 500 pages. Volumes I & II are in English, Volume III is in Hebrew. Includes a bibliography of baron's works. Contents include: From Zudecha to Yahudi Mahallesi: The Jewish Quarter of Candia in the Seventeenth Century (by Zvi Ankori) ; Premiers Temoignages Epigraphiques Sur les Juifs en France (by Bernard Blumenkranz) ; The Hasmonean Revolution Politically Considered (by Martin A. Cohen) ; Christian Translators of Mamonaides' Mishne Torah into Latin (by Jacob Dienstag) ; H. M. Baratz and his View of Khazar Influence on the Earliest Russian Literature, Juridical and Historical (by Douglas Dunlop) ; Garcia de Orta--A Militant Marrano in Portuguese-India in the 16th Century (by Walter J. Fischel) ; Jewish Influence upon Arthurian Legends (by Kurt Leviant) ; Taamrat Emanuel's Note of Falasha Monks and Holy Places (by Wolf Leslau) ; The Attitudes of the Early Karaites towards Christianity (by Leon Nemoy) ; Hermann Cohen and Heinrich Graetz (by Erwin I. J. Rosenthal) ; A Frankish Document from Prague (by Gershom Scholem) ; East European Workers in Germany during World War I (by Zosa Szakowski) ; Young German Intellectuals on Romanticism and Judaism--Spiritual Turbulence in the Early19th Century (by Uriel Tal) ; Professing Jews in Post-Expulsion Spain and Portugal (by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi) ; Unpublished Materials on the Relations of Austrian and German Jews to the Central Governments (by Arthur Zuckerman); etc. Nice, clean copies in Very good condition. (FEST1-119)
19061st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 21 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to The Awakener. Includes April (33 pages) , May (33 pages) , June (33 pages) July-August (73 pages) , September (36 pages) , October (37 pages) , November (36 pages) , Issue from 1907 (39 pages) . Not to be confused with the Tel Aviv reprint of the first year. Early Hebrew periodical which features many of the periods most well-known Hebrew writers. This periodical featured commentary on current affairs and literature, and greatly influenced the young Jews of the highly-influential Second Aliyah. (EJ, 2008) . The editor, Y. H. Brenner is considered a pioneer in modern Hebrew literature. Brenner (1881-1921) was initially from Russia, but escaped to London after deserting the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war. It was in London that Brenner became instrumental in the Hebrew literature movement and Zionism. This culminated in his emigration to Palestine where he rose to prominence before his murder in the 1921 Jaffa riots. (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature, Modern -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide (OCLC: 45947005) . Ex-library with no markings. Most issues are unbound with significant edge wear. Some loss of text in November issue, but others are Good. Overall Good- Condition. (YID-30-27)
18651st Hebrew edition. Original boards. 8vo. 232 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew with additional German dedication page and occational word in German. 1st Hebrew edition of Goethes Faust. Title translates to Ben Avuyah: A Poem about the Merits of Life. Meir Letteris (1800-1871) was an Austrian Jewish scholar and the foremost poet of the Galician Haskala. He published a working translation of Goethes Faust using the character of Elisha ben Abuyah instead. Ben Abuyah was a controversial rabbi and religious authority from the period immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple. His views were considered heretical by the other Tannaim, leading to Talmud references to him falling under the name "The Other One. (Wikipedia, 2018) . Second title page notes (in German) : Goethe's Faust: eine tragoedie in eniner hebraeischen Umdichtung von Max Letteris. SUBJECTS: Hebrew drama -- Translations from German. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide (OCLC: 41217024) . Ex-library with usual markings. Wear to boards. Very light soiling to tile page. Overall good+ condition. (RAB-65-17-LRX)
1904Marbled later boards8vo. 168 pages. First edition. Volume 1 only. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Literature Jewish. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Rosenthal (1843-1917) was born in Latvia. As a result of the pogroms of 1881 Rosenthal reached the conclusion that the solution to the Jewish problem in Eastern Europe lay in emigration from Russia and in agricultural settlement. In 1882, he and his followers established a Jewish settlement in the United States, in Louisiana. This settlement was destroyed by a flood, and he resettled in the Dakotas, and there was also unsuccessful. Rosenthal also edited a section of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and was the head of the New York public library's Slavonic department (Slutsky, EJ) . Ex library with usual markings and bookplate, edgeworn, very good condition. (AMR-16-10A) xx
1904Marbled later boards8vo. 168 pages. First edition. Volume 1 only. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Literature Jewish. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Rosenthal (1843-1917) was born in Latvia. As a result of the pogroms of 1881 Rosenthal reached the conclusion that the solution to the Jewish problem in Eastern Europe lay in emigration from Russia and in agricultural settlement. In 1882, he and his followers established a Jewish settlement in the United States, in Louisiana. This settlement was destroyed by a flood, and he resettled in the Dakotas, and there was also unsuccessful. Rosenthal also edited a section of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and was the head of the New York public library's Slavonic department (Slutsky, EJ) . Ex library with usual markings and bookplate, edgeworn, very good condition. (AMR-16-10B)
1904Spine rebacked. 8vo. 168 pages. First edition. Volume 1 only. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Literature Jewish. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Rosenthal (1843-1917) was born in Latvia. As a result of the pogroms of 1881 Rosenthal reached the conclusion that the solution to the Jewish problem in Eastern Europe lay in emigration from Russia and in agricultural settlement. In 1882, he and his followers established a Jewish settlement in the United States, in Louisiana. This settlement was destroyed by a flood, and he resettled in the Dakotas, and there was also unsuccessful. Rosenthal also edited a section of the Jewish Encyclopedia, and was the head of the New York public library's Slavonic department (Slutsky, EJ) . Edgeworn, flaking, good condition. (AMR-16-10C)
1906(FT) Hardcover, 12mo, 32 pages, portrait, 15 cm. In Hebrew. 1st edition. Totsaah meyuhadah meha-Hashkafah shanah 3 Cover title. The author (née Paula Jonas) , was the lexicographer Eliezer Ben Yehudahs 2nd wife, marrying him shortly after the death of her sister, his first wife Devora (née Jonas) . Adopting the Hebrew name Hemdah, she learned Hebrew fluently in record time, became a reporter for his paper [Hatzvi -- The Deer -- a weekly newspaper], and in time took over as editor, in order to allow Eliezer to concentrate on his research of the lost Hebrew words that the reborn tongue required . Hatzvi was the first Hebrew paper to report what was happening throughout the land. For this paper Eliezer needed to coin new Hebrew words for objects and verbs that did not exist in the days of the last Hebrew commonwealth (Junior Judaica, Encyclopedia Judaica for Youth, 1992) . OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Harvard, Princeton, NYPL, Stanford, UC-Berkeley) . Slight browning and wear to edges of pages. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-40-27)
19221st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 313 Pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to Complete Works of Reuven ben Mordekhai Brainin. Brainin (1862-1939) was a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic. He authored almost 100 biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature. Hebrew essays. Inscription in year of publication (1922) to leading Jewish bibliographer and librarian Dr. [Joshua] Bloch. Light wear to cloth, with small one inch piece of cloth missing on front. Overall Very Good Condition. (YID-41-27)
2002ref. R120054Leiden, Brill 2002 vi + 348pp., 25cm., publisher's hardcover in green cloth with gilt lettering, text and interior are clean and bright, very good condition, R120054
2002ref. R120052Leiden, Brill 2002 viii + 299pp., 25cm., publisher's hardcover in green cloth with gilt lettering, text and interior are clean and bright, very good condition, R120052
2002ref. R120053Leiden, Brill 2002 307pp., 25cm., publisher's hardcover in green cloth with gilt lettering, text and interior are clean and bright, very good condition, R120053
Lviv : M.F. Poremba, 1878-1856.Cloth, 8vo, 140 + 15 pages.Important 19th Century bilingual Hebrew & German journal which survived 9 volumes, 1856-1878. SUBJECT(S): Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals. Jews -- History -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 8 holdings worldwide. Bound in period cloth. Light wear, Good solid condition. (GER-16-59dw)
Prag: Druck und Verlag des M.I. Landau, 1833?. Cloth, 8vo, aprox 300 pages each. 23 cm. 23 cm. Full set includes a German version of the Old Testament together with the Hebrew text and commentaries, of which this is one. Edited by Moses Landau and published in 19 volumes. The Pentateuch, Psalms and the Five Scrolls are of Mendelssohn's version; the Minor Prophets are reprinted from a Dessau edition of 1805, which gave a translation by M. Philippson, Joseph Wolf, Gotthold Salomon, Israel Neumann and Joel Löwe. The remainder was prepared by the editor, with the help of Wolf Mayer, Joseph Weisse, Solomon b. David Sachs, Abraham Benisch and Mordecai Goldmann Parallel titles to each volume romanised, [i.e. "KOHELETH"]. Subject: Bible. O.T. Hebrew, Commentaries, Jewish Bible. O.T. Aramaic - Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. O.T. German - Versions Rashi, Extensive interesting period notations on endpapers.Ex-library with minimal marks. Crudely bound in wood boards & cloth, but solid condition. (CZ-1)
1845ref. R115285Londini [London], Imp. Jacobi Duncan 1845 560 + 634pp., "Editio nova recognita et emendata a Judah D'Allemand", 22cm., text in Hebrew, text is clean and bright, bound in solid hardcover binding in good condition, spine in brown leather with gilt title, very good condition, weight: 1.3kg., R115285
Wien [Vienna] : Druk fon A. Della Torre, 1860 . Cloth, 8vo, x, 234, 228 pages. 20 cm. In Hebrew, with added title page: "Zur geschichte des Karaismus und der karäischen Literatur. " SUBJECT (S) : Karaites. Karaitic literature -- History and criticism. Ex-Jewish library with minimal markings. Boards and backstrip detached but present. Paper & internal binding remain good and solid. (GH-4-9)
1775In-8°. pp.8, montate su fogli in-4°. Stemma pontificio inciso su legno. senza legatura. Pio 6 papa Pius VI possesso cavalcata festa feast cerimonia ceremony apparato effimero basilica vaticana vaticano basilica lateranense roma rome ebrei hebrew jew
ref. 57351, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 1989 Hardcover with dusjacket, 402 pages , incl. 178 ills., 180 x 265 mm,. ISBN 9780905203645.
ref. 109998Halae, Typis et Impensis Curti Haered., 1793, 1 volume in-8 de 210x128x92 mm environ, 1f.blanc, un portrait-frontispice, xxii-1766pages, 1f.blanc, demi basane à coins cognac, dos lisse portant titres sur pièce de titre fauve, orné de filets dorés horizontaux. Des rousseurs et pages brunies, mouillure claire en fin de volume, importants frottements sur le cartonnage, notes manuscrites sur la première garde blanche, dernière garde blanche renouvelée. Avec un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice.
ref. 109999Halae, Typis et impensis Curti Hafred, 1793, 2 volumes in-8 de 210x130 mm environ, Tome I : 1f.blanc, un portrait-frontispice, xxii-1086pages, 2ff.blancs, - Tome II : 1f.blanc, p.1087 à 1766, 1f.blanc (pagination continue), reliures en demi basane cognac granitée, dos à 5 nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièce de titre havane et tomaisons vert sombre, gardes bleues illutrées, tranches rouges. Quelques rousseurs, notes anciennes sur les pages de garde, cuir très frotté avec épidermures et manque de cuir sur le dos du deuxième volume, mors internes fendus. Avec un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice dans le tome I.
1996vii + 527pp., 25cm., hardback (editor's green cloth with gilt lettering), Very good condition, R77596
1996ref. R77596Leiden, Brill 1996 vii + 527pp., 25cm., hardback (editor's green cloth with gilt lettering), Very good condition, R77596
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1944RARE critical edition of a biography of the renowned blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer Al'-Ma'ari (973-1057), known as a 'pessimistic freethinker' and a controversial rationalist of his time, who cited reason as the chief source of truth. This biography was written by an eminent 17th-century Syrian man of letters Yusuf Al-Badi'i (d.1662). Contains a b&w plate. 245x175mm. 176 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine yellowing and stained. Cover corners and edges worn. Spine worn. Spine edges and hinges bumped and peeling. Spine rear hinge upper edge cracked. Cover coming loose from binding between front cover and title page. Light water-stain on extreme pages bottom corner/edge. Title page partly missing. Extreme pages browning. Small stain on plate; plate bottom edge water-stained - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of an influential text in the history of literary criticism in Medieval Arabic-Islamic culture is otherwise in good condition.