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Judaica - Pre 1900:

Letteris, Dr, M. MACHSOR DIE SAMMTLICHEN FEST-GEBERTE UND GOTTESDIENSTLICHEN DICHTUNGEN DER ISRAELITEN ERSTE BAND
Prag 1861 Dritte Auflage. Foreward by Letteris. In German and Hebrew. Sm8vo., 382pp., black cloth. Owner signed. Good, cloth soiled, some foxing, hinges cracked. (a21032)
$25.00 Tympius, Oih. Gottfr. . CONCORDANTIAE PARTICULARUM EBRAEO-CHALDAICARUM...ANNOTATIONES ET VINDICIAE; LEXICONS PARTICULARUM EBRICARUM
Ienae 1734 Bielckii. In Latin. Two titles in one volume. Folio, 984pp., 24pp., 40pp., two fullpage frontis engravings, title in red and black, double column text, 3/4 vellum. Owner signed inside front cover (Joh Gottlieb Mattig) and owner stamp of George F. Moore of Andover, Mass. Good, covers worn. (a24456)
$325.00 (talmud) . KISVEI KODESH (VOLUMES I AND II) "PROPHET" (printed in English on backstrip)
Vilna 1874, 1882. In Hebrew. 2 volumes bound in one hardcover 4to., 161 leaves, 190 leaves. Later red buckram. Private library stamp on front pastedown. Good, some occasional light stains on leaves, some light foxing; cover tips lightly bumped. "Werne" in red gilt lettering printed on base of spine. (a31945)
$140.00Ewald, Heinrich. THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL (second edition ) (8 hardcover volume set)
London 1869-1886. Longmans, Green. Translated from the German. Edited by J. Estlin Carpenter , J. Frederick Smith; and Russell Martineau with preface and appendix by Russell Martineau. 8 matching maroon cloth hardcover volumes. octavo, about 400pp. per volume. Ex-college library, with usual spine numbers, stamps, bookplates and pockets. Good, wear to cloth; backstrips faded, spine ends worn; internally text is VG plus, clean and bindings secure. Scarce. 8 volumes: (a34049)
$700.00 (judaica) . MISCHNAH ODER DER TEXT DES TALMUDS FUNFTER THEIL SECHSTER THEIL
Onolzbach 1762, 1763 Jacob Christoph Posch. In German. Funfter theil, Kodalschim von Heiligfeiten oder geheiligten Dingen von Johann Jacob Rabe; Sechster Theil Tohoroth von den Reinigungen von Johann Jacob Rabe. Sm.4to., 294pp., 401pp., later (19thc) rebinding in white paper-covered boards. VG, boards a bit soiled and lightly warped outward. (a41485)
$520.00Opitii, D. Henrici. BIBLIA HEBRAICA
Kiloni 1709 Typus & Sumtibus Autoris, ex typographeo Bartholdi Reutheri. In Hebrew. Sm.4to., , about 1000pp., later black buckram rebinding. Nice black printing. Good, light wear, some small chips on title page, lower corner of title page professionally repaired, final blank end paper has some ink stains. (a41548)
$270.00 (st. luke) . ST. LUKE - TUNISIAN (IN HEBREW)
Hackney Downs 1900 Operative Jewish Converts' Institution. A printing of St.Luke-Tunisian for Jewish converts to Christianity. In Hebrew. 12mo., about 140pp., flexible blue cloth. Owner name stamp on free blank. Poor to Fair, leaves fragile.,corners of cloth bumped, loose in binding, a few leaves separated and chipped at margins (not near text). Scarce. (a41618)
$50.00Zangwill, I.. THE MASTER A NOVEL
NY 1898 Harper. 8vo., 523pp., illus., decorated blue cloth with purple and gilt trim. Owner signed. Good, spine faded. (a41729)
$25.00Judah, Ha-Levi; Luzzatto, Samuel David. BETULAT BAT YEHUDAH: LIKUTE SHIRIM IM HAKDAMAH VE-HE AROT ME-ET SHEMU'EL DAVID LUTSATO
Pragae 1840 Landau. Virgo Filia Jehudae sive Excerpta ex inedito celeberrimi Judhudae Levitae divano praefatione et notis illustrata a Samuel Davide Luzzatto. In Hebrew. Sm.8vo., 118pp., marbled paper covered boards with cloth spine. Good, binding worn, chipped, leaves lightly stained in margins. (a41748)
$250.00Young, Eduard. DE CENTAURUS GEEN VERDICHTSEL
Amsterdam 1768 Meijer. In zes Brieven, aan een' vriend, Over de in Zwang Gaan de Leevenswyze der Menschen. Uit het Engelsch van den Eerwaarden Heere Eduard young vertaald en met eenige ophelderen de Aanmerkingen, enz. Voorzien. In Dutch. 8vo., 310pp., fine copperplate frontis, later wraps. Good, edges a bit frayed and curled. (a41749)
$200.00Medici, Paolo Sebastiano. RITUS AC MORES HEBRAEORUM ITALICO IDIOMATE REFUTATI , NUNC ADDITIS QUIBUSDAM LATINE REDDITI, NOTISQUE HEBRAICIS ILLUSTRATI A NICOLAO ROSTY
Tyrnaviae 1763 Societatis Jesu. Hardcover octavo., 276pp., full leather. Raised spine bands with full gilt decoration on spine and mounted orange leather title label on spine. Page edges rouged. Lovely bright colorful end papers (original.) Text VG to Fine with almost no toning. VG, light wear on cover, corners bumped, a few areas of rubbing on cover leather, a bit of wear on top spine end, a few spots on blank end papers. Scarce, especially in this lovely condition! Pictures available on request. (a41762)
$385.00 Lowenthal, Dr. Moritz . HIOB PRAKITSCHE PHILOSOPHIE OBER KLARE DARSTELLUNG...
Frankfurt am Main 1846 Verfassers. German-Hebrew text of Job. Hardcover. Octavo, 206pp., marbled boards. Good, moderately foxed throughout, boards worn on edges. (a41799)
$150.00 Mayr, Georgii e Societate Iesu . INSTITUTIONES LINGUAE HEBRAICAE IN SEX PARTES DISTRIBUTAE
Lugduni 1649 Antonii Ivllieron. Hardcover. In Latin. 12mo., 463pp., full leather. A few ink notes on title. Fair, leather quite worn and rubbed, corners, spine ends and outer hinges chipped but boards still attached and text binding is secure. Much of gilt decoration remains on backstrip but leather on outer hinges is mostly worn away. Spine ends worn down. (a41801)
$375.00 Linderi P. Fintani . OPUS GRAMMATICUM EBRAEUM AD SOLIDAM S. LINGUAE INTELLIGENTIAM METHODO ANALYTICA DUCENS; CUI ACCEDIT LEXICON EBRAEO-LATINUM AD GENESIN
Ulm 1756 Johannis Conradi Wohleri. In Latin. 12mo., 288pp., 159pp. (Lexicon), full leather. Fairly Good, leather quite rubbed and worn, spine ends worn down one half inch on both ends, spine label present but chipped. Text clean and bright and binding secure. Rouged page ends. (a41802)
$120.00 Zangwill, Israel . TROUBLESOME TRAVEL IN ITALY
Boston 1898. In The Youth's Companion, December 28, 1898 at pp. 655-656. Full photo illustration of Zangwill on front. Complete issue, 4to., wraps. Fair, front wrap detached and split along horizontal fold, small front chip along fold, spine worn, some soiling. (a43947)
$40.00Rosens, Judah. PARASHAT DERAHIM
1771 Printed in Zalkiewie in Amsterdam print fonts. Imprimatur of Duke Karl Stanislav Ratzevel (Radzivill or Radziwill?). Legal exegetical homilies by the noted Judah Rosens. In Hebrew. Sq.8vo., about 150pp., double column text, papercovered boards with leather spine. Much old ink script covers end papers. Fair, binding very worn and soiled, end papers chipped, leaves browned, possibly cropped (not affecting text). Very scarce. (a50978)
$400.00 Marsh, John . EPITOME OF GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. WITH AN APPENDIX GIVING A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE JEWS
NY 1834 4th W.E. Dean. 8vo., 450pp., full leather. Fair, inner hinges cracked, cover worn, lacking foldout chart at rear, light water staining throughout. Sold as is: (a51904)
$25.00 Bianchi, Antonio . IL DAVIDE RE D'ISRAELE POEMA EROICO SAGRO
Venezia 1751 Per Girolamo Marconi a S. Salvador Al Ponte del Lovo. In Italian. 4to., (6,) 360pp., original white pigskin. Old dry water staining at many leaves; initial leaves have small ink stain in lower margin. Owner inscribed on end paper and another owner signature on title page. Near Good, spine chipped and worn, cover very soiled. Very Scarce. (a64572)
$450.00 Derenbourg, J. . ESSAI SUR L'HISTOIRE ET LA GEOGRAPHIE DE LA PALESTINE, D'APRES LES THALMUDS ET LES AUTRES SOURCES RABINIQUES - PREMIERE PARTIE. HISTOIRE DE LA PALESTINE DEPUIS CYRUS JUSQU'A ADRIEN
Paris 1867 first edition. l'Imprimerie Imperiale. History of Jews at time of beginning of Christianity. In French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 486pp. maroon cloth spine and marbled boards. Numbers at heel of spine, small blindstamp on title page. Good , inner hinges cracked, occasional light foxing. (a73501)
$200.00 Carpzovius, Jo. Benedictus (Johann Benedikt Carpzov) . DIATRIBE PHILOLOGICA DE ARCA FOEDERIS QUAM PRAESIDE ...JOANNE FRISCHMUTH
Jenae 1676 Samuelis Krebsii. In Latin. Sq.12mo., 43pp., later marbled boards with cloth spine. Top margin cropped (no loss of text.) Two old German library stamps. Good. Very Scarce. (a76260)
$1700.00Irving, Christopher. CATECHISM OF JEWISH ANTIQUITIES, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSES, INSTITUTIONS, RITES, CEREMONIES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, &c., OF THE ANCIENT JEWS ADAPTED TO THE USE OF SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
Baltimore 1850 7th American edition, revised and improved by M. J. Kerney. 16mo., 85pp., printed pictorial boards with black cloth spine. VG. Excellent condition. Original book, not a reprint. (a79916)
$50.00 D' Argens, Jean Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis . LETTRES JUIVES , OU CORRESPONDANCE PHILOSOPHIQUE, HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE ENTRE UN JUIF VOYAGER A PARIS & SES CORRESPONDANS EN DIVERS ENDROITS (6 volumes bound in 3)
Amsterdam 1736, 1737, 1737 Paul Gautier. Six hardcover volumes bound in three. Thick 12mo volumes, 332p. (10),3 47p. 365p., xvi,, 382p., 400p. (14),, 464p., full vellum with mounted leather spines and rouged fore-edges Volumes have interesting dedications: Vol. 3 "Aux Rabbins de la Sinagogue d'Amsterdam", Vol. 5 is dedicated "au naif et inimitable Sancho Panza" , Vol 6 "A Maitre Nicolas Barbier de l'Illustre Dom Quichotte de la Manche". One hundred and eighty letters are presented in all. A few lines of tiny ink manuscript on end papers of two volumes. No other ownership marks. Spine labels lightly chipped on two volumes, a bit more chipped on third volume but no text missing from the labels. Bindings secure, covers not much worn at all, cover vellum lightly evenly darkened. VG. Scarce set in nice condition. (a80104)
$2700.00 Robertson, Jacobo . CLAVIS PENTATEUCHI SIVE ANALYSIS OMNIUM VOCUM HEBRAICARUM SUO ORDINE IN PENTATEUCHO MOSEOS OCCURRENTIUM (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Edinburghi 1770 R. Fleming et P et A Neill. Hardcover. Octavo, 576pp., xl, full leather with gilt decorated spine and raised spine bands. Very old owner signature "John Fleming 1779". Good, tiny bit of worming in lower margins of a few initial and final pages, spine ends worn down, mounted spine label missing; outer hinges cracking but boards still attached and inner hinges are intact. Solid; usable. Text very clean and binding secure. (a81113)
$135.00 Flavio, Gioseffo (Flavius, Josephus) . GIOSEFFO FLAVIO HISTORICO DELLE ANTICHITA E GUERRE GIUDAICHE DIVISO IN VINTISETTE LIBRI
Venetia 1619 Appresso Giouanni alberti a Santa Foscha. Inn Italian. Three volumes in one. Hardcover. Square Sm.4to., title page, small vignette, (30) 290p. 266p. (2) 335p., full vellum. One contemporary personal name written in margin of title page. Title in contemporary ink on spine. Good plus, spine wrinkled, vellum worn and stained but not chipped. slight wrinkling on text pages. (a85952)
$580.00 Weintraub, Sh. (compiler) . CHALIFAS MIKHTAVIM
Warsaw 1889 first edition?. 12mo hardcover. Original binding: Leather spine with marbled boards. Entirely in Yiddish. Two owner signatures. Worn but intact, hinges not cracked; text toned but not brittle. Boards rounded at tips. One inchlong chip from l eather on spine. Fair. Rare. (a88943)
$350.00 Haupt, Dr. Paul . �BER DIE ANSIEDLUNG DER RUSSISCHEN JUDEN IN EUPHRAT-UND TIGRIS-GEBIETE, EIN VORSCHLAG
Baltimore 1892 Friedenwald. In German. Sm.4to., 21pp., foldout map, hardcover. Ex-library. Good, text clean. (a9798)
$75.00