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1642ref. 48836Amsterdam: Joan and Cornelis Blaeu 1642. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good. Sammelband of two works jointly issued the latter in two parts quarto. 12 174 1 errata 1 blank; 12 732 pp. 353-360 repeated xvii addenda 19 index x addenda 28 index 1 emendanda 1 blankpp. All four addenda and indices to the De theologia gentili bound following the second part. Each work with woodcut printer's device at title; occasional woodcut lettrines; printed marginalia. De idololatria with Hebrew text and Latin translation in parallel columns interspersed with Latin notes. Contemporary vellum lightly soiled manuscript title at spine intermittant light dampstain largely confined to first work else crisp clean and amply margined. Collation: I. asterisk4 2asterisk2 A-Y4 = 94 leaves; II. asterisk4 2asterisk2 A-2P4 2Q-4Y4 4Z2 asterisk-4asterisk4 5asterisk2 cross-5cross4 = 414 leaves 2Y-2Y4 repeated. Re-issue of the first edition 1641 of the first two books of four of G. J. Vossius' De theologia gentili with new preliminaries including an Elegy written by Caspar Barlaeus on the occasion of the death of Gerhard's son Dionysius dated IV Kal. Novembris MDCXXXIII 1633 and a preface by another of Vossius' sons Isaac; along with an edition of the Hebrew text of Maimonides' treatment of the laws of idolotry in the first book of the Mishneh Torah with accompanying Latin translation by Dionysius Vossius. "The work has a two-fold aim. In the first place it is a Theologia gentilis. Of this the subtitle says that the work treats. the origin and history of heathen mythologies and cult forms. But at the same time the book is a Physiologia christiana a study 'de naturae mirandis quibus homo adducitur ad Deum' an account as complete as possible of the rich diversity of all creation that in the inention of the creator must serve to reveal to man the greatness of God. It is simultaneously an ambitiously arranged textbook of mythology a summary of what was written about nature in all its manifestations up until Vossius' time and finally also a first specimen of what would be done profusely in the eighteenth century a book on the natural knowledge of God" Rademaker. Provenance: The manuscript entry "Jan de Wind. 17 april An. 1697.". References: J. I. Dienstag "Christian Translators of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah into Latin" in: Salo Wittmayer Baron Jubilee Volume 31 De idololatria. Fuks/Fuks-Mansfeld 202 De idololatria ed. 1641 noting that there exist copies without the Hebrew text. The 1641 ed. contains no preliminaries after the title. Katchen Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis esp. pp.24-25. Rademaker Life and Work of G.J. Vossius Assen 1981 no. 24: "In his last large work the Theologia gentilis. he dared to make full use of Scaliger's chronological innovations" 185. For more detailed commentary see: pp. 306-310. For Dionysius see 163f. Joan and Cornelis Blaeu hardcover books
1864ref. 50647Krotoschin Krotoszyn/ Vienna/ Frankfurt am Main: Printed by B.L. Monasch/ Jacob Schlossberg's Buchhandlung/ Printed by Ferdinand Hauch 1864. First German translations. Hardcover. g to vg-. Octavo. 3/4 black morocco over buckram boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Red speckled edges of book block. A complete set of the three parts of Maimonides acclaimed work The Guide for the Perplexed in German and Hebrew bound in one volume. All of the editions included here contain the first German translations of their respective parts of the text. Maimonides' intention with this work was to reconcile Aristotelian thought and logic with traditional Rabbinical Jewish theology. Originally written circa 1190 in Judeo-Arabic as Dalalat al-Ha'irin these writings takes the form of a lengthy three-part letter to his student Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta and are seen as the main source for understanding Maimonides' philosophic view rather than his strictly being his views on Jewish law. It is the most known of his works in the non-Jewish world. The work's first translation into Hebrew was in 1204 by Rabbi Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon c.1150 - c.1230 a contemporary of Maimonides. Content: Moreh li-Tsedakah. Hu Sefer Moreh Nevukhim FIRST PART. 1839. Second German-language edition. 19 double-sided leaves with Hebrew pagination. 392pp. 3. In 1835 the first part of Maimonides acclaimed work was first translated into German with added commentary in Hebrew by Jacob Raphael Fürstenthal 1781-1855. That first edition featured the German translation printed in Latin script to accompany the Hebrew text. However for this second edition of that translation it is interesting to note that the text of the German is printed in Hebrew script. Content finely printed in double and single-column layouts with commentary printed in Rashi script. Divided in 76 chapters this part of the work contains discussions of an understanding and definition of the nature of God and divine anthropomorphism in the Hebrew bible including a detailed analysis of the Biblical Hebrew of the text to these ends. The final three pages included here contain and index in both Hebrew and German. BOUND WITH More Nebochim. Wegweiser für Berirrte SECOND PART. 1864. First German-language edition. x 99pp. This is the first German translation of the work's second part taken from the original Arabic text by way of the French translation by Salomon Munk 1861. The original Hebrew translation of the text is accompanied throughout by a translation and commentary in German by Max Emanuel Stern 1811-1873. Divided into 48 chapters the second part involves Maimonides discussion of proof of the existence of God the nature of creation the concept of prophecy and an examination of the 26 propositions for Aristotle's metaphysics. The initial pages contain introduction and foreword by Stern. Also included is a fold-out plate containing facsimile text from an original signed manuscript note from the hand of Maimonides himself written in Japhet son of Solomon's corrected manuscript copy of the Mishneh Torah held at Bodleian Library at Oxford MS Hunt.80 leaf 165a. AND WITH Dalalat al Haiirin Burechtweisung der Verirrten. Dritter Theil. THIRD PART. 1838. First German-language edition. viii 9 454pp. 5. This is the first German translation of the work's third part. Simon B. Scheyer 1804-1854 provides the translation and scholarly commentary in German to accompany the Hebrew of the text. This third and final part of Guide for the Perplexed is divided into 54 chapters and is considered the climax of the work and the culmination of Maimonides' previous analysis. Discussed are concepts including Jewish mysticism the Chariot of Ezekiel the moral aspects of the universe the problem of evil free will and the 613 mitzvot of the Torah. The final pages contain a scholarly index in German. Binding tight with some rubbing to extremities including the hinges of the spine. Spine and covers lightly sunned. Text throughout with some sporadic minor to light foxing. Much of the text is quite clean. A very few instances of underlining or notes in pencil. Binding in good interior in very good- condition overall. Hebrew title: מורה לצדקה .×”×•× ספר מורה × ×‘×•×›×™×/ מורה × ×‘×•×›×™×/ מורה × ×‘×•×›×™×. ×•×”×•× ספר דל×לה ×לח×ירין .חלק שלישי Author: משה בן מימון רפ×ל בר"י ×¤Ö¼×™×¨×©×˜×¢× ×˜×”×ל Publication: פרנקפורט/ קר×ט×שין תקצ״ט Alternate titles and transliterations: Moreh Nevukim Doctor Perplexorum Bibliographic references: PART 1 Vinograd Krotochin 14. PART 3 Vinograd Frankfurt 578 Provinence: Previously owned by Oxford religion scholar O.H.M. Lehmann dated 1949. Printed by B.L. Monasch/ Jacob Schlossberg's Buchhandlung/ Printed by Ferdinand Hauch hardcover books
1686ref. 48545Utrecht: Francisci Halma Francis Halma 1686. First edition. Softcover. vg-. Octavo. 3. 56pp. Title page illustrated with decorative and deatiled woodlock printer's device. The work is a detailed list of the 613 Jewish laws codified in the Hebrew bible as presented according to Maimonides in his work Sefer Mitzvot The Book of Commandments. Here the laws are presented side by side in Hebrew and Latin in a two-column format and translated by Calvinist orrientalist and scholar Johannes Leusden 1624-1699. The laws are divide into two groups the first consisting of the 248 obligatory commandments and the second group containing the final 365 prohibitive commandments. The front includes two pages of introductory text from translator Johannes Leusden with decorative woodblock initials. Although the work is complete in itself the work was originally bound with a collection of dissertations on the Hebrew bible by Leusden titled "Philologus Hebraeus" issued in Utrecht by printer Francis Halma the same year. Text throughout in Latin and Hebrew. Disbound book block with some sporadic minor to light water stains to the title page and the rest of the text mostly in the margins. In very good- condition overall. Francisci Halma (Francis Halma) unknown books
1829ref. 48951Andover: Flagg & Gould 1829. First edition Ex-Library. Hardcover. fair to g. Octavo. viii 9-243pp. Orange half library tape over gray-green boards with gilt lettering on label of spine protected by modern mylar. "Chrestomathies in Latin and Greek have long been employed for the instruction of youth in most of the countries of Europe. there has been some diversity of opinion among the learned about the expediency of employing Chrestomathies in the Hebrew language. Of all the Hebrew Chrestomathies which I have yet examined and I have seen most of them which have acquired any considerable name none have been conducted on a plan which affords substantial aid to the learner." Stuart. Text in Hebrew and English. Binding with wear scuffing along edges rubbed and some staining of covers. Library plate on inside front cover some water staining here. Library stamp on title page. Medium stain at gutter around page 200 diminishing towards front. First two leaves of preface loose though still attached. Endpapers with some foxing. Binding in overall fair interior in good condition. Flagg & Gould hardcover books
1839ref. 48414Wien: Krotoschin; printed by B. L. Monasch 1839. Later printing. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo. 392 3 8pp. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on red label and gilt tooling and ruling on spine. Red edges. Light blue endpapers. Translated into German from Ebn Thybbon's Hebrew translation of the Arabic original annotated and with an epilog on the preface by R. I. Fürstenthal. The publication is an edition of Maimonides seminal work on Jewish philosophy "Guide to the Perplexed" written app. 1190 in Arabic using Hebrew letters and first translated into Hebrew in 1204. Originally written in a three-part letter to his student Joseph ben Juda of Ceuta. It was written to enlighten a religious man according to Maimonides to explain obscure figures appearing in the Prophets; and generally addressed to an elect educated readership. Text in German and Hebrew. Binding with wear along edges small chips along edges and red leather label on spine. Marbled boards with light scuffing. Light scuffing at front joint of the spine with light fraying at head. Light foxing of front and back part of block. Binding in overall good interior in good to very good condition. References: Cf. Fürst II p. 305: Krotoschin 1838. Krotoschin; printed by B. L. Monasch hardcover books
1810ref. 48456London: Longman Hurst Rees & Orme 1810. First edition. Hardcover. poor to g-. Quarto. 34 plates. Bound in period 3/4 red pebbled leather over tan marbled paper boards. Decorative paper title with black lettering pasted on the front cover. Bound with plates in numerical order but missing 19 of the 51 engraved plates as originally issued. Also missing from this copy is any text giving publication information. The title page simply reads "Illustrations by Moses". This extremely scarce work collects 32 full-page steel-plate engravings by English illustrator Henry Moses 1781-1870 based on scenes from Jean Froissart's Chronicles of the 100 Years' War. The artist seems to have been influenced by images from the mediaeval illuminated manuscript copies of Froissarts work. Here we see various scenes of French court life various members of the French nobility and other royalty as well as some battle scenes. Each image is numbered and captioned underneath. Binding with front board detached but present. Some rubbing and chipping to extremities. Interior with some scholarly annotations in pencil from a previous owner on the front free endpaper and in the lower margins of many of the plates. Pencil markings also at the bottom of the label on the front cover. Most plates throughout with light to moderate foxing and water stains. Binding in poor interior in good- condition overall. Extremely scarce. Alternate titles: Moses's Illustrations cover Illustrations by Moses Illustrations to Froissart's Chronicles Illustrations by Henry Moses. [Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme] hardcover books
1896ref. 47608Chicago: Isaac S. Moses 1896. First edition. Softcover. g- to near fine. Octavo. 62pp. Beige printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. A scarce song book collecting 45 American Jewish liturgical melodies and prayers for use in choral singing in Reform congregations arranged and edited by Rabbi Isaac S. Moses 1847-1926. Contains translations of prayers into English where necessary as well as transliteration of the original Hebrew to accompany the musical notation. Included are a number of original melodies for traditional Jewish prayers and hymns submitted for the purpose of this publication by a variety of rabbis scholars and musical directors of synagogues including F.G. Rohner Alois Kasier and P.C. Lutkin as well as contemporary melodies from established European-Jewish composers and cantors of the 19th century such as Louis Lewandowski 1821-1894 Samuel Naumbourg 1817-1880 and Salomon Sulzer 1804-1890. Also included are a number of adaptations of previously famous melodies from past secular composers including Mozart Beethoven Mendelssohn and Johann Heinrich Rolle. Text in English printed in single and two-column formats. Publishers advertisements on the back wrapper. Wrappers with age toning to the edges of the covers as well as chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Wrappers disbound from book block. Book block tight with pages clean and in great shape. Wrappers in good- interior in near fine condition overall. Extremely scarce. Protected by modern mylar. Singerman 5049. Isaac S. Moses unknown books
1944ref. 46935New York: New Directions 1944. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 30 2pp. Original orange paper boards with black lettering on cover. Title-page printed in orange and black. Series "The poets of the Year." Contains list of 1941 and 1942 titles of the series at rear. Klein's attempt to satirize Hitler. Being an important member of the the Montreal Jewish Community Klein was best known for his poetry. Binding with light wear along edges and lightly sunned spine small chips and closed tears here. Block slightly age-toned. Binding and interior in overall good condition. New Directions hardcover books
1907ref. 42246New York: Moses King 1907. Souvenir edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 16 VIII 112pp. Original illustrated burgundy cloth with black lettering to spine and brown and black lettering to front cover. Beveled edges. Published in 1907 to comemorate the 60th anniversary of the Liederkranz foundation the first 16 pages of this album contains numerous b/w photographic reproductions of the original building located at 111-119 East 58th street outside and inside views as well as photographs of the board of directors. Founded in 1847 to advance German-American relations the Liederkranz of New York City is devoted to cultural and social exchange and the sponsorship of musical events. Its activities are dedicated to the support development and preservation of culture in New York City. After the first part devoted to the Liederkranz this work contains the 1906 edition of "King's Views of New York" lavishly illustrated throughout with no less than 400 b/w photographic reproductions depicting a buzzing metropolis in full expansion as well as its major landmarks and architectural buildings such as: The Narrows; New York Harbor; Battery Park; Staten Island Ferry; the Brooklyn Bridge; the Manhattan Bridge; Harlem River; the Financial District; The Beaver Building; The New York Produce Exchange Bank; The Corn Exchange Bank; The New York Stock Exchange; The Statue of Liberty; Astor House; Broadway; Chinatown; The Bowery; The Fuller Building; The Waldorf-Astoria; Carnegie Hall; Columbia University; New York University; The New York Public Library etc. Includes various street scenes with newsboys immigrants arriving in the city street cleaners vendors selling baskets and brooms pretzels shoelaces ice lunch and ice cream etc. Some rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Moses King hardcover books
1901ref. 34494Berlin: Otto Lienekampf 1901. First edition. Softcover. vg. Folio. 4 323-351 3pp. Original wrappers illustrated by Art Nouveau illustrator Ephraim Moses Lilien. Exquisite issue of this early German interior design magazine published between 1900 and 1914. This August 1901 issue contains numerous b/w photographic reproductions as well as bordures motifs and illustrations by artist E. M. Lilien and others E. Lasch C. von Sivers A. von Lepell G. von Estorff etc. This copy is complete with its two large fold-out floral pattern sheets including one by Lilien and its color plate depicting a design by C. von Sivers . Page 326 features a large art nouveau pattern by Lilien 15 3/4" x 8". Pattern sheets measure appr. 52" x 45" each. Minor shelf wear. Text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. Otto Lienekampf unknown books
1901ref. 34493Berlin: Otto Lienekampf 1901. First edition. Softcover. vg. Folio. 4 131-159 3pp. Original wrappers illustrated by Art Nouveau illustrator Ephraim Moses Lilien. Exquisite issue of this early German interior design magazine published between 1900 and 1914. This February 1901 issue contains numerous b/w photographic reproductions as well as bordures motifs and illustrations by artist E. M. Lilien and others Hermann Radzig E. Lasch etc. This copy is complete with its two large fold-out floral pattern sheets and its color plate. Pattern sheets measure appr. 52" x 45" each. Page 155 features a large art nouveau pattern by Lilien 15 3/4" x 8". Minor shelf wear. Text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. Otto Lienekampf unknown books
1699ref. 33169Frankfurt an der Oder: Mikhal Gotshalk 1699. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 48 leaves. Modern black cloth library binding. Title page contains an image of Jacob being reunited with Joseph in Egypt. This image is also used by the contemporary Amsterdam printer Joseph Athias in his Bible. This is a cabalistic commentary on the Five Books of Moses. sic. The Pentateuch. The author Samuel b. Moses was the head of the rabbinical court in Savislovitz in Lithuania. He had previously written a commentary on Psalms called "Yad Shemu'el." A second edition of "Shem Shemu'el" was printed in Podgorza in 1896. This is a cabalistic commentary on the Five Books of Moses. Text in Hebrew. Minor water staining on top edge. Pages slightly browned. Overall in good condition. Bet Eked pg. 1016. Winograd p.570 # 133. Mikhal Gotshalk hardcover books
1850ref. 21117London: Richard Bentley 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes octavo. XV 1 438 XVI 437 1pp. Steel plate engravings in text; musical scores with Hebrew text; facsimile of Sephardic amulet. Largely uncut. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spines. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Remarkable illustrated account of the author's journey to the Holy Land with descriptions of ancient and modern Jewish culture in France Malta Tunisia Constantinople Lebanon Syria and Palestine; Moses Margoliouth was a learned and respected minister in the Church of England of the nineteenth century. As his name might indicate he was also of Jewish extraction. Born in Suwalki Poland in 1818 he arrived in England in 1837 and converted to the Christian faith the following year. This work exemplifies the growing English interest in the biblical Land of Israel during the 19th century and growing identification with the Nation of Israel leading in this case to increased missionary activity but also to a support of Zionism. Spines and edges age-toned. Tiny closed tears and minor abrasion at head and tail of spines. Small white stain on spine of first volume. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Bindings in overall good condition interior in very good condition. Richard Bentley hardcover books
1842ref. 30652Berlin: Published by the author 1842. First edition. Hardcover. g to g. 1. Talmud Babli - Babylonishcer Talmud Tractat Berachoth Segensprüche. Berlin: Eigenthum des Verfassers 1842. Elephant folio. 7 16 1 24; 1 87 numbered in pairs = 174 pp. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. With both German and Hebrew title-pages each printed in red and black ink. Light foxing throughout. Fore-edge of German title-page crudely repaired with non abrasive tape. Mold stain to upper margin of the last 10 leaves not affecting text. Text in Hebrew Aramaic and German. German title reinforced at fore-edge; Hebrew title and dedication leaf repaired at versos. Top trimmed tightly with some loss of headlines. Occasional spots or smudges else text generally clean. First edition all published. Scarce scholarly commentary and German translation of the first book in the Babylonian Talmud tractate "Berachoth" Blessings. Compiled and translated by archaeologist and Talmudic scholar Ephraim Moses Pinner. The "Pinner Talmud" bears a dedication to Czar Nicholas I of Russia and contains an extensive introduction table of contents and subscribers list. The work includes the traditional printed Talmud page with the text in the middle and the Rashi and Tosafot commentaries on the side with a Hebrew "Biur" commentary and etymology section added to the bottom of the page. Facing each Aramaic page is a German page including a translation and commentary. Also included in the rear are the commentaries of Rosh Maimonides Marshal and Marsha. 2. Compendium des Hierosolymitanischen und Babylonischen Thalmud. Ein Betrag zur Geschichte der Israeliten und Eine Probeschrift der zu erscheinenden deutschen Uebersetzung des ganzen Talmuds. Berlin: n.p. 1832. Small quarto. xlviii. 132 pp. Blue paper covered boards. Hebrew and German title page. Printed on very high quality cotton rag paper. Serious age wear to binding with water stains and parts missing at spine and edges. Minor browning throughout. Overall very clean and tight. In German Gothic script and Hebrew. Binding in poor book in very good condition. First edition second issue all published of this introduction and chrestomathy with selections from the Jerusalem and Babylonian versions of the Talmud. This was to be the first volume of a planned series on the Talmud. Introductory material covers the origins language and authenticity of the Talmud and provides a biography of Simeon Bar-Yohai the famous rabbi who lived in the era of the Tannaim scholars of the Mishnah in the area of what is today Israel after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Bar-Yohai was one of the most eminent disciples of Rabbi Akiva. The Zohar a chief work of Jewish mysticism "Kabbalah" is traditionally ascribed to Simeon as are the important legal homilies called Sifre and Mekhilta. First published in 1831 other title-pages as ours note 1832 the Compendium des Hierosolymitanischen und Babylonischen Thalmud / Kitzur Talmud Yerushalmi ve-Talmud Bavli marked the beginning of Pinner's larger project to produce a translation of the entire Talmud. Pinner's work took him to libraries across Eastern Europe. He even secured the aid of the anti-Jewish Czar Nicholas I and dedicated the translation to him. Only the first of the proposed 28 volumes was ever published. Besides for securing sponsorships from royalty across European Pinner gained letters of approbation from several rabbis none of whom lived in Russia. Full titles: 1 Talmud Babli - Babylonischer Talmud Tractat Berachoth Segensprüche.Mit deutscher Uebersetzung und den Commentaren Raschi und Tosephoth nebst den verschiendenen Verbesserungen aller früheren Ausgaben. Hinzugefügt sind: Neue Lesarten und Parallelstellen in allen Theilen diesäes Tractates und der Commentare Vokalisation der Mischnah Interpunktion der Mischnah Interpunktion der Mischnah und Gemara Raschi und Tosephoth Etymologie und Uebertragung der fremden Wörter Erklärungen des Meharschal und Meharscha R. Ascher mit Erläuterung der Halachah und den abweichenden Lesarten R. Moscheh's Sohnes R. Maimon's Commentar zur Mischnah mit Berichtigungen Einleitung in den Talmud enthaltend Grundprincipien der Methodologie und Exegetik des Talmud. Von Dr. E. M. Pinner Membre de la Société Asiatique de Paris &c. &c. &c. Erster band. 2 Compendium des Hierosolymitanischen und Babylonischen Thalmud. Ein Betrag zur Geschichte der Israeliten und Eine Probeschrift der zu erscheinenden deutschen Uebersetzung des ganzen Talmuds. Uebersetzt und erläutert von M. Pinner Dr. der Philosophie. Mit einer Vorrede von Johann Joachim Kellermann. Erster Band. Entstehung Sprache Aechtheit des Thalmud Reden und Thaten des Rabbi Simon des Sohnes des Jochai. Published by the author hardcover books
1940ref. 29978New York: Jewish Peoples Committee 1940. First edition. Softcover. g. 12mo. 31pp. Original paper wrappers. Pamphlet put out by a Jewish American isolationist group in 1940 before the United States entered World War II arguing that American involvement in the war would increase anti-Semitism and endanger the lives of Jews in Nazi occupied Poland. Age toning. Binding loose due to missing bottom staple. Overall in good condition. Jewish Peoples Committee unknown books
1860ref. 12425Shtetin: Druck von R. Grossman & E. Schrentzel 1860. Second edition. Hardcover. g. This is the second edition: The first edition was published in Warsaw in 1834. All subsequent editions were published in Warsaw. Source: Bet Eked see below Folio.199p.; Half leather over marbled board. Akiva Eger was the foremost Jewish leader of his generation and his correspondence reflects a wide range of topics. His other writings have been incorporated into standard editions of Mishnah Talmud and Shulchan Aruch. Boards are wornrubbed and bruised. Small contusion on covers. In Hebrew. Good condition. Bet Eked V.4 p1136 item # 2117. Druck von R. Grossman & E. Schrentzel hardcover books
1968ref. 25237New York: Ktav Publishing House Inc 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. LXV 3 314 2 208 4pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Scarce and fascinating work being a reprint of the 1924 edition. Text in English and Hebrew. Binding and interior in fine condition. Ktav Publishing House, Inc hardcover books
1901ref. 24728London: NP 1901. Hardcover. g. 4to. 201pp. Original front wrapper bound in 20th century three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Floral endpapers. Photographic title-page. Memorial volume published to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the Bevis Marks synagogue 1701-1901 the oldest Spanish-Portuguese congregation in England. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs paintings and facsimiles of various documents. One large fold-out plate with several coat of arms above a family tree. Some rubbing and scuffing on binding. Creasing sunning and some staining on wrapper small closed tear on bottom edge. Hinges starting slightly. Stamp of "M. Zonand Contentieux Général.Paris" on front and verso of printed dedication page. Lacking rear wrapper. Binding in good wrapper in fair interior in very good to near fine condition. NP hardcover books
1968ref. 17193New York: KTAV Publishing House Inc 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. lxv314pp. 208pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Back board slightly dampstained. Small white stains on upper part of front board. Part I: Introduction Translation Literature and Index in English. Part II: "The Book of Exempla" Hebrew Text. First published in 1924. Binding in good interior in near fine condition. KTAV Publishing House, Inc hardcover books
1904ref. 13290Berlin: Selbstverlage des Vereins M'Kize Nirdamim Dr. A. Berliner in Commission bei J. Kauffmann Frankfurt 1904. Hardcover. vg. Two volumes in one. 4to. 52pp. introduction 160pp. 122pp. 3/4 vellum over marbled boards. Rebound in original covers and spine. Title page in German and Hebrew. Customs legal decisions and responsa of Israel Isserlein Terumat HaDeshan collected by his pupil Joseph ben Moss. Rabbi Israel Isserlin ben Petahiah 1390-1460 was a Talmudist and Halakhist best known for his Terumat HaDeshen which served as one source for HaMapah the component of the Shulkhan Arukh by Moses Isserles. Critical edition edited by Dr. Jakob Freimann see below. Minor age wear to binding. Sporadic foxing to inside. Otherwise clean and tight. In Hebrew. Very good condition. Bet Eked V. 2 P. 521 item# 767. Selbstverlage des Vereins M'Kize Nirdamim (Dr. A. Berliner), in Commission bei J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt hardcover books
1683ref. 14061London: Typis Milonis Flesher sumptibus auctoris prostat apud Mosem Pitt & apud Brabazonum Aylmer 1683. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 10 450pp. 3/4 Vellum over marbled boards with brown lettering and library plate to spine. Age wearing throughout binding.Some tears discoloration scuffing and rubbing to boards and spine. Some browning and foxing to pages not affecting the script. Welling to pages. Ex library. Library card pocket pasted to inside of front board. Perforation to title page: Philadelphia Divinity school. Inscribed by owner with pencil: "to Paullus Reinhardus." This first Latin translation contains texts from Moshe ben Maimon aka Rambam aka Maimonides 1135-1204 and Yitzchak ben Yehuda aka Abravanel Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508. In Latin with some writing in Hebrew. Cover in fair book in good condition. freely translated: Rabbi Moses Maimonides' volountary sacrifice: An approach to Abarbanel's introduction and commentary on Leviticus and Maimonides' Tractate on the consecrated calendar and the rational calendar change R. Moses Maimonides Rambam was a 12th century Jewish philosopher and halachic legal scholar. A highly controversial figure both during his lifetime and after his death but generally acknowledged as the preeminent Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba Spain but fled as a child from the Almohad persecution. He eventually settled in Egypt where he served as a rabbi physician and philosopher. His fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah his only work not in Arabic still carries canonical authority particularly within the Yemenite Jewish community as the codification of Talmudic law. His other work includes a commentary on the Mishnah entitled Kitab al-Siraj Kitab al-Fara'I a book on precepts and the philosophical work Dalalat al-Ha'irin known in Hebrew as the Moreh Nevukhim The Guide to the Perplexed. The major premise is an attempted philosophical/theological reconciliation of the Hebrew Bible and Greek knowledge. This work came to play a central role in all subsequent major controversies over philosophy within the Jewish community during the Middle Ages. Typis Milonis Flesher, sumptibus auctoris, prostat apud Mosem Pitt, & apud Brabazonum Aylmer hardcover books
1828ref. 22149Andover: Flagg & Gould 1828. Third edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 3 works bound in one. 1 Moses Stuart. A Grammar of the Hebrew Language. viii240pp. Third edition. 1828. 2 Moses Stuart. A Hebrew Chrestomathy Designed as the First Volume of a Course of Hebrew Study. viii243pp. 3 A Manual Hebrew and English Lexicon including the Biblical Chaldee. iv2102pp. 1828. All 3 works in Hebrew and English. Heavy age wear and abrasions on binding. Waterstaining on top and bottom edge of some pages very light foxing to few leaves. Tight copy in overall good condition. Rare. Flagg & Gould hardcover books
1924ref. 17192Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz 1924. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xlv314pp. 208pp. Sienna cloth with gold lettering on spine. Some staining to spine and binding. Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed. Ex-libris of Arthur S. Wolpe to inside of front board. Vol. 1 of 'The Asia Publishing Co.'S Oriental Series' edited by Bruno Schindler. The Exempla of the Rabbis being a Collection of Exempla Apologues and Tales Culled from Hebrew Manuscripts and Rare Hebrew Books by Moses Gaster. Part I: Introduction Translation Literature and Index in English. Part II: "The Book of Exempla" Hebrew Text. Binding in good- interior in very good condition. Otto Harrassowitz hardcover books
1880ref. 15524Paris: Privately Printed Sybille Hess 1880. Second edition. Hardcover. g. Scarce Only two libraries worldwide own this book according to OCLC. 8vo. 182 1 pp. Half maroon leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Modern endpapers. Inscribed by Sybille Hess post mortem to original free front endpaper. Gravure frontispiece. Lithographic illustrated throughout. Fold-out map. Rare second edition of of this scientific work by the "father of modern socialist Zionism" Moses Hess 1812-1875. A philosophic work on science the cosmos and mankind. It draws upon scientific and philosophical ideas with influence from Hegel and Feuerbach. Hess had worked in this field most of his life and it was posthumously published by his devoted wife in 1877 as a pious monument to his memory. He is best known as the Zionist author of "Rome and Jerusalem." Head of spine corners worn. Minor scuffing and rubbing to boards. In German. In overall good condition. Privately Printed [Sybille Hess] hardcover books
1974ref. 21863New York: Hermon Press 1974. Second augmented edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 54346pp. Illustrated tan cloth. This monograph by Dr. Moses Gaster 1856-1939 was first published in 1923. The second edition has been edited with a new introduction and notes by Samuel Gross. The 8 illustrations of the original edition have been augmented by 9 additional plates all in b/w. Tight copy in near fine condition. Hermon Press hardcover books
