11×8.5 cm. Booklet (guidebook?) in German with a description of the Holy Temple. According to the model of Leon Schwarzbach of Skala am Zbrucz (Galicia). Owner stamp of Dr. Soloman Wolf from Koln, Germany. Tear along the width of each page. Moderate condition.
Stories of Social Life of 18th century English as context for the Sharp Collection of Pottery and Porcelain. 290 pages, 30 cm. Colored illustrations. Impressive, historic colored catalogue. Very fine condition.
Lexicon of many semitic languages by Edmund Castell (1606-1685) who labored on this life work for 16-18 hours daily over the period of 18 years with the assistance of 14 helpers! Luxury edition, half-leather with gold letters. This is volume 1 that begins with the Hebrew lexicon. Missing the beginning – the preface and introduction and the first 44 doubled columns. The book includes an engraving of the author and begins with the 3 columns (includes all 1654 columns that were divided into three). Fine condition.
118 pages, 21 cm with supplementary maps. Biblical stories in German by Jakob Mautner and Seligman Kohn. Volume 3. Without the front section of the binding, disassembled, fine condition.
* Seker Archeologi shel Michtash Rimon by Steven Rosen, 1994, inscribed by the author.
*Cities of Clay: The Geoarcheology of Tells, Arlene Rosen, 1986, inscribed by the author
* Lithics: After the Stone Age. Steven Rosen, 1997. Inscribed by the author. Fine condition.
Vita di Moise scritta da Filone Ebreo in lingua greca e recata in italiano da Giulio Ballino. The life of Moses by Philo of Alexandria. Italian. Very rare book. Not in the National Library. Aging stains, stickers in the last leaves Fine condition.
Works of Josephus Flavius, translated into English by William Whiston. 2 sections. 468 , VIII [2]: 364 pages, 26.5 cm. Illustrations, folded map, portrait. Original gilt binding. Minimal aging stains. Fine-very fine condition. Uncommon. Not in the National Library.
[16], 448, [8] leaves, 20 cm. [4] copperplate engravings. By Stephano Morina (Etienne Morin), book in Latin with Greek, sources and commentary on the Bible regarding Biblical language. Includes copperplate engravings with illustrations of shekels from the Second Temple era and Christian shekels. Elegant vellum binding. Worming blemishes and holes – primarily to the title page, introduction and margins. Moderate-fine condition.
Faith and Triumph. Composition on the Jewish faith vs. Christianity by Don Juan Joseph Heydeck. Madrid, 1815. 404 leaves, 20 cm. Spanish. Many quotes of biblical verses and use of Hebrew words. The book was written by Don Juan Joseph Heydeck, a professor of Semitic languages, in the wake of the “Sanhedrin” that Napoléon Bonaparte established. Original leather binding with embossed gold in the spine. Aging stains in margins. Wide margins. Very fine condition.
Janua hebraeae linguae Vete ris Testamenti [Hebrew grammar according to the Old Testament] by Reineccius Christian. Leipzig, 1748. [6] leaves, 1112, 132, 206 pages. 17 cm. Latin. Three title pages, the first partially in red ink. Illustrated frontispiece. Comprehensive work regarding Hebrew grammar. The first section explains Hebrew words according to the order of the Tanach. The other sections are printed like a dictionary. Words and verses in punctuated Hebrew letters, charts. Original, parchment binding, tear in the spine. Very fine condition.