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Catalog 144:
The Leo Baeck-Stanley Dreyfus Collection
Friends--
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144: BOOKS FROM THE LEO BAECK-STANLEY DREYFUS COLLECTION (http://www.danwy=
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A few highlights include:
-Books inscribed to Leo Baeck by leading Jewish thinkers of the 20th
Century
-Hebrew Bible published 1574
-The Baskin Bible, one of 175 numbered & signed copies
-The First American Jewish songbook to feature patriotic songs
-Dickens, Bleak House, 1st edition.
The Catalog contains some 67 titles related to:
-The Life of Leo Baeck
-German-Jewish History and the Early Reform Movement
-Rabbinics and Jewish Thought
-Bible
-Liturgy
-Art
-American Jewish History
-Non-Jewish Subjects
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CATALOG 144: THE BAECK-DREYFUS COLLECTION
A Selection of Titles
Friends-
In Jewish history, Rabbinic lines often pass from Father-in-Law to
Son-in-Law. Less common is for a line to pass from Grandfather-in-Law
to Grandson-in-Law. But the Baeck-Dreyfus family follows exactly that
pattern.
Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was a leading German Reform Rabbi and the leader
of German Jewry during the Holocaust. Baeck's father Samuel was also a
rabbi. In 1905 the younger Baeck published The Essence of Judaism, in
response to Adolf von Harnack's The Essence of Christianity. This book,
which interpreted and defended Judaism through a prism of
Neo-Kantianism tempered with religious existentialism, made him a
famous proponent for the Jewish people and faith.
Leo Baeck and his wife, Natalie, had one child, Ruth, who married
Hermann Berlak, an accountant, in 1923. Ruth and Hermann Berlak had one
daughter, Marianne. As conditions in Germany worsened, despite his many
opportunities to emigrate, Baeck chose to remain with his people in
Germany. In 1933, after the Nazis seized power, Baeck worked to defend
the Jewish community as president of the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen
Juden, an umbrella organization that united German Jewry from 1933 to
1938. After the Reichsvertretung was disbanded during the November
Pogrom, the Nazis reassembled the council's members under the
government controlled Reichsvereinigung. Leo Baeck headed this
organization as its president until his deportation. On 27 January
1943, he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where
he became the "honorary head" of the Council of Elders (Judenrat) in
Theresienstadt.
Natalie Baeck died in Berlin in 1937. Following Kristallnacht, Marianne
was sent to England on a Kindertransport. Despite deplorable
conditions, Leo Baeck survived his imprisonment in Theresienstadt.
After the War, Baeck lived in London, taught at Hebrew Union College in
America, and became Chairman of the World Union for Progressive
Judaism.
In 1950, Marianne married A. Stanley Dreyfus (above left), a recently
ordained American-born Reform Rabbi whom she met while accompanying her
grandfather, Leo Baeck, on a trip to the US. Rabbi Dreyfus himself went
on to a very distinguished career as an American Reform Rabbi, serving
congregations in Indiana, Texas and New York. He was the rabbi of
Union Temple of Brooklyn, NY from 1965 to 1979, and then served as the
Director of Rabbinic Placement of the Central Conference of American
Rabbis (1980-1991). He taught Liturgy and Commentaries at the New York
campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for over
four decades and chaired the Liturgy Committee of the CCAR from 1975 to
1979, overseeing the publication of the Reform prayerbooks Gates of
Prayer, Gates of the House, Gates of Understanding, and Gates of
Repentance. And he was an avid book collector.
A. Stanley Dreyfus died in 2008, survived by Marianne and, among
others, Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, his daughter-in-law, and, true to
family history, Rabbi Elizabeth Richman, his granddaughter-in-law.
Below is an assortment of books from Stanley=E2=80=99s and Marianne=E2=
=80=99s Library,
reflecting their connection to the legacy of Leo Baeck and to Stanley=
=E2=80=99s
interests in Liturgy, Jewish history, and the Reform movement.
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CONTENTS:
=E2=80=A2 LEO BAECK
=E2=80=A2 GERMAN AND REFORM
=E2=80=A2 RABBINICS
=E2=80=A2 BIBLE
=E2=80=A2 LITURGY
=E2=80=A2 ART
=E2=80=A2 CHILDREN
=E2=80=A2 MUSIC
=E2=80=A2 AMERICANA
=E2=80=A2 NON-JEWISH
LEO BAECK
1. =E2=80=A2 Lund, Johann. DIE ALTEN J=C3=9CDISCHEN HEILIGTH=C3=9CME=
R, GOTTESDIENSTE,
UND GEWOHNHEITEN. Hamburg, Verlegts Gottfried Liebernickel,
Buchh=C3=A4ndler, 1704. Original Publisher's Cloth. Folio. [38], 1090,=
[146]
pages, [35] leaves of plates (1 folded). Illus. 35 cm. In German.
Subtitle: "f=C3=BCr Augen gestellet in einer ausf=C3=BChrlichen Beschre=
ibung des
gantzen levitischen Priesterthums und f=C3=BCnff unterschiedenen B=C3=
=BCchern. "
Title translates to English as, "The Ancient Jewish Holy Places,
Religious Services, and Habits. " Presented to Leo Baeck by the
Landesverband der j=C3=BCdischen Gemeinden der Nord-Rheinprovinz, The
National Association of Jewish Communities of the North-Rhine Province,
with a memo attached to inside front cover; dated May 28, 1952 with
institutional stamp. CONTENTS: I. Von der Stiffts-H=C3=BCtten, dero
Verfertigung, Ger=C3=A4then, Versetzung, so wol in der W=C3=BCsten als=
im Lande
Canaan, und wo sie endlich geblieben -- II. Von dem Tempel, so wol dem
ersten als dem andern, von dessen Erbauung, Gestalt, Pracht, Ger=C3=A4t=
hen,
[et]c, und zweymaliger Verst=C3=B6rung -- III. Von dem Hohen- und ande=
rn
Priestern, deren Kleidern, Salbung, Amte, und alle Verrichtungen bey
der Stiffts-H=C3=BCtte und Tempel -- IV. Von den Leviten, deren Ursprun=
g,
und Aemtern zur Zeit der Stiffts-H=C3=BCtte und des Tempels, auch was s=
ie
mit den Priestern im Amte gemein gehabt, wie auch von beyder
Eink=C3=BCnfften und Verpflegung -- V. Von dem t=C3=A4glichen Gottesdie=
nst der
alten Hebr=C3=A4er in und ausser der Stiffts-H=C3=BCtte und Tempel, der=
o Wochen-,
Monat-, und Jahr-Festen. Portrait of Lund and opposite another
full-page illustration depicting ancient priests of Israel, sacred
precincts of a sanctuary area, Jerusalem on earth and heaven and the
author at his work; title page printed in red and black; German text,
printed double-column and with marginal side-notes printed throughout,
arranged in topical sections; decorative initial letters, head and
tailpieces, some with mystical symbolism; with engraved plates, some of
which are double or folding, by J. W. Michael and J. G. Mentzel -
temple areas, furnishings, the architecture of buildings as well as of
sacred objects, candelabra, altars, coins & medals, costume of priests,
numerology & calculations, various punishments including crucifixion
and flogging, map of a large encampment with identification and with
other curiosities of ancient times all relating to Jewish religious
life and culture; within the text are other small illustrations, shofar
horns, measuring requirements, a hat, a system for holding the neck of
a beast, presumably for ritual sacrifice or proper butchering practice,
and others; with several useful indexes at back, for Greek or Hebrew
words in the text and a lengthy subject index; Stanley Dreyfus'
[Baeck's grandson-in-law] copy with his notes laid in. Vellum covers
worn, front vellum coming detached along edge. Internal pages darkened
with light staining throughout, but all text is clear. Good Condition.
(DREYFUS-3-13) (ID #28662) $450.00.
2. =E2=80=A2 Simon, Akibah Ernst; 1899-; Buber, Martin; 1878-1965.=
=D7=91=D7=A2=D7=99=D7=95=D7=AA:
=D7=91=D7=9E=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=93=D7=A9=D7=99=D7=AA =D7=9C=D7=97=D7=99=D7=
=99 =D7=A6=D7=91=D7=95=D7=A8. BE'AYOT: BAMAH HODSHIT LE-HAYE TSIBUR (VOLUM=
E ONE,
NUMBERS ONE AND TWO). Jerusalem: [?], 1944-1949. Boards, 8vo, 2
volumes. In Hebrew. Handwritten inscription to Leo Baeck by 3 giants of
20th Century Judaism: Martin Buber, Y. L. Magnes, & A. Simon. Monthly
periodical. Title translates to: "Issues: What's new in Community Life?
" SUBJECT(S): Descriptor: Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 1917-1948
-- Periodicals. Zionism -- Periodicals. Geographic: Palestine --
Politics and government -- Periodicals. Pages tanned. 10 holdings on
OCLC. Bound in attractive special wooden boards, very handsome set.
Good + condition. (DREYFUS-4-7) (ID #28580) $500.00.
3. =E2=80=A2 Maybaum, Ignaz. Trans. From The German by Joseph Leftwi=
ch. Man
and Catastrophe. SERMONS PREACHED AT THE REFUGEES SERVICES OF THE
UNITED SYNAGOGUE. London, Allenson & Co., 1941. Cloth, 12mo, 160 pages.
Inscribed by Maybaum to Leo Baeck's daughter and son-in-law, Ruth and
Herman Berlak, "in der name LEO BACK zwischen uns knupft. Frances und
Ignaz Maybaum, London NW2, Nov 9, 1941." Leo Baeck was at the time of
the inscription soon to be deported to Theresienstadt. Maybaum was a
German Rabbi arrested in 1935 "by the Gestapo, spending six weeks in
prison before being released. In 1939 he left Germany on a
Kindertransport and went to London, England=E2=80=A6. From 1956 until h=
is
retirement in 1963, he lectured in homiletics and theology at Leo Baeck
College. =E2=80=A6. He is most frequently remembered for his controvers=
ial view
in The Face of God After Auschwitz (1965) that the suffering of Jews in
the Holocaust was vicarious atonement for the sins of the rest of the
world (http: //en. Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Maybaum). (DREYFUS-6-16)
(ID #28730) $300.00.
4. =E2=80=A2 Baer, Yitzhak. =D7=99=D7=A9=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=9C =D7=91=D7=
=A2=D7=9E=D7=99=D7=9D: =D7=A2=D7=99=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=91=D7=AA=
=D7=95=D7=9C=D7=93=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=9E=D7=99 =D7=94=D7=91=D7=99=D7=AA=
=D7=94=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=99 =D7=95=D7=AA=D7=A7=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=AA
=D7=94=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=94 =D7=95=D7=91=D7=99=D7=A1=D7=95=D7=93=D7=
=95=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=94=D7=9C=D7=9B=D7=94 =D7=95=D7=94=D7=90=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=
=A0=D7=94. YISRA'EL BA'-AMIM / ISRAEL AMONG THE
NATIONS. Jerusalem; Mosad Byalik, 1955. Clothbound. 8vo. 144 pages. 22
cm. In Hebrew. Rabbi Leo Baeck's copy, warmly inscribed to him by the
author, Yitzhak Baer. Title page verso in English: "Israel Among the
Nations. An essay on the history of the period of the second Temple and
the Mishna and on the foundations of the Halacha and Jewish religion. "
Yitzhak Baer (1888=E2=80=931980), was a German-Israeli historian and an=
expert
in medieval Spanish Jewish history. "Born in Halberstadt, where he
obtained a thorough Jewish education, Baer studied philosophy,
classical philology, and history (the latter under Heinrich Finke) at
the universities of Berlin, Strasbourg, and Freiburg. From 1919 Baer
was research associate of the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des
Judentums in Berlin, under whose auspices he went twice to Spain
(1925=E2=80=9326) to collect archival source material on the history of=
the
Jews in Christian Spain. In 1928 he was appointed lecturer and in 1930
professor of medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. From 1932 to 1945 he was professor of general medieval
history; he served from 1930 to 1959 as head of the university's
department of Jewish history. Baer was one of the founders and editors
of the Jewish historical review Zion. A coeditor of the
"Historiographical Library" and Sefer ha-Yishuv, he took a leading part
in the Israel Historical Society and was one of the 20 founding members
of the Israel Academy of Sciences. He also contributed important
articles to the German Encyclopaedia Judaica and its Hebrew counterpart
(Eshkol). =E2=80=A6 His method seeks to bring to light the internal for=
ces that
fashioned the Jewish communities within the framework of general
history and local conditions. Baer believed that the essential features
of Jewish communal organization were already set during the early
generations of the Second Temple period and that these forms of
organization were a product of the religious and national experiences
of the people, and not that the Diaspora gave birth to them, although
there were changes reflecting special conditions of time and place.
Baer also investigated the spiritual and religious world of the Jewish
people from the Second Temple period and the Middle Ages. Among his
studies in this area are a series of articles in Zion written between
1932 and 1961 dealing with the theology of the Sefer Hasidim and the
Hasidei Ashkenaz in general; with the historical basis of halakhah;
with the relations between Jews, the early Christian Church, and the
Roman Empire until Constantine. According to Baer the driving force of
Jewish history lies in the continuing socioreligious activity of groups
of pious and practical men of faith who aimed at perfecting the world.
They succeeded in influencing the active elements among the people,
with their beliefs and teachings, maintaining close ties with the
non-Jewish world, and participating in its religiocultural and
socioethical development. " (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica). Subjects: Jews
-- History -- 586 B. C. -70 A. D. Backstrip shaken, lightly worn and
frayed at edges. Covers and endpages lightly soiled. Pages clean and
fresh. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-6-3) (ID #28704) $175.00.
5. =E2=80=A2 Bernfeld, Simon. =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=A0=D7=91=
=D7=99=D7=90=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=9B=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=91=D7=99=D7=9D. TORAH NEVI'=
IM U-KHETUVIM =3D
DIE HEILIGE SCHRIFT. Frankfurt A. M. ; J. Kauffmann, 1906. Clothbound.
8vo. XXXIV, 886 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Milli Berlak's copy with
an old inscription (1910) to her and with a later (1955) autograph
letter to her from Rabbi Leo Baeck laid in. The Baeck and Berlak
families were intimately tied together during the Holocaust and
pre-Holocaust period: Milli Berlak's brother Hermann married Leo
Baeck's daughter Ruth Baeck; Milli Berlak's father, also named Leo,
moved in with Leo Baeck in Berlin as conditions worsened after
Kristallnacht and was eventually deported and murdered. In German.
Quarter leather with decorative cloth and gilt lettering. Full title:
"Die Heilige Schrift: nach dem masoretischen Text neu u=C2=A8bersetzt u=
nd
erkla=C2=A8rt nebst einer Einleitung und einem Teil der Apokryphen. " T=
itle
translates as: "The Holy Scripture according to the Masoretic text
newly translated and explained, together with an introduction and a
portion of the Apocrypha" by Simon Bernfeld (1860-1940) a "German
publicist and rabbi; born in Stanislau, Galicia, Jan. 6, 1860. His
father, who was a good rabbinical scholar and also well versed in
secular knowledge, was his first instructor. He took to writing Hebrew
very early; and at the age of thirteen he translated a German novel
into that tongue. =E2=80=A6He entered the university of the German capi=
tal, and
at the same time attended the Hochschule f=C3=BCr die Wissenschaft des
Judenthums. In 1885 he became a regular contributor to "Ha-Meli" (St.
Petersburg), and in the same year obtained his doctor's degree. In
March, 1886, he was elected chief rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese
community of Belgrade, the capital of Servia, and director of the
Jewish school in that city. This position he held for about seven
years. His new translation of the Bible, now in course of publication,
has also been highly praised (see "Allg. Zeit. Des Judenthums, " 1901,
No. 13). His chief significance, however, lies in the field of
Neo-Hebraic literature. He belongs to the younger class of clear and
forceful writers who have brought new life into modern Hebrew
literature and have lifted the journalistic part of it to an eminence
which it had not before attained. " (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) His
German translation of the Bible, which follows traditional
translations, was published in several editions. Subjects: Bible --
Versions, German. Bible. O. T. German. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide.
Contains lengthy handwritten dedication from "Dr. Bloch" to Milli
Berlak on the first endpage from the year 1910; Cloth worn, covers
bumped at edges, backstrip shaken. Pages fresh and clean. Very good +
condition. (DREYFUS-6-12) (ID #28713) $250.00.
6. =E2=80=A2 Elbogen, Ismar. GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND. Be=
rlin;
J=C3=BCdische Buch-Vereinigung, 1935. Clothbound. 8vo. 319 pages. 21 cm=
=2E
First edition. In German. Copy belonging to Marianne Berlak,
granddauther of Leo Baeck, by Baeck's colleague Ismar Elbogen. Title
translates as: "History of Jews in Germany. " The History of Jews in
Germany traces the history of persecution in the middle ages, 19th
century emancipation, and the position of the Jews in the Third Reich.
Ismar Elbogen (1874=E2=80=931943), was a scholar, teacher, and public f=
igure.
Elbogen was born in Schildberg, Posen province, and studied at the
Breslau Rabbinical Seminary. Israel Lewy, the famous Talmud critic, was
the teacher who most influenced him. In 1899 he began teaching Jewish
history and biblical exegesis at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in
Florence. While in Italy he perfected his knowledge in Italian Jewish
history and literature. In 1903 he joined the faculty of the Hochschule
fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, teaching many subjects
and for many years was involved unofficially in directing the
institution. He was involved in the organizational life of German Jews,
heading important committees and commissions. In 1938, in the wake of
Nazi persecution, Elbogen immigrated to New York. He was appointed
research professor simultaneously at four institutions: Jewish
Theological Seminary, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of
Religion, and Dropsie College. Subjects: Jews -- Germany -- History.
Covers lightly soiled and worn, pages lightly aged. Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-6-5) (ID #28706) $100.00.
7. =E2=80=A2 Gollancz, Victor. FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: A CONFESSION=
OF FAITH
IN THE FORM OF AN ANTHOLOGY. London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. Cloth, 8vo,
668 pages. First Edition. Inscribed by author to Rabbi Leo Baeck on the
front end paper "For Dr. Baeck/with homage/VG. " With the ownership
stamp of Leo Baeck's grandson-in-law, Rabbi Stanley Dreyfus, on the
front pastedown. "In addition to his highly successful publishing
business, [Victor] Gollancz was a prolific writer on a variety of
subjects, and put his ideas into action by establishing campaigning
groups. His 1943 pamphlet 'Let My People Go', which called for an
attempt by the Allied powers to rescue Jews under threat of
extermination in occupied Europe, reached a mass audience in 1943,
following widespread coverage in the British media in December 1942 of
the Nazi's extermination policy. =E2=80=A6. Along with Eleanor Rathbone=
,
Gollancz was the foremost British campaigner during the Second World
War on the issue of the Nazi extermination of European Jewry"
(Wikipedia, 2011). An important association copy, linking these two
important leaders of European Jewry during the Holocaust. Very Good
Condition. (DREYFUS-6-17) (ID #28731) $200.00.
8. =E2=80=A2 Kollenscher, Max. J=C3=9CDISCHES AUS DER DEUTSCH-POLNIS=
CHEN
=C3=9CBERGANGSZEIT; POSEN 1918-1920. Berlin; "ewer" Buchhandlung, H.
Werner,, 1925. Clothbound. 8vo. 223 pages. 22 cm. First Edition. Leo
Baeck's copy, with his confirmed ownership signature on front end
paper. Baeck was himself born in Posen, where his father, Samuel Baeck,
was a rabbi. In German. Contains frontispiece plate of synagogue of
Posen. Title translates as: "Jews in the German-Polish transition
period; Posen 1918-1920." This volume constitutes both a history of
Posen and the Jewish experience during the revolutions preceding the
first world war, as well as a set of tracts and political programs
outlined by Kollenscher for Zionist communal acitivites in the city of
Posen. Max Kollenscher was born in Posen in 1875. He was a lawyer and
organized the "Juedischer Volksrat" in Posen after World War I. From
1925 until his emigration to Palestine in 1934, Kollenscher was a
member of the executive board of the Berlin Jewish community. He was an
active Zionist and the author of several publications on Jewish
communal politics. He died in Palestine in 1937. Subjects: Jews --
Poland -- Poznan (Province). Covers soiled and lightly foxed, endpages
lightly aged and foxed, outer edges lightly soiled and foxed. Pages
lightly aged, but clean and crisp throughout. Good+ condition.
(DREYFUS-6-6) (ID #28707) $350.00.
9. =E2=80=A2 Lehrmann, Chanan. L'=C3=89L=C3=89MENT JUIF DANS LA PENS=
=C3=89E EUROP=C3=89ENNE.
Paris; =C3=89ditions Du Chant Nouveau, 1947. Clothbound. 8vo. 243 pages=
=2E 22
cm. First edition. In French. Rabbi Leo Baeck's copy, with lengthy
inscription to him by the author. Title translates as: "The Jewish
Elements in European thought. " This volume by Rabbi Chanan Lehrmann
(1905-1977) develops a thorough history of the influence of Jewish
literature and poetry on the cultural and literary milieus in European
literature, specifically, the Italian Rennaissance, Shakespeare and
Racine, Symbolism and its interconnections with Zionism, and Jewish
literature in France. Subjects: Jewish philosophy. Jewish literature --
History and criticism. Jews in literature. Backstrip lightly worn, gilt
lettering on covers lightly faded. Endpages and margins lightly aged.
Pages clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-6-4) (ID #28705)
$125.00.
10. =E2=80=A2 Scholem, Gershom. =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8 =D7=94=D7=99=D7=
=95=D7=91=D7=9C =D7=9C=D7=9B=D7=91=D7=95=D7=93 =D7=92=D7=A8=D7=A9=D7=9D=
=D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=9D =D7=9C=D7=9E=D7=9C=D7=90=D7=AA =D7=9C=D7=95 =D7=
=A9=D7=99=D7=A9=D7=99=D7=9D
=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=94. SEFER HA-YOVEL: LI-KHEVOD GERSHOM SHALOM: LI-MELOT=
LO SHISHIM
SHANAH / GERSHOM SCHOLEM JUBILEE VOLUME, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY. Jerusalem; Magnes, 1958. Clothbound. 8vo. 294 pages.
24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. With frontispiece photograph of
Gershom Scholem (1898=E2=80=931982), the most important scholar of Jewi=
sh
mysticism and a towering figure in Jewish intellectual life. "The main
themes that represent his thought are the emergence of Kabbalah in
Europe in mid-12th century as the result of a synthesis between Gnostic
and Neoplatonic elements; the rise of messianic interest among the
kabbalists after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain; the reaction to
the trauma of the expulsion in the theories of the Safed kabbalists,
especially the Lurianic one; the spread of this type of messianic
Kabbalah among wider audiences, which prepared the way for the
emergence of the Shabbatean movement, and last but not least, the
assumption that the wide influence of the Shabbatean movement had an
impact on the emergence of three main religious developments since the
18th century: Hasidism, Enlightenment, and Reform. " (2007 Jewish
Encyclopedia) The Jubilee volume was published the same year Scholem
received the "Israel Price in Jewish Studies. " Subjects: Judaism.
Scholem, Gershom Gerhard. Covers lightly soiled and lightly worn. Edges
bumped. Pages lightly aged, but clean and fresh. Very good + condition.
(DREYFUS-6-9) (ID #28710) $300.00.
11. =E2=80=A2 Soloweitschik, Max. DIE WELT DER BIBEL: EIN BILDERATLA=
S ZUR
GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR DES BIBLISCHEN ZEITALTERS. Berlin; J=C3=BCdischer
Verlag, 1926. Clothbound. 4to. 240, [4] pages. 29 cm. First German
edition. With ownership signature of Marianne Berlak, the only
grandchild of Rabbi Leo Baeck. Blue cloth with gilt lettering.
Translation of: Sekhiyot ha-Mikra. Title translates as: "The World of
the Bible: an Illustrated Atlas of the History and Culture of the
Biblical Era. " Includes three full color large fold out maps of
Palestine, and 693 color and black and white plates: depicting
landscape portraits, plant species, stone inscriptions, architectural
layouts, pottery, jewelry, tools, and other artifacts from the land of
the Bible. Max Soloweitschik (1883-1957) was a Lithuanian Zionist
activist, minister of Jewish affairs in the Lithuanian parliament from
1919 to 1922, one time member of the World Zionist Organization, member
of the editorial board for the Judisches Lexikon and the German
language Encyclopaedia Judaica, he emigrated to Palestine in 1933 and
served as director of the Angle-Palestine Bank and later as director of
the Education Department of the General Council of the Palestine Jewish
Community, and later first director of the voice of Israel radio
service. He published a number of historical-critical works and essays
on the Bible throughout his life. (Information from David Engel;
"Hebrew Nationalism and Biblical Criticism" in "Ki Baruch Hu" 1999.)
Subjects: Bible -- Antiquities. Bible -- History of Biblical events.
Bible -- Geography -- Maps. Israel. Bible. O. T. -- Antiquities. Bible.
O. T. -- History of contemporary events. Covers lightly soiled,
backstrip aged and lightly soiled. Pages lightly aged, very fresh and
clean. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-6-10) (ID #28711) $50.00.
12. =E2=80=A2 Stern, Selma. THE COURT JEW: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HIS=
TORY OF
THE PERIOD OF ABSOLUTISM IN CENTRAL EUROPE. Philadelphia, Jewish
Publication Society Of America, 1950. Clothbound. 8vo. xvii, 312 pages.
22 cm. First edition. Leo Baeck's copy inscribed to him by the author.
Translated from the German manuscript by Ralph Weiman. Selma
Stern-Taeubler (1890=E2=80=931981), "born in Kippenheim (Baden), was th=
e first
girl to attend the Gymnasium in Baden-Baden. She then studied history
and languages at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich, graduating
in 1913. She specialized at first in general German history, but became
interested in the history of German Jewry. In 1919 she was appointed a
research fellow at the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in
Berlin at the invitation of its founder and director, the historian
Eugen Taeubler, whom she married in 1927. Her special field was
compiling source material on the relationship between the Prussian
state and its Jews from 1648 to 1812. Her scholarly publications were
based on the premise that Judaism had to be studied in the context of
the political and cultural environment. The first two volumes of her
chief work, Der preussische Staat und die Juden, were published in
1925, and a third volume followed in 1938, but almost the entire
edition was destroyed by the Nazis. In 1934 the Akademie was closed by
the Nazis, and in 1941 Selma Stern-Taeubler and her husband immigrated
to the United States, settling in Cincinnati. In 1947 she became the
first archivist of the American Jewish Archives (at the Hebrew Union
College, Cincinnati), a post she held until her retirement in 1957. In
1960 Selma Stern-Taeubler moved to Basle, Switzerland. (2007
Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Court Jews -- Germany. Jews -- Germany
-- Economic conditions. Capitalists and financiers -- Europe.
Hoffaktor. Geschichte 1640-1740. Top of backstrip chipped, edges of
backstrip worn. Covers lightly soiled. Endpages lightly soiled. Pages
clean and fresh. Very good- condition in Good Jacket. (DREYFUS-6-8) (ID
#28709) $200.00.
13. =E2=80=A2 Stern, Selma; Ludwig Lewisohn. THE SPIRIT RETURNETH.
Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1946. Clothbound.
8vo. 265 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Leo Baeck's copy inscribed to him
by the author. "The Spirit Returneth" is a novel by Selma Stern,
translated from the German manuscript by Ludwig Lewisohn. Selma
Stern-Taeubler (1890=E2=80=931981), "born in Kippenheim (Baden), was th=
e first
girl to attend the Gymnasium in Baden-Baden. She then studied history
and languages at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich, graduating
in 1913. She specialized at first in general German history, but became
interested in the history of German Jewry. In 1919 she was appointed a
research fellow at the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in
Berlin at the invitation of its founder and director, the historian
Eugen Taeubler, whom she married in 1927. Her special field was
compiling source material on the relationship between the Prussian
state and its Jews from 1648 to 1812. Her scholarly publications were
based on the premise that Judaism had to be studied in the context of
the political and cultural environment. The first two volumes of her
chief work, Der preussische Staat und die Juden, were published in
1925, and a third volume followed in 1938, but almost the entire
edition was destroyed by the Nazis. In 1934 the Akademie was closed by
the Nazis, and in 1941 Selma Stern-Taeubler and her husband immigrated
to the United States, settling in Cincinnati. In 1947 she became the
first archivist of the American Jewish Archives (at the Hebrew Union
College, Cincinnati), a post she held until her retirement in 1957. In
1960 Selma Stern-Taeubler moved to Basle, Switzerland. Her historical
novel, The Spirit Returneth=E2=80=A6 (1946; Ger. 1972: Ihr seid meine Z=
eugen),
deals with the persecution of the Jews during the time of the Black
Death and helped the author to understand the persecutions of her own
time. " (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Jews -- Europe -- History
-- Fiction. Leo Covers lightly worn, outer edges lightly soiled, page
margins lightly aged. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition in Good
jacket. (DREYFUS-6-7) (ID #28708) $200.00.
14. =E2=80=A2 Weil, Arthur. ZWISCHEN GOLA UND MEDINA; PREDIGTEN DER=
ZEIT.
Basel; Brin, 1951. Clothbound. 12mo. 335 pages.19 cm. First edition.
Leo Baeck's copy, inscribed to him by the author. In German. Blue cloth
with gilt lettering. Title translates as: "Between Gola and Medina;
Sermons of our Time. " This collection of sermons and essays by Rabbi
Arthur Weil of Basel, Switzerland, is devoted to understanding the
complexity and reasons for the beginning of the State of Israel.
Contents: Part One: A. Aspects of the Jewish religion; B. Our community
and its institutions; C. Religious and political problems; D. Religious
and Political Education; E. Jewish destiny / Second part: A.
Declaration of the State of Palestine; B. Founding of the Jewish State.
Subjects: Jewish sermons -- Switzerland. OCLC lists 12 copies
worldwide. Covers lightly worn. Page margins lightly aged. Corners
lightly bumped. Pages very fresh and clean. Very good+ condition.
(DREYFUS-6-2) (ID #28703) $125.00.
15. =E2=80=A2 Schonfeld, Victor. =D7=A9=D7=A4=D7=AA =D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=
=94. S=C2=B4EFAT MOSHEH / A HEBREW READER
[VOLUME 2]. London; Cailingold, 5697. Clothbound. 12mo. XXXVIII, 96,
[1] pages. 18 cm. With ownership signature of Marianne Berlak, the onl=
y
grandchild of Rabbi Leo Baeck. Holocaust-era imprint. Fourth Edition.
In Hebrew, with bilingual index in English and Hebrew. Black and white
plate on last page depicts a young boy engaged with the Hebrew Reader.
"A Hebrew Reader" is a bilingual English and Hebrew grammar for
elementary school age learners, compiled by the Rabbi Victor Schonfeld,
(1880=E2=80=931930), an English rabbi and educator. The reader went thr=
ough
many published editions, throughout the 1920's until the 1950's, and
this second volume constitutes a reader for the student with some
experience with Hebrew already. The author: "Schonfeld was born in
Hungary. He served as rabbi of the Montefiore Society in Vienna until
1909, when he went to the North London Beth Hamidrash, which became the
Adath Yisrael Synagogue in 1911. In 1920 Schonfeld took up an
invitation to become head of the Mizrachi schools in Eretz Israel;
dissatisfied with conditions, he returned to his former post two years
later. In 1927 he founded the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations in
England, and in 1929 he established the Jewish Secondary Schools
Movement. Schonfeld was an outstanding preacher and teacher, wielding
great influence beyond the confines of his congregation, partly through
the youth society, Ben Zakkai, which he founded. Apart from publishing
a number of textbooks for religious schools, a volume of his sermons
and essays was published posthumously by his son Solomon (Judaism as
Life's Purpose, 1930; a shorter edition Life's Purpose, 1956). " (2007
Encyclopedia Judaica). Subjects: Readers, Hebrew. OCLC lists one copy
of the 1937 printing worldwide (National Library of Israel). Green
cloth covers lightly worn on edges of backstrip. Bottom corner lightly
bumped. Pages aged, but very clean and fresh. Very good + condition.
(DREYFUS-6-1) (ID #28702) $50.00.
16. =E2=80=A2 Ba'er, Yitshak (Baer). Toldot Ha-Yehudim Bi-Sefarad
Ha-Notsrit. Tel Aviv: am oved, 1944. Cloth, 8vo, 2 volumes, 608 pages.
Includes fold out maps; 22 cm. In Hebrew. Rabbi Leo Baeck's copy,
warmly inscribed to him by the author, YA Baer. With the later
ownership stamp of Rabbi Stanley Dreyfus, Baeck's grandson-in-law.
Contents: v. 1. Mi-tehiatan shel ha-kehilot 'Ad herev hurbanan
bi-shenat 151 [1390 or 1391] -- v. 2. Mi-hurbanan shel 151 [1390 or
1391] Had ha-gerush. Yitzhak Baer (1888=E2=80=931980), was a German-Isr=
aeli
historian and an expert in medieval Spanish Jewish history. "Born in
Halberstadt, where he obtained a thorough Jewish education, Baer
studied philosophy, classical philology, and history (the latter under
Heinrich Finke) at the universities of Berlin, Strasbourg, and
Freiburg. From 1919 Baer was research associate of the Akademie fuer
die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, under whose auspices he went
twice to Spain (1925=E2=80=9326) to collect archival source material on=
the
history of the Jews in Christian Spain. In 1928 he was appointed
lecturer and in 1930 professor of medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem. From 1932 to 1945 he was professor of general
medieval history; he served from 1930 to 1959 as head of the
university's department of Jewish history. Baer was one of the founders
and editors of the Jewish historical review Zion. A coeditor of the
"Historiographical Library" and Sefer ha-Yishuv, he took a leading part
in the Israel Historical Society and was one of the 20 founding members
of the Israel Academy of Sciences. He also contributed important
articles to the German Encyclopaedia Judaica and its Hebrew counterpart
(Eshkol). =E2=80=A6 His method seeks to bring to light the internal for=
ces that
fashioned the Jewish communities within the framework of general
history and local conditions. Baer believed that the essential features
of Jewish communal organization were already set during the early
generations of the Second Temple period and that these forms of
organization were a product of the religious and national experiences
of the people, and not that the Diaspora gave birth to them, although
there were changes reflecting special conditions of time and place.
Baer also investigated the spiritual and religious world of the Jewish
people from the Second Temple period and the Middle Ages. Among his
studies in this area are a series of articles in Zion written between
1932 and 1961 dealing with the theology of the Sefer Hasidim and the
Hasidei Ashkenaz in general; with the historical basis of halakhah;
with the relations between Jews, the early Christian Church, and the
Roman Empire until Constantine. According to Baer the driving force of
Jewish history lies in the continuing socioreligious activity of groups
of pious and practical men of faith who aimed at perfecting the world.
They succeeded in influencing the active elements among the people,
with their beliefs and teachings, maintaining close ties with the
non-Jewish world, and participating in its religiocultural and
socioethical development. " (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica). SUBJECT(S):
Jews -- Spain -- History. Geographic: Spain -- Ethnic relations. Spain
-- History -- 711-1516. Includes bibliographical references. OCLC lists
27 copies worldwide. Boards slightly bowed, spines sunned, otherwise
Good+ Condition. (DREYFUS-6-15) (ID #28729) $325.00.
GERMAN AND REFORM
17. =E2=80=A2 (Frankfurt A. M.) Hahn, Joseph Yuspa Ben Phinehas Seli=
gmann,
Of Nordlingin, 1570-1637. SEFER YOSEF OMETS... DINIM HA-NEHUGIM BE-KHOL
HA-SHANAH... 1723. Period Cloth, 12mo, 212 leaves [i. E. 424 pages]; 1=
6
cm. In Hebrew. Hahn of Nordlingen was a "German rabbi and author. Hahn
spent all his life in Frankfurt. He was present during the Fettmilch
riots, the subsequent expulsion of the Jews from the city in 1614, and
their triumphant return two years later after Fettmilch was hanged.
Hahn was head of the Frankfurt bet din and of the local yeshivah. When
there was no other incumbent, he also filled the office of communal
rabbi. Hahn was a contemporary and colleague of Isaiah Horowitz
(Shelah). Hahn is best known for his book Yosif Omets (Frankfurt,
1723). Hahn's Yosif Omets Deals mainly with the laws and customs of the
Jewish calendar and liturgy, particularly those prevalent in
contemporary Frankfurt. He quotes the custom of reciting the hymn
"Lekhah Dodi " on Friday evenings as a 'new' one, recently introduced.
Hahn deliberately substitutes his own phrases for those which, in the
original, refer to 'going out' to meet the Sabbath, since this custom
obtained only in Erets Israel, where the hymn was composed; the words
he substituted retain the acrostic of the author's name. Hahn also
voiced his displeasure at the new custom of delaying the commencement
of the evening service on the first night of 'Shavuot until a late
hour. The Yosif Omets is a valuable source book for the history of the
contemporary Frankfurt Jewish community. Hahn mentions, for instance,
the local Purim (Adar 20), instituted to commemorate the hanging of
Fettmilch (no. 1107=E2=80=9309). He also records the comparatively slig=
ht
damage suffered by the community as a result of the passage of soldiers
through the area during the Thirty Years' War. The Yosif Omets is
written in a pious vein, and the concluding chapters are devoted to
ethics. In the sections on pedagogy, Hahn deplored the ignorance of the
Bible prevalent among rabbis of his day. He suggested that a boy who
showed no sign of progress in the study of the Talmud by the age of 13
be withdrawn from its study and taught Bible instead" (Tobias in EJ,
2007). SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Early works to
1800. Judaism -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- Customs and practices
-- Early works to 1800. Jews -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main --
History. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Lacking final 12 leaves; in
addition leaves 97-104 in period handwritten facsimile only. Period
wrappers worn, heavy stains to first and final pages, otherwise Good
Condition. Important. (DREYFUS-6-13) (ID #28714) $300.00.
18. =E2=80=A2 Mendelsohn, Moses. PH=C3=84DON ODER =C3=9CBER DIE UNST=
ERBLICHKEIT DER
SEELE IN DREY GESPR=C3=84CHEN. Karlsruhe; Schmiederischen Buchhandlung,
[1780]. Quarter leather over marbled board. 12 mo. [14] 52, 224 pages=
=2E
17 cm. In German. Title translates as "Phaedo or on the Immortality of
Souls in three discussions. " Beautiful gilt lettering and ornate
decoration on spine with marbled endpages. Mendelssohn's Phaedon, for
which he became known as the "Jewish Socrates, " was sold out within
four months of its first printing. "The 'Ph=C3=A4don' was the most wide=
ly
read book of its time. Its special charm was its elegant and lucid
style. Never before in Germany had philosophical questions been treated
in such clear language; so that his contemporaries with justice called
him the 'German Plato. ' The "Ph=C3=A4don" is one of the best productio=
ns of
classic German prose; it was reprinted fifteen times and translated
into nearly all the European languages, while a number of Hebrew
versions were made. The Crown Prince of Brunswick was so delighted with
it that during a visit to his royal uncle in Berlin in the autumn of
1769, he invited the author to visit him at the castle, and expressed
the wish that he might induce him to come to Brunswick. " (Jewish
Encyclopedia 1906) Subjects: Immortality - Early works to 1800. Covers
worn at edges, with top headband shaken, light pencil marks at
endpages, pages clean, with light foxing scattered throughout. Very
good + condition. (DREYFUS-5-9) (ID #28595) $400.00.
Links:
14. http://danwymanbooks.us4.list-manage.com/profile?u=3Df69c18f23e=
79a1b7dc8f80d21&id=3D4255d0542f&e=3De11b527302
19. =E2=80=A2 LEHRBUCH DER ISRAELITISCHEN RELIGION. Stuttgart; Hallb=
erger,
1837. Clothbound. 12mo. XXIV, 190 pages. 19 cm. First edition. In
German. With gilt lettering on spine listing the title, place of
publication and date published. Full title: "Lehrbuch der
Israelitischen Religion, zum Gebrauche der Synagogen und israelitischen
Schulen im K=C3=B6nigreich W=C3=BCrttemberg: auf Veranstaltung der K=C3=
=B6nigl, "
which translates as "Textbook of Israelite Religion, for the use of
Synagogues and Israelite schools in the Kingdom of W=C3=BCrttemberg: of=
the
Royal Meeting. " This textbook, a reform work printed in German, is the
product of an interesting time, when the Jews of Wurttemberg and
Stuttgart had recently been near emancipated from most feudal
restrictions and had obtained civil equality in Wurttemberg on April
25, 1828, with a central Jewish executive created in Stuttgart in 1831
that functioned under governmental supervision. Sermons printed in
German by orthodox rabbis for a small community in a town of mostly
liberal and secular Jews, under the auspice of the authority of the
Kingdom. Subjects: Judaism - Study and teaching. Jews - Education -
Germany. J=C3=BCdische Erziehung. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Later
cloth binding in near fine condition. Pages lightly foxed, clean. Very
good + condition. (DREYFUS-5-1) (ID #28587) $250.00.
20. =E2=80=A2 Friedl=C3=A4nder, David. REDEN, DER ERBAUUNG GEBILDETE=
R ISRAELITEN
GEWIDMET. Berlin; In Commission In Der Maurerschen Buchhandlung, 1815.
Clothbound. 8vo. 76 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In German. Later green
cloth with decorative gilt bordering covers and spine. "Speech, Devoted
to the Creation of Educated Jews", was the work of David Friedlander
(1750-1834), the intellectual successor to Moses Mendelssohn, a secular
authority who significantly assisted with the emancipation of Jews in
Berlin, patron of the Von Humboldt brothers, and founder of a Jewish
free school. This volume is concerned with commerce and banking, the
use of time, and the Day of Atonement in Jerusalem. An important early
Reform imprint. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide, only 2 in the US (HUC &
Harvard), none in New York. Cloth worn at crease on edges of backstrip,
pages lightly warped from moisture, edges lightly browned, with tiny
tears along edge of title page. Internally very clean. Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-5-3) (ID #28589) $350.00.
21. =E2=80=A2 Wessely, Naphtali Herz, 1725-1805. =D7=9E=D7=9B=D7=AA=
=D7=91 =D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=99: =D7=AA=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=91=D7=94. MIKTAV
SHENI... [Berlin], 1782. First edition. Paper Wrappers, 12mo, [42]
leaves. 16 cm. In Hebrew. Vinograd, Berlin 310. Wessely (1725- 1805)
was an "18th-century German Jewish Hebraist and educationist =E2=80=A6.=
[He]
passed his childhood at Copenhagen, where his father was purveyor to
the king. In addition to rabbinical studies under Jonathan Eybesch=C3=
=BCtz,
he studied modern languages. As the representative of the banker
Feitel, he later visited Amsterdam, where he published (1765-66) his
Lebanon, or Gan Na'ul, a philological investigation of Hebrew roots and
synonyms. After his marriage at Copenhagen, he represented Feitel at
Berlin, and there became associated with Mendelssohn. Wessely
encouraged the latter in his labors by publishing Alim li-Terufah, a
work advocating the "bi'ur" and the translation of the Bible into
German. To this work Wessely himself contributed a commentary on
Leviticus (Berlin, 1782) =E2=80=A6. Wessely was an advocate of the educ=
ational
and social reforms outlined in Emperor Joseph II's Toleranzedict
(Patent of toleration). He even risked his reputation for piety by
publishing a manifesto in eight chapters, entitled Divre Shalom ve-Emet
(Words of Peace and Truth), in which he emphasized the necessity for
secular instruction, as well as for other reforms, even from the points
of view of the Mosaic law and the Talmud=E2=80=A6. By thus espousing th=
e cause
of reform, as well as by his support of M. Mendelssohn, Wessely
incurred the displeasure of the rabbinical authorities of Germany and
Poland, who threatened him with excommunication=E2=80=A6. His enemies,=
however,
were finally pacified through the energetic intervention of the Italian
rabbis, as well as by Wessely's pamphlets Meor en, in which he gave
evidence of his sincere piety. In 1788 Wessely published in Berlin his
ethical treatise Sefer ha-Middot (The Book of Virtues), a work of Musar
Literature. He also published several odes; elegies, and other poems;
but his masterwork is his Shire Tif'eret (5 vols. ; i. -iv., Berlin,
1782-1802; v., Prague, 1829), describing in rhetorical style the exodus
from Egypt=E2=80=A6. Wessely influenced his contemporaries in various
directions. As a scholar he contributed, by his profound philological
researches, to the reconstruction of the language of the Bible, though
his work is marred by prolixity and by his refusal to admit shades of
meaning in synonyms. As a poet he possessed perfection of style, but
lacked feeling and artistic imagination. No one exerted a greater
influence than he on the dissemination of modern Hebrew, and no one, on
the other hand, did more to retard the development of pure art and of
poetic intuition. Because of his energetic commitment to the cause of
Jewish emancipation, Wessely may be regarded as a leader of the
Maskilim" (Wikipedia, 2012SUBJECT(S): Jewish religious education of
children. An answer by Wessely to a letter from Triest concerning a
former letter of his. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Columbia,
Stanford, Brandeis). Wear to wrappers, internally Very Good Condition.
(DREYFUS-6-14) (ID #28727) $350.00.
RABBINICS
22. =E2=80=A2 [Binding] Harburger, Juda Ben Isaac. =D7=9E=D7=A1=D7=
=9B=D7=AA =D7=93=D7=A8=D7=9A =D7=90=D7=A8=D7=A5 =D7=96=D7=95=D7=98=D7=90=
=D7=9E=D7=A1=D7=9B=D7=AA
=D7=93=D7=A8=D7=9A =D7=90=D7=A8=D7=A5 =D7=96=D7=95=D7=98=D7=90 / =D7=9E=
=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=92=D7=9D =D7=95=D7=9E=D7=A4=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=A9 =D7=A2=
=D7=9C =D7=A4=D7=99 =D7=9B=D7=97=D7=9E=D7=99=D7=A0=D7=95 =D7=94=D7=A7=D7=
=93=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=96=D7=9C' =D7=95=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=92=
=D7=94 =D7=91=D7=A2=D7=99=D7=95=D7=9F =D7=94=D7=98=D7=99=D7=91
=D7=9E=D7=90=D7=AA=D7=99 ... =D7=99=D7=94=D7=95=D7=93=D7=94 =D7=91=D7=
=9F =D7=99=D7=A6=D7=97=D7=A7 =D7=94=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=99 =D7=94=D7=90=D7=A8=
=D7=91=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=92=D7=A2=D7=A8. MASSECHETH DERECH EREZ SUTTA:
EINE SAMMLUNG DER REINSTEN UND KERHAFTESTEN SITTEN-UND ANSTANDSLEHREN
DER A=C2=A8LTESTEN RABBINEN. Bayreuth; Im Selbstverlage Des Herausgeber=
s,
1839. Clothbound. 8vo. 55 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Text in Hebrew
with German translation on facing pages. Title on blue cloth cover
reads Oeffentlicher Schulpreis Hurben, "Public School Award Hurben"
(Hurben is a small town near Stuttgart), with inscription in ornate
handwriting on endpage indicates that this volume is the second place
prize awarded to Bela Weil for a public school competition. This work
is also the first Hebrew book printed in Bayreuth. (Freimann, Gazette)
Subjects: Talmud. Minor tractates. Derekh erez -- Commentaries. OCLC
lists 16 copies worldwide. Backstrip worn, with chipping at edges.
Covers lightly soiled. Pages lightly foxed and contain dampstains. Very
good condition. (DREYFUS-5-18) (ID #28604) $135.00.
23. =E2=80=A2 Maimonides, Moses and Hermann Hedwig Bernard. THE MAIN
PRINCIPLES OF THE CREED AND ETHICS OF THE JEWS, EXHIBITED IN SELECTIONS
FROM THE YAD HACHAZAKAH OF MAIMONIDES, WITH A LITERAL ENGLISH
TRANSLATION, COPIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE TALMUD. Cambridge, Justin
Smith, 1832. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. Xxxiii, 358 pages. 22 cm.
In Hebrew and English. Subtitle: "Explanatory Notes, An Alphabetical
Glossary of Such Particles and Technical Terms as Occur in the
Selections, and a Collection of the Abbreviations Commonly Used in
Rabbinical Writings. " SUBJECT (S): Jewish law. Jewish ethics. Judaism
-- Creeds. Boards somewhat worn along edges and backstrip. A few
scattered stains on title page and endpages, markings from previous
owner on FEP; otherwise internal pages are nice and clean. Good+
Condition. (DREYFUS-3-3) (ID #28652) $70.00.
24. =E2=80=A2 Rabe, Johann Jacob. MISCHNAH ODER DER TEXT DES TALMUDS=
: DAS
IST, SAMMLUNG DER AUFS=C3=84TZE DER AELTESTEN, UND M=C3=9CNDLICHEN
UEBERLIEFERUNGEN ODER TRADITIONEN ALS DER GRUND DES HEUTIGEN
PHARISAISCHEN JUDENTHUMS.. Onolzbach, J. C. Posch, 1760-1763. Original
Publisher's Cloth. Large 8vo. 6 volumes in 3 books. [14], 268, [8];
294, [4]; 250, [4], [7], 306, [5]; 294, [4], 420, [5] pages. 24 c=
m. In
German. The first German translation of the Mishnah. Title translates
to English as, "Mishnah, or the Text of the Talmud: A Collection of the
Oldest Papers and Oral Traditions as the Basis of Today's Pharisees
Judaism. " CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Seraim. -- Vol. 2. Moed. -- Vol. 3.
Naschim. -- Vol. 4. Nesikin. -- Vol. 5. Kodaschim. -- Vol. 6. Tohoroth.
SUBJECT (S): Mishnah -- Commentaries. Includes indexes. SUBJECT(S):
Mishnah -- Commentaries. Includes indexes. "Verkauft: 1827" (sold)
stamp on title page of each book. Endpages are darkened and somewhat
fragile. Backstrips are rubbed and worn. Internal pages are lightly
darkened, but not fragile, and all text is clear. Good+ Condition.
(DREYFUS-3-14) (ID #28663) $300.00.
25. =E2=80=A2 Ibn Habib, Jacob Ben Solomon, 1445?-1515 (or 1516).=
=D7=A7=D7=94=D7=9C=D7=AA =D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=9E=D7=94:
=D7=90=D7=A9=D7=A8 =D7=94=D7=A7=D7=94=D7=99=D7=9C =D7=95=D7=94=D7=90=D7=
=A1=D7=99=D7=A3 ... =D7=95=D7=97=D7=99=D7=93=D7=95=D7=A9 =D7=91=D7=94 =D7=
=93=D7=91=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=A2=D7=9C =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8 =D7=A2=D7=99=
=D7=9F =D7=99=D7=A2=D7=A7=D7=91 =D7=A2=D7=9D =D7=9B=D7=AA=D7=A0=D7=95=D7=
=AA =D7=90=D7=95=D7=A8.
KOHELET SHELOMOH:... 'AL SEFER 'EN YA'AKOV 'IM KOTNOT OR... (COMPLETE,
TWO VOLUMES IN ONE). Amsterdam: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Hirts Levi Rofe Ben
Ziskind Levi,, 1740-1741. Leather, large 4to, 2 volumes. (4, 168; 15,
190 [i. E. 8, 336; 30, 380] pages. ) In Hebrew. Authors: Frankil,
Yitsh'Ak' Me'ir; Kotnot or. Ibn Habib, Jacob ben Solomon; 1445? -1515
or 16; 'En Ya'akov. Modena, Leone; 1571-1648; Bet Yehudah. Pinto,
Josiah ben Joseph; 1565-1648; Ma'or Enayim. Teomim, Jonah; d. 1559.
Shelomoh Yekuti'el Zalman; mi-Gloga. Ibn Habib, Levi; ca. 1480-ca.
1545. Hidushe Kikayon de-Yonah. Contents: 1. Zeraim, Moed -- 1.
Yerushalmi Berakhot, Moed, Bavli Nashim, Nezikin, Kodoshim, Tohorot.
References: Benjacob; Ayin 295; Friedberg; Ayin 491 edition 26;
Vinograd; Amsterdam # 1545 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Aggada -- Early works
to 1800. Some wear to binding, binding lightly soiled, remnant of
original clasps on binding that were broken off. Light staining to top
margins of some pages, not obscuring text. Papers with handwritten
notes in Hebrew laid in, Text in very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-10)
(ID #28584) $375.00.
26. =E2=80=A2 Karo, Joseph Ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. =D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=
=97=D7=9F =D7=A2=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=9A =D7=9E=D7=98=D7=95=D7=A8 =D7=99=D7=95=
=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=93=D7=A2=D7=94.
SHULHAN 'ARUKH MI-TUR YOREH DE'AH. Amsterdam: No Publisher, 1760.
Rebound in modern cloth, 8vo, [5] p, 285 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S)=
:
Jewish law. Responsibility: 'Im hidushe...Mosheh Iserles=C2=B4; ve-'Im=
Be'er
ha-golah; ve-'Im Ba'er hetev ve-hu perush. Yehuda Ashkenazi Dayan ben
Shimon. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTS, Stanford, Harvard). Very
good condition. (DREYFUS-4-3) (ID #28578) $300.00.
27. =E2=80=A2 Heschel, Abraham Joshua. A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF HEBRE=
W
PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS. Cincinnati; Hebrew Union College, 1941.
Clothbound. 4to. 86 leaves. 28 cm. First edition. Terms in Hebrew,
definitions in English. "Mimeographed for use in the philosophy classes
of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. " This
grammar of Hebrew terms with English definitions was compiled "to offer
the English equivalents of the medieval philosophical vocabulary
including the most important philosophical terms of the Hebrew
literature of modern times. It is designed as a concise dictionary, not
as an encyclopaedic compendium=E2=80=A6It is designed primarily for us=
of the
students of the Hebrew Union College, and its scope is entirely
pedagogical. " Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907=E2=80=931972), "scholar and
philosopher, descended on his father's side from Dov Baer (the Maggid)
of Mezeritch and Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta (Opatow) ; on his
mother's side from Levi Isaac of Berdichev. After traditional Jewish
studies, he obtained rabbinic ordination (semikhah). At the age of 20
he enrolled in the University of Berlin, where he obtained his
doctorate, and at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums,
where he also taught Talmud and received a second, liberal rabbinical
ordination. In 1937 Martin Buber appointed him his successor at the
central organization for Jewish adult education (Mittelstelle fuer
juedische Erwachsenenbildung) and the Juedisches Lehrhaus at Frankfurt
on the Main. Deported by the Nazis in October 1938 to Poland, he taught
for eight months at the Warsaw Institute of Jewish Studies. He
immigrated to England where he established the Institute for Jewish
Learning in London. In 1940 he was invited by Julian Morgenstern to
teach at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, where he was associate
professor of philosophy and rabbinics for five years. From 1945 he
taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) as professor
of Jewish ethics and mysticism. Heschel visited Israel and called for
the renewal of the prophetic vision in Zion. He served as professor at
JTS until his death, combining his professional activities with
extensive social action. " (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Jewish
philosophy -- Terminology. Hebrew language -- Terms and phrases. Hebrew
language -- Dictionaries -- English. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide.
The signature of previous owner, Rabbi A. Stanley Dreyfus, on endpage.
Includes laid in printed and handwritten correspondence with requesting
a photocopy of this volume; includes laid in photocopies and
handwritten portions of a 1925 Philosophical Dictionary for comparison
of definitions derived from the Hebrew. Backstrip worn and shaken, with
torn edges. Covers lightly soiled. Pages clean and fresh. Very good +
condition. Scarce. (DREYFUS-6-11) (ID #28712) $150.00.
BIBLE
28. =E2=80=A2 Olonne, Jean-Marie D'. LEXICON
HEBRAICO-CHALDAICO-LATINO-BIBLICUM. Avenione, Guibert & Joly, 1758.
Original Publisher's Cloth. Folio. 2 vol. Viii, 723; viii, 852 pages.
Frontis. Hebrew-Chaldaic-Latin-Biblical dictionary. Subtitle: "In quo
prima pars omnia vocabula, ordine alphabetico disposita, ad suas
radices refert, & universas interpretationes cuique genuinas exhibet.
Secunda radices ita ordinabit, ut omnia vocabula derivata sub his
reperire liceat: quaelibet interpretatio textu sacro in ea
comprobabitur: nomina autem propria ad calcem cujusque litter=C3=A6 pro
litterarum serie jacebunt. Opus observationibus grammatico-criticis
conflatum. " SUBJECT (S): Hebrew language -- Aramaic language --
Dictionaries -- Latin -- Early works to 1800. OCLC lists 18 copies
worldwide. Covers worn with cracking along backstrips. FEP of volume
one detached. Internal pages slightly wavy from water exposure, but no
dampstains and text is clear. Good+ condition. (DREYFUS-3-18) (ID
#28667) $225.00.
29. =E2=80=A2 =D7=A4=D7=99=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=A9 =D7=94=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=
=A8=D7=94. PERUSH HA-TORAH / COMMENTARIUS IN PENTATEUCHUM
MOSIS AA|ABRAVANEL, ISAAC, 1437-1508. BASHUYSEN, HEINRICH JACOB VAN;
1679-CA. 1750.. Hanoviae [Hannover]: Henrikh Ya'akov Mi-Bashaizen,,
1710. Vellum binding, 4to, 343 [18], 11 leaves. In Hebrew, with Latin
and Hebrew title pages. Beautifully printed. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T.
Pentateuch -- Commentaries. Isaac Abravanel was a "statesman, biblical
exegete, and theologian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero-Jewish
family, Abrabanel (the family name also appears as Abravanel,
Abarbanel, Bravanel, etc. ) spent 45 years in Portugal, then passed the
nine years immediately prior to Spanish Jewry's 1492 expulsion in
Castile. At that time an important figure at the court of Ferdinand and
Isabella, he chose Italian exile over conversion to Christianity. He
spent his remaining years in various centers in Italy where he composed
most of his diverse literary corpus, a combination of prodigious
biblical commentaries and involved theological tomes" (Lawee, EJ,
2011). Text in Rashi script. Text block lightly soiled. Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-4-8) (ID #28586) $400.00.
30. =E2=80=A2 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=94=D7=95=D7=94 =D7=
=AA=D7=9E=D7=99=D7=9E=D7=94: ... =D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=95=D7=
=9E=D7=A9=D7=99 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94: =D7=92=D7=9D =D7=AA=D7=A8=D7=92=
=D7=95=D7=9D =D7=90=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=A7=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=A1 ...
=D7=95=D7=91=D7=99=D7=90=D7=95=D7=A8 ... =D7=A8=D7=A9"=D7=99 ... =D7=A2=
=D7=9D =D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9 =D7=9E=D7=92=D7=99=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=95=D7=
=94=D7=A4=D7=98=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=AA. TORAT YHVH TEMIMAH: HAMISHAH
HUMSHE TORAH: GAM TARGUM ONKELOS... U-VE'UR... RASHI... 'IM HAMESH
MEGILOT VA-HAFTAROT (COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES). Linevil: Avraham
Prizek, 1807-1809. Half leather, 8vo, 5 volumes. In Hebrew. References:
Vinograd: Luneville 24. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch --
Commentaries. The Five Scrolls were not published in this edition. The
Haftarot at the end of each vol. Have a separate title page. Other
titles: Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. Hebrew. 1807.; Torat H. Temimah;
Hamishah Humshe Torah; Haftarot; 1808.; Seder Hafatrot... Ke-minhag
kehilot ha-Ashkenazim ve-ha-Sefardim ve-Italyani... U-shemot ha-te
'Amim ke-minhage k. K. Ha-nal. Responsibility: asher hemah 'Os=C2=B4im.=
=2E.
Yek'L,... Mosheh,... Lima... Be-mitsvat uve-hotsa'ot, be-vet uvi-defus
avihem... Avraham Prizek. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (JTS,
UNIVERSITAT LEIPZIG). Embossed leather spines. Wear to spines and
covers. Text in very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-6) (ID #28583) $450.00.
31. =E2=80=A2 =D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=95=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=
=99 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94. HAMISHAH HUMSHEI TORAH. Antwerp: Cristofori
Plantin, [1573-74]. Embossed leather, 12mo, In Hebrew. 389 pages.
Hebrew bible [Megillot, Nevi'im Rishonim, Nevi'im Aharonim, Sefer
Ketuvim]. Beautifully embossed leather covers. In double columns.
Includes the five books of Moses, the Writings and the Prophets. Other
titles: Bible. O. T. Hebrew. OCLC notes that "No general t[itle].
P[age]. Was apparently issued. " Missing backstrip. Light wear to
leather. On some pages, text is closely shaved on top or bottom, mostly
effects headings and page numbers only. Handwriting on the inside front
cover and endpaper. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-2-2) (ID #28631) $1000.00.
32. =E2=80=A2 Buber, Martin and Franz Rosenzweig. DIE SCHRIFT (COMPL=
ETE IN
15 VOLUMES). Berlin, Verlag Lambert Schneider (Vol. 1-11) / Schocken
(Vol. 12-15), [1926-1934]. Original Publisher's boards. 8vo. 203; 175;
125; 168; 145; 102; 112; 259; 270; 278; 295; 228; 237, [1]; 276; 88
pages. 20 cm. In German. Books one through ten translated by Buber and
Rosenzweig; 11-15 completed by Buber alone. "In [Buber and
Rosenzweig's] translation, they wanted to recapture the spoken
character (Gesprochenheit) of the Bible, so that the reader could
become a listener of the ongoing Divine voice. They stayed close to the
Hebrew original, to the Hebrew sentence structure and rhythm, to the
Hebrew words and sounds. They did not Germanize Hebrew, they surprised
German with Hebrew culture. The very fact of the translation itself was
a bridging of German and Jewish cultures. " =E2=80=93EJ, 2007. CONTENTS=
: Bd. 1.
Das Buch Im Anfang -- Bd. 2. Das Buch Namen -- Bd. 3. Das Buch Er rief
-- Bd. 4. Das Buch In der W=C3=BCste -- Bd. 5. Das Buch Reden -- Bd. 6.=
Das
Buch Jehoschua -- Bd. 7. Das Buch Richter -- Bd. 8. Das Buch Schmuel --
Bd. 9. Das Buch K=C3=B6nige -- Bd. 10. Das Buch Jeschajahu -- Bd. 11. D=
as
Buch Jirmejahu -- Bd. 12. Das Buch Jecheskel -- Bd. 13. Das Buch der
Zw=C3=B6lf -- Bd. 14. Das Buch der Preisungen -- Bd. 15. Das Buch
Gleichspr=C3=BCche. Grey boards with black writing. Light bumping to th=
e
covers of a few volumes, but still nice. Volume one with some chipping
at top of backstrip. Otherwise bright, clean copies in Very Good
Condition. (DREYFUS-3-10) (ID #28659) $375.00.
33. =E2=80=A2 Downame [Downham], John. ANNOTATIONS UPON ALL THE BOO=
KS OF THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT. London, Printed By Evan Tyler, 1657. Original
(?) Vellum. Folio. 2 vol. C.1150; c.1150 pages. 35 cm. Third Edition.
Subtitle: "This third, above the first and second, edition so enlarged,
as they make an entire commentary on the sacred scripture: the like
never before published in English. Wherin the text is explained, doubts
resolved, scriptures parallel'd, and various readings observed; by the
labour of certain learned divines thereunto appointed, and therein
employed, as is expressed in the preface. " Downame was an English
clergyman and theologian in London, who came to prominence in the
1640s, when he worked closely with the Westminster Assembly. Wing:
D2064. Original tooled vellum covers; Volume One: lacks original clasps
but all braces on boards are present. Covers are somewhat stained and
worn with some chipping to edges of backstrips. Front end paper missing
corner; Title page missing 2"x3" swatch with minor loss of text.
Internal pages are darkened, but not fragile. Volume Two: lacks bottom
clasp/bracket but top are present. Some minor dampstains on several
pages that are wavy due to water exposure, but all text is clear. Very
Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-4) (ID #28653) $500.00.
34. =E2=80=A2 Houbigant, Charles-Fran=C3=A7ois. PSALMORUM ET CANTICO=
RUM: VERSIO
VULGATA ET VERSIO NOVA, AD HEBRAICAM VERITATEM FACTA. Paris, Le Mercier
Et Desaint & Saillant, 1755. Original Publisher's Cloth. 32mo. [4],
391, [13] pages. 13 cm. Second Edition ["Editio Altera"]. In Latin.
Title translates to English as, "Psalms and Song of Songs: The Vulgate
[Official translation of the Catholic Church] and a New Translation
According to the Hebrew Truth. " OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. All
gilt edges. Leather boards and gilt decorations worn on covers and
backstrip; decorative endpages. Internal pages nice and clean. Very
Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-9) (ID #28658) $175.00.
Links:
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8f23e79a1b7dc8f80d21&id=3D4255d0542f&e=3De11b527302&c=3D38a7cb1e64
35. =E2=80=A2 K=C3=BCsel, Melchior; Johann Baptista Croph; Georg Lau=
b. ICONES
BIBLIC=C3=86 VETERIS ET NOVI TESTAMENTI: FIGUREN BIBLISCHER HISTORIEN A=
LTEN
UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS [BIBLICAE]. Augustae Vind [Augsburg: A Melchoire
Kysel], 1679-1680. Vellum binding. 4to. 245 leaves. 24 cm. First
edition. In Latin and German. Five parts in one volume. Later Vellum
with marbled endpages, gilt title on leather on spine, many pages
throughout restored and repaired at time of vellum binding. The
"Biblical Icons of the Old and New Testament" is engraved with 241
images throughout, except 4 leaves with dedication and a preface by
Georgius Laub dated Jan. 1, 1680. Latin and German verses by Johannes
Crophius are engraved on each leaf. There are also illustrated
half-titles and title pages to each Testament, bordered half-titles to
part two and three of the Old Testament and part two of the New
Testament, with a concluding leaf for the Old Testament, and a final
leaf dated 1679. A few of the engravings are signed: Melchior K=C3=BCse=
ll
sculpsit. Subjects: Bible -- Illustrations. Bible -- Picture Bibles.
Illustrated works -- 17th century. Engravings -- Germany -- 17th
century. A copy sold at auction in 2011 for 1200 E-U-R. Vellum soiled,
binding very steady. Pages restored, but heavily soiled, edges wavy and
soiled. Slight wormholing at edge of a few pages. Text crisp, images
crisp. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-17) (ID #28603) $1500.00.
36. =E2=80=A2 Mendelssohn, Moses. DIE PSALMEN. Berlin; Bey Friedrich=
Maurer,
1783. Full calf. 12mo. XII, 354 pages. 18 cm. First Edition. In German.
Marbled endpages with engraved vignette on title and at end. The Book
of Psalms, translated into German by Moses Mendelssohn, was the result
of ten years of work, completed shortly after his masterful translation
of the Pentateuch into German, which caused a stir of denunciation
amongst both conservative Rabbis and Gentiles of the time. Subjects:
Bible. O. T. Psalms. Early printed books - 1783. Covers loose, with
backstrip missing, but signatures and binding well intact. Very light
foxing throughout; in remarkably clean condition. Very good condition.
(DREYFUS-5-10) (ID #28596) $400.00.
37. =E2=80=A2 Reineccius, Christianus. TORA NEVIIM U-KETUVIM =3D BIB=
LIA
HEBRAICA: AD OPTIMORUM CODICUM ET EDITIONUM FIDEM RECENSITA ET EXPRESSA
ADJECTIS NOTIS MASORETHICIS ALIISQUE OBSERVATIONIBUS; NEC NON VERSUUM
ET CAPITUM DISTINCTIONIBUS, NUMERIS ET SUMMARIIS. Lipsiae [Leipzig]:
Breitkopf, 1756. Contemporary calf. 12mo. [4], 516, 580, [2] pages. 1=
8
cm. Fourth edition. In Hebrew and Latin. Spine reads "Tanakh" in Hebrew
letters. "Hebrew Bible: a faithful edition with revisions to the
manuscripts of the best known additions under explicit ethical and
masoretic observances=E2=80=A6" by Christianus Reineccius, 1668-1752, a=
German
Christian Hebraist best known for his polyglot lexicon (Leipsic, 1750,
3 vols. ), which contains the Hebrew (with Masoretic notes), the Greek,
Latin, and Luther's German version of the bible. His scientific
activity was concentrated around the Old Testament text and its
language, and his work can be grouped in editions of the Bible,
concordances, and dictionaries. His edition of the Hebrew Bible first
appeared in 1725, employing the text of the Antwerp Polyglot, with his
specific additions in concise Latin summaries, which stand above each
chapter. The second edition of 1739 in 8vo is an exact reprint of the
first, including printing of all the errors. The third edition in 4to
from 1739, wherein the books are arranged in the same according to the
order in the German Bible, the pagination is after the manner of German
books given. A fourth edition was organized after Reineccius' death in
1756 by Pohl, which was an improved edition made by specifying
Kennicott'scher variants and de Rossi'scher. The fifth edition appeared
in 1793. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Titlepage and frontispiece
absent. Covers worn, with a single wormhole through center of spine.
Pages soiled and foxed, with some repaired. Text very crisp. Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-5-26) (ID #28611) $275.00.
38. =E2=80=A2 Piza, Yehudah. =D7=96=D7=94 =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8 =D7=A2=
=D7=96=D7=A8=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=A1=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=A8:=E2=80=8F =E2=80=8F=D7=
=97=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=95=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=99 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=
=94 =D7=AA=D7=A7=D7=95=D7=9F
=D7=A1=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=95=D7=95=D7=99 =D7=94=D7=A2=D7=
=9E=D7=95=D7=93=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=A2=D7=9D =D7=94=D7=92=D7=94=D7=95=D7=AA=
=D7=90=D7=95=D7=A8 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=A0=D7=9B=D7=95=D7=9F =D7=
=94=D7=95=D7=90 =D7=9C=D7=94=D7=92=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=91=D7=95 =D7=95=D7=9C=
=D7=94=D7=A2=D7=AA=D7=99=D7=A7 =D7=9E=D7=9E=D7=A0=D7=95 =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8
=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=B3 .../=E2=80=8F. ZEH SEFER 'EZRAT H=
A-SOFER: HAMISHAH HUMSHE TORAH TIKUN
SOFRIM VAVE HA-'AMUDIM 'IM HAGAHOT 'OR TORAH NAKHON HU LEHAGOT BO
ULE-HA'ATIK ME-MENU SEFER TORAT HASHEM (COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES).
Amsterdam: [Gerard Yohan Yanson Uve-Vet Yisra'el Mondavi], 1767-1769.
Leather, 8vo, 5 volumes: I: (11), 65, 26 leaves. II: (1), 67-121, (2),
28 leaves. III: (1), 123-163, (2), 24 leaves. IV: (1), 165-221, (2), 16
leaves. V: (2), 224-272, (4), 277-290, (8) leaves. In Hebrew.
Ornamental border on title pages. With Nikud and cantalization points.
Each volume has Haphtarot in the back with separate title page. Volume
5 bound with: Calendario facil & curiozo em Hebraico & Portuguez.
Prepared by Judah Piza, an 112-year Calendar. Amsterdam, 1769.
SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. OCLC lists 12 sets worldwide.
[Vinograd, Amsterdam 1942; Kayserling, 91; not in Darlow & Moule]. Rar=
e
to appear for sale, a comparable set sold at auction for over 900 USD
in 2004. Light wear to leather binding, small pieces of backstrip
missing on each volume. Light staining to pages from age. Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-2-3) (ID #28630) $850.00.
LITURGY
39. =E2=80=A2 =D7=9E=D7=97=D7=96=D7=95=D7=A8: =D7=9B=D7=9E=D7=A0=D7=
=94=D7=92 =D7=A7=D7=B4=D7=A7 =D7=90=D7=A9=D7=9B=D7=A0=D7=96=D7=99=D7=9D. M=
AHZOR HELEK RISHON KE-MINHAG K.K.
ASHKENAZIM (ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR). Fiyorda (Furth): Hayim Ben
Tsvi Hirsh, [1755]. Rebound in black cloth binding, wide 8vo, 232
leaves. High Holiday Mahzor published in Furth (Fuerth, Fyorda,
Fiyorda) according to the German rite. SUBJECT(S): Fasts and feasts --
Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Mahzorim -- Texts. Fasts and feasts --
Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists
only one copy worldwide (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek). Very good
condition. (DREYFUS-2-1) (ID #28629) $350.00.
40. =E2=80=A2 SEFER LIKUTEI TSVI IM TOSAFOT BAKASHOT VE-TIKUN HATSOT=
MISEFER
SHAAREI TSION. Sulzbach: Zekl, 1797. Bound in modern black cloth, 16mo,
150 leaves. In Hebrew. "The inclination of Duke Christian-August toward
mysticism and Kabbalah aroused his interest in the Hebrew language and
led him to grant an authorization in 1669 for the founding of a Hebrew
press in his town [Sulzbach]. As a result Sulzbach became renowned in
the Jewish world. The first of the Jewish printers was Isaac bar Judah
Yudeh Katz of Prague. In 1684 the ownership of his press passed to the
Bloch family, and from 1699 until 1851, the year the press shut down,
it was held by the Frankel-Arnstein family. " (Rothschild, EJ, 2011).
OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek,
Zentralbibliothek Zurich). Very good condition. (DREYFUS-2-4) (ID
#28632) $300.00.
41. =E2=80=A2 Alexander, L. ALEXANDER'S HEBREW RITUAL, AND DOCTRINAL
EXPLANATION OF THE WHOLE CEREMONIAL LAW, ORAL AND TRADITIONAL, OF THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND AND FOREIGN PARTS. London, Alexander, 1819.
Later Cloth. 8vo. Vii, 309 pages. Illus. 22 cm. Subtitle: "Being a
necessary companion to the Holy Scriptures. Together with several
remarkable events relative to the people of the Jews, from the most
ancient records. " Sticker on inside cover, "Bound by the Crescent City
Bookbindery, 142 Gravier St, New Orleans. " Ex-library with usual
markings. Boards detached but present. Backstrip cracking and peeling.
Light staining to first 50 pages, otherwise internal pages are nice and
clean. Good condition. (DREYFUS-3-17) (ID #28666) $275.00.
42. =E2=80=A2 Euchel, Isak Abraham. GEBETE DER HOCHDEUTSCHEN UND POL=
NISCHEN
JUDEN: AUS DEM HEBRAI=C2=A8SCHEN U=C2=A8BERSETZT UND MIT ANMERKUNGEN BE=
GLEITET.
Vienna, A. Schmid, 1815. Original Publisher's Cloth. 12mo. 458 pages.
19 cm. In German. Title translates to English as, "Prayers of the High
German and Polish Jews: Translated from Hebrew and Accompanied with
Notes. " SUBJECT (S): Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCLC lists 12 copies
worldwide. Stanley Dreyfus' copy with his name on internal cover.
Non-archival tape along spine. Internal pages somewhat foxed
throughout, but all text is clear. Good condition. (DREYFUS-3-15) (ID
#28664) $225.00.
43. =E2=80=A2 Lunzer, Jack V. and Chimen Abramsky. TWO PRAGUE HAGGAD=
AHS: THE
1556 EDITION ON VELLUM AND THE 1590-1606[?] EDITION ON PAPER. Italy,
Valmadonna Trust Library, 1978. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 20
pages, [49] leaves. Facsims. Illus. 25 cm. In Hebrew with English
foreword and introduction. "This edition of five hundred numbered
copies was designed and printed in Verona by Stamperia Valdonega on
Magnani mould-made paper. October [1978]. This is copy number 454."
SUBJECT (S): Jews -- History. Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Facsimiles.
Haggada. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Inscribed on FEP "To Rabbi
Stanley Dreyfus with greetings, " by Jack Lunzer, founder of the
Valmadonna Trust Library, with his business card laid in. Very Good
Condition in like slipcase. (DREYFUS-3-12) (ID #28661) $225.00.
44. =E2=80=A2 Abudraham, David Bar Yosef. SEFER ABUDRAHAM: MALE TOV
TA`AM.... Nidpas Poh Prag [Praha]: Bakishen Un' Katsishen Privilegiert=
e
Bukh Drukeray [Erkaufte Backische Und Katzische Buchdruckerei], 1784.
Rebound in modern black cloth, wide 8vo, [2], 118 pages. In Hebrew. On
title page; "gedrukt in der erkoyfte Bakishen un' Katsishen
privilegierte bukh drukeray". References: Vinograd Prague 940. Majority
of text in Rashi script. A well-known source of information and
learning on the subject of prayers and blessings. OCLC lists only one
copy of this edition worldwide (U of AMSTERDAM). Very good condition.
(DREYFUS-4-2) (ID #28582) $300.00.
45. =E2=80=A2 Calisch, Edward N; (Edward Nathaniel). =D7=AA=D7=A4=D7=
=9C=D7=AA =D7=91=D7=99=D7=AA =D7=90=D7=94=D7=91=D7=94. TEFILAT
BET AHAVAH: A BOOK OF PRAYER FOR JEWISH WORSHIP. Richmond, Va.: Ezekiel
& Bass, 1893. Cloth, 8vo, 108, 95 pages. SUBJECT(S): Siddurim -- Texts.
Reform Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy =E2=80=93 Texts.=
Wear to
boards, spine rebound in black cloth tape. Pages lightly tanned. OCLC
lists only 5 copies worldwide (JTS, HUC, NYPL, Univ. Virginia, Point
Loma Nazarene University). Good condition. (DREYFUS-4-1) (ID #28577)
$150.00.
46. =E2=80=A2 Rodriguez Mendes, Samuel. SEDER TEFILOT HA-MO'ADIM: KE=
-MINHAG
K.K. HA-SEFARADIM.... Amsterdam: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naftali Hirts Ben
Aleksander Ziskind Levi Me-'Emdin, 1726. Rebound in modern black cloth,
12mo, 175 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): Pilgrim Festivals (Judaism) --
Liturgy -- Texts. Mahzorim -- Texts. Judaism -- Sephardic rite --
Liturgy -- Texts. Includes also Hagadah shel Pesah. Other Titles:
Mahzor (Sephardic). Pilgrim Festivals; Moadim; Tefilot ha-moadim;
Haggadah (Sephardic) Responsibility: mugah 'Al yad Shemu'el Rodrigiz
Mindiz. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, Ohio State Univ. )
Repairs to first 3 pages done with scotch tape. Very good condition.
(DREYFUS-4-5) (ID #28579) $400.00.
47. =E2=80=A2 Rodriguez Mendes, Samuel. Levi, Naphtali Herz (Amsterd=
am);
(Printer). SEDER LE-YAMIM NORA'IM KE-MINHAG K"K HA-SEFARADIM.....
Amsterdam: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naftali Hirts Ben Aleksander Ziskind Levi
Me-'emdin, 1726. Rebound in modern black cloth, 12mo, 220 leaves. In
Hebrew. References: StCB 7492. Vinograd Amsterdam 1283. Sephardic
prayer book. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide, both in the Netherlands
(Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Tresoar). Light staining to bottom edge of
text block. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-4) (ID #28585) $400.00.
ART
48. =E2=80=A2 Chagall, Marc and Charles Sorlier, Cataloguer. THE CER=
AMICS
AND SCULPTURES OF CHAGALL. Monaco, Andre Sauret, 1972. Original
Publisher's Cloth. Folio. 249 pages. Illlus. 33 cm. Marc Chagall was a
pioneer of modernism and a major Jewish artist. "His Jewish
whimsicality is frequently apparent in his work and his simplification
often calls to mind what a child or a peasant might have painted=E2=80=
=A6 The
preponderance of specifically Jewish subject matter in Chagall's work
is significant. He was thoroughly familiar with Jewish customs and his
inspiration derived from a clearly definable, specific milieu in a
particular period (c. 1887=E2=80=931907). Though he was inspired by Par=
isian
vistas and by various landscapes in France, the locale for most of
Chagall's works is the Jewish quarter of his native city. Equally
important is the influence of Hasidism which prevailed in his family. "
=E2=80=93 EJ, 2007. Preface by Andr=C3=A9 Malraux. Translated from the=
French by
Howard Brabyn. Barely discernable discoloration along top of pages, but
all text and illustrations are bright and clear. Very Good Condition
with like jacket. (DREYFUS-3-5). (ID #28654) $150.00.
49. =E2=80=A2 Friedlander, Albert and Herbert Bronstein. =D7=97=D7=
=9E=D7=A9 =D7=9E=D7=92=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=AA. HAMESH
MEGILOT THE FIVE SCROLLS: HEBREW TEXTS, ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS,
INTRODUCTIONS, AND NEW LITURGIES. New York, Central Conference Of
American Rabbis Press (CCAR), 1984. Original Publisher's 1/4Leather
with tooled leather inlays on both covers in Special Slipcase. Folio.
Xiii, 323 pages. Illus. 37 cm. Number 11 of 175 copies printed in the
summer of 1984 signed and hand numbered by Baskin. Parallel text in
Hebrew and English. The five scrolls (Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of
Songs, Ruth and Lamentations), each with their own introduction and
liturgy with full-page color illustrations. Illustrated and designed by
Leonard Baskin, the "U. S. Sculptor, printmaker, watercolorist, and
illustrator. Baskin was the son of a leading Orthodox rabbi, and
founder of the Gehenna Press. " =E2=80=93EJ, 2007. SUBJECTS: Pilgrim Fe=
stivals
(Judaism) -- Liturgy -- Texts. Mahzorim -- Texts. Reform Judaism.
Leather bound with gilt lettering on covers and along spine. Bright,
clean copy in Very Good Condition with like slipcase. (DREYFUS-3-6) (ID
#28655) $475.00.
50. =E2=80=A2 Kollwitz, K=C3=A4the. DAS NEUE KOLLWITZ-WERK. Dresden;=
C. Reissner,
1933. Clothbound. 4to. [24] [64] pages. 26 cm. First edition. In
German. Illustrated with 32 plates. Red cloth over boards with gold
gilt lettering on cover and spine. "New Work of Kollwitz", a
reproduction of a manuscript of lithographic works and a handwritten
catalogue of recent work of K. Kollwitz, a famous German left wing
expressionist printmaker and painter whose work was banned by the
Nazis, and confiscated from museums. This was her last published work
in Germany. Subjects: Gravure -- 19e si=C3=A8cle -- Allemagne. Gravure=
--
20e si=C3=A8cle -- Allemagne. Kollwitz, K=C3=A4the (1867-1945) -- Catal=
ogues.
Light soiling to covers, light aging of edges. Near fine condition.
(DREYFUS-5-15) (ID #28601) $50.00.
51. =E2=80=A2 Leibovitz, Annie. PHOTOGRAPHS- ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, 1970-1=
990. New
York; Harpercollins Publishers, 1991. Clothbound. Folio. 232 pages. 34
cm. First edition. With printed glassine dust jacket. Illustrated with
reproductions of Leibovitz's celebrity subjects on photo-pictorial
boards. Subjects: Photography, Artistic. Chanteurs -- Photographie.
Chanteuses -- Photographie. C=C3=A9l=C3=A9brit=C3=A9s -- =C3=89tats-Uni=
s -Photographie.
Portraits (Photographie). Dustjacket lightly chipped at bottom in two
places, boards with a few wrinkles. Near fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-16)
(ID #28602) $200.00.
52. =E2=80=A2 Oyved, Moysheh. THE BOOK OF AFFINITY. London, Heineman=
n, 1933.
Original Publisher's Cloth. Folio. Vii, 111 pages, [7] leaves of
plates. Illus. 32 cm. Nr 50 of 525 limited numbered copies. "This
Edition is limited to 525 copies=E2=80=A6numbered and signed by the aut=
hor"
(Number 50). SUBJECT(S): Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880-1959. With coloured
drawings by Jacob Epstein. Laid In: Clipping from Jewish Chronicle
Watches and Jewelry Supplement, September 15, 1967 titled, "A Jewish
Watch" on Moshe Oved. Gilt lettering on black cloth with gilt tops of
pages. Boards slightly worn, but still nice. Internal pages bright and
clean. Very Good Condition In Good Cardboard Case. (DREYFUS-3-2) (ID
#28651) $120.00.
53. =E2=80=A2 Pann, Abel (Pfeffermann, Abba). DIE BIBEL IN BILDERN.
Jerusalem-Wien, The Palestine Art Pub. Co, 1926. Original Publisher's
Cloth. Folio. [50] leaves. Illus. 37 cm. In German. 24 Title translate=
s
to English as, "The Bible in Pictures. " Title Page: "die Sintflut. Der
Turmbau zu Babel. Die Zerst=C3=B6rung von Sodom und Gomorra. Vierundzwa=
nzig
Facsimiledrucke nach Pastellen von bel Pann - Jerusalem" [The Flood.
The Tower of Babel. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Twenty-four
Facsimile Prints of Pastels by Abel Pann - Jerusalem]. Each plate
accompanied by leaf with Biblical quotation. SUBJECT (S): Bible --
Illustrations. OCLC lists 28 copies worldwide. Spine and top edge of
boards sunned. Front endpaper repair. Otherwise internal pages are
bright and clean. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-1) (ID #28649)
$250.00.
54. =E2=80=A2 Singer, Isaac Bashevis; Moskowitz, Ira. REACHES OF HEA=
VEN: A
STORY OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV. New York; Landmark Press, 1980. Portfolio
in clamshell box. Folio. 47 pages, 24 leaves. 46 cm. First limited
edition, inscribed, number 88 of 250 numbered copies. Issued in
portfolio; text part in quires. "An edition of 275 copies printed on
Arches paper. 250 copies numbered 1 to 250 contain each a suite of 24
original etchings signed by the artist. 25 copies numbered I to XXV
each contain in addition an original drawing. All copies are signed..."
Twenty four original art print etchings by Ira Moskowitz, all signed
and numbered in pencil. A biographical sketch of the Baal Shem Tov tale
told by a master storyteller along with beautiful etchings to enhance
the story. Isaac Bashevis Singer (November 21, 1902 =E2=80=93 July 24,=
1991)
was a Polish Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was
one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and
received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. Subjects: Ba`al Shem
Tov, ca. 1700-1760 -- Fiction. Hasidim -- Fiction. Jews -- Fiction.
Religious fiction. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Box worn and soiled,
with title lifting. First leave with slight soiling, all other leaves
in fine condition. Near fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-25) (ID #28610)
$350.00.
CHILDREN
55. =E2=80=A2 Jagel, Abraham Ben Hananiah, Dei Galicchi; Louis De Co=
mpi=C3=A8gne
De Veil. CATECHISMUS JUDAEORUM: IN DISPUTATIONE & DIALOGO MAGISTRI AC
DISCIPULI. Franequerae [Franeker, Netherlands]; Joannes Gyselaar, 1690=
=2E
Clothbound. 16mo. [21] 57, 57, [1] pages. 17 cm. First edition printe=
d
in the Netherlands. In Latin and Hebrew. The "Jewish catechism for
children" was first published in Venice in 1595, and printed in London
with Latin translation in 1679, the Franeker edition of 1690 is taken
from the London example. Yagel's Catechism was reputedly written as an
instruction aide for the children of the banker Joseph Fano of Reggio
nell'Emilie, when Yagel visited Fano at his summer home outside Ferrara
in 1587. Yagel's text is a basic enunciation of the thirteen principle
of faith of Moses Maimonides. Subjects: Judaism -- Doctrines -- Early
works to 1800. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Later dark blue cloth
binding with gilt title on spine. Pages lightly foxed and worn, with
some wrinkles on a handful of pages. Outer edges soiled with a small
dot of paint on edge. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-19) (ID #28605)
$400.00.
MUSIC
56. =E2=80=A2 Buedinger, Moses Mordecai. =D7=A7=D7=95=D7=9C =D7=96=
=D7=9E=D7=A8=D7=94. KOL ZIMRAH: ODER GESA=C2=A8NGE
ZUR ERWECKUNG DER ANDACHT UND DES RELIGIO=C2=A8SEN GEFU=C2=A8LS BEI DER
ISRAELITISCHEN JUGEND MIT DREI UND VIERSTIMMIG GESETZTEN MELODIEN.
Cassel; Hof- Und Waisenhaus-Buchdruckerei, 1832. Decorative paper over
boards. 12mo. VIII, 151 [1] pages. 20 cm. First edition. In German,
with some Hebrew. Foreword by the author. Melodies for 3 or 4 voices;
words chiefly in German. Berichtigungen (Corrections): p. [152]. "Kol
Zimrah, or singing along with the religious awakening of Israelite
Youth, with three and four part set melodies, " is a book of hymnals
and melodies composed by the Rabbi Moses Budinger, a "German educator;
born at Maidorf, a village in Hessen, Jan, 1783; died at Cassel Jan.
31, 1841. At the age of twenty he became a servant in the house of a
petty Jewish merchant, and later, by dint of indefatigable zeal, became
shohet, Hazan, and religious teacher in a small congregation. After
making the necessary preparatory studies during his four years'
residence in Naumburg, where he was private teacher, he went to the
University of Marburg. In 1820 he became tutor in the family of the
court banker Kaulla, in Stuttgart. From 1824 he occupied with great
distinction the position of principal teacher of the Jewish pedagogical
seminary at Cassel. B=C3=BCdinger was also a prominent preacher, and ve=
ry
often delivered lectures in the little synagogue attached to the
seminary, on moral and religious subjects. In 1830 the philosophical
faculty of the University of Marburg gave him the degree Ph. D. For his
"Leitfaden beim Unterrichte der Religion. " The government rewarded him
by appointing him member of the "Landrabbinat. " His only son was the
historian Max B=C3=BCdinger. " (Jewish Encyclopedia 1906) Subjects: Hym=
ns,
Hebrew. Jews - Music - Germany - Cassel. Choruses, Sacred (Children's
voices), Unaccompanied. Hymns, German. Psalms (Music). Music --
Manuscripts. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Backstrip cloth torn at
ends, edges of paper boards slightly corroded and bumped. Binding firm.
Aged writing on endpages. Page edges bumped, with slight waterstains
and soiling throughout, but text very crisp. Good + condition.
(DREYFUS-5-6) (ID #28592) $500.00.
AMERICANA
FIRST JEWISH SONG-BOOK TO INCLUDE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN SONGS
57. =E2=80=A2 Hecht, Simon. =D7=96=D7=9E=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=
=A9=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=9C. ZEMIROT YISRAEL: JEWISH HYMNS FOR
SABBATH-SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. Cincinnati, Bloch & Co, 1878. Original
Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 55 pages. 18 cm. Second Edition; 1st edition
with added patriotic hymns. A collection of hymns for Sabbath-Schools
with music and lyrics. This edition includes added patriotic hymns
because =E2=80=93 as the author wrote in the preface to this edition=E2=
=80=93 =E2=80=9Cwhile we
are jews, we are also Citizens of America finding beneath the
protection of the stars and stripes equal rights and liberty with all.=
=E2=80=9D
This patriotic feeling was probably a result of the American Centennial
of 1876 and the growing assimilation of German Reform Jews into
mainstream American culture. This appears to be the first Jewish
songster to include non-Jewish patriotic American songs.OCLC lists 4
copies worldwide. Simon Hecht was a bookseller and stationer in New
York in 1869 and served as a reader in Evansville, IN, in the 1870s. He
published a number of children's works which were often reprinted. The
translations and instructions are in English, German, and Hebrew. Wachs
264 (3 copies); Deinard 292? Singerman 2689. Boards worn. Hinges
starting. Cloth backstrip absent at top 2=E2=80=9D. Minor staining thro=
ughout,
but all text is clear. Good condition. (DREYFUS-3-16) (ID #28665)
$900.00.
58. =E2=80=A2 Schlessinger, Wolf. =D7=9B=D7=95=D7=AA=D7=A8 =D7=A0=D7=
=95=D7=A1=D7=A3: =D7=AA=D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=A9=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=9C.=
ISRAELITISCHES
ANDACHTS-BUCH: NEBST DEUTSCHER UEBERSCHUNG, MIT NEUEN DEUTSCHEN
GEBETEN. New York; Frank'schen Buchbruderei Und Buchhandlung, 1871.
Leatherbound. 16mo. 240, 224, 34 pages. 15 cm. First edition. In Hebrew
and German. "Israelite devotional book" bound in full leather with
elaborate gold gilt decorative and lettering, with buckle clasp, and
all edges gilt. At head of title page: Tefilat Yisrael. Bound with
Religiose Betrachtungen und Gebete for Israels Frauen und M=C3=A4dchen.=
=2E
Subjects: Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Singerman 1432. OCLC lists 4
copies worldwide. Binding starting. Pages clean. Very good condition
thus. (DREYFUS-5-23) (ID #28608) $125.00.
59. =E2=80=A2 Wise, Isaac Mayer. THE COSMIC GOD. A FUNDAMENTAL PHILO=
SOPHY IN
POPULAR LECTURES.. Cincinnati, Office American Israelite And Deborah,
1876. Clothbound. 8vo. 181 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Singerman 2603.
With frontispiece of the author, dedication and preface devoted to his
recently deceased wife. A published volume of lectures by Isaac Wise,
president of the Hebrew Union College, on the questions of truth, will,
biology, ontology, materialism, and other foundations of philosophy.
Subjects: Philosophy-God. Singerman 2603. Backstrip absent. Boards
shaken, edges lightly bumped and worn. Stains to endpages, internal
pages crisp, with light pencil marks in the margins of a half dozen
pages. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-7) (ID #28593) $135.00.
60. =E2=80=A2 Wise, Rabbi Isaac Mayer. =D7=AA=D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=
=AA =D7=91=D7=A0=D7=99 =D7=99=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=9F =D7=9C=D7=A8=
=D7=90=D7=A9 =D7=94=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=94: =D7=9B=D7=A4=D7=99 =D7=9E=D7=A0=D7=
=94=D7=92
=D7=90=D7=9E=D7=A2=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=A7=D7=90. THE DIVINE SERVICE OF AMERI=
CAN ISRAELITES FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Cincinnati, Bloch, 1866. Leather. 16mo. 212pages. 17cm. First edition.
In Hebrew, English and German. Original full leather over boards, with
elaborate gold gilt design on covers. Following the appearance in 1857
of Wise's prayers for the week-day and Sabbath, this is the first
Reform Festival prayer-book printed in America. Passages relating to a
personal Messiah, the priesthood and a return to and restoration of a
political Israel, were all omitted. See J. G. Heller, Isaac M. Wise;
His Life, Work and Thought (1965) pp. 302-5 and 385. Subjects: New Year
prayers. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Prayer-books and
devotions. Rosh ha-Shanah. Singerman 1949. Backstrip absent, binding
and covers well intact. Pages lightly worn, very clean. Very good
condition. A lesser copy sold at auction in 2005 for over a thousand
dollars. (DREYFUS-5-22) (ID #28607) $600.00.
61. =E2=80=A2 (Isaac Mayer Wise) Modena, Leone; Isaacus Reggio. BEHI=
NAT
HA-KABALAH: HIBUR KOLEL S. KOL SAKHAL VE-S. SHAAGAT ARYEH /LE-MO. HA-R.
R. YEHUDAH ARYEH MI-MODENA ; VE-NOSAFO ALEHEM TA`ANOT VE-HE`AROT...
ME-ET YITS. SHEMUEL REGIYO. Goritiae [Gorizia]; Novis Typis Joh. Bapt.
Seitz, 1852. Clothbound. 8vo. Xviii, 268 pages. 22 cm. First edition.
In Hebrew. Leading 19th century American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer
Wise's copy, with his ownership signature on the endpage; also includes
the later ownership stamp of leading American Reform Rabbi Stanley
Dreyfus. Facing title page in Latin reads: "Examen traditionis duo
inedita et poene incognita Leonis Mutinensis opuscula complectens, qu=
=C3=A6
nunc primum edidit, annotationibus illustravit, et examini submisit
Isaacus Reggio" (Examination of two unpublished and almost unknown
works of Leon Modena, which for the first time is now published,
annotated, and submitted to the examination by Isaac Reggio). Isaac
Samuel Reggio was an "Austro-Italian scholar and rabbi; born at G=C3=B6=
ritz,
Illyria, Aug. 15, 1784; died there Aug. 29, 1855. Reggio studied Hebrew
and rabbinics under his father, Abraham Vita, later rabbi of G=C3=B6rit=
z,
acquiring at the same time in the gymnasium a knowledge of secular
science and languages. Reggio's father, one of the liberal rabbis who
supported Hartwig Wessely, paid special attention to the religious
instruction of his son, who displayed unusual aptitude in Hebrew, and
at the age of fourteen wrote a metrical dirge on the death of Moses
Hefez, rabbi of G=C3=B6ritz. Besides Italian, his mother tongue, Reggio=
knew
French, German, and Latin, and he studied several Semitic languages in
addition to Hebrew. He possessed a phenomenally clear, if not profound,
intellect, and as mathematics offered the widest field for his
analytical talent, it was at first his favorite study. In 1802 he
published in the "Neuwieder Zeitung" the solution of a difficult
mathematical problem, which gave him reputation as a mathematician. He
discovered also a new demonstration of the Pythagorean theorem, which
was praised by Cauchy, the well-known French mathematician. A year
later (1803) Reggio went to Triest, where for three years he was a
tutor in the house of a wealthy family. There he made a friend of
Mordecai Isaac de Cologna, at whose death (1824) Reggio wrote a funeral
oration in Italian. He returned to G=C3=B6ritz in 1807, where one year=
later
he married the daughter of a wealthy man and settled down to a life of
independent study. When the province of Illyria (1810) became a French
dependency, Reggio was appointed by the French governor professor of
belles-lettres, geography, and history, and chancellor of the lyceum of
G=C3=B6ritz. But three years later Illyria became again an Austrian
province, and the Austrian anti-Jewish laws compelled Reggio to resign.
He then devoted himself exclusively to Jewish literature and cognate
subjects; he studied even the Cabala, but the more he studied it the
greater grew his aversion to its mystical and illogical doctrines.
Taking Mendelssohn and Wessely as guides, he next made his name
celebrated in connection with religious philosophy, and, indeed, became
to the Italian Jews what Mendelssohn was to his German coreligionists.
In 1822 an imperial decree having been issued that no one might be
appointed rabbi who had not graduated in philosophy, Reggio published
at Venice an appeal, in Italian, for the establishment of a rabbinical
seminary, arguing that just as the emperor did not desire rabbis devoid
of philosophical training, neither did the Jews desire rabbis who had
had no rabbinical education. This appeal resulted in the establishment
of a rabbinical college at Padua, for which Reggio drew up the statutes
and the educational program. Following the example of Mendelssohn,
Reggio endeavored to extend the knowledge of Hebrew among the Jewish
masses by translating the Bible into Italian and writing a commentary
thereon. An opponent of casuistry, Reggio rejected haggadic Biblical
interpretations and the pilpulistic study of the Talmud. He was
persecuted by many German rabbis on account of his liberal views; even
his father did not wholly approve of his methods. Nevertheless, in
1846, after his father's death, the community of G=C3=B6ritz insisted u=
pon
his accepting the rabbinical office; he agreed, but declined to receive
the salary attached to it. After occupying the position for ten years
he resigned. =E2=80=A6 The Behinat ha-kabbala is an edition of Leon of=
Modena's
two pamphlets "Kol Sakal" and "Sha'agat Aryeh"; these Reggio provided
with a preface, and with one hundred critical notes forming the second
part of the work. In the preface Reggio outlined Leon of Modena's
biography. The notes are independent treatises reviewing Modena's works
chapter by chapter, now supplementing, now refuting his views. Reggio's
main point is that most of the Talmudic ordinances were not intended
for perpetual observance; they were practised only by the rigorous
Pharisees. It was not until much later, he declares, that the casuists
established such ordinances as a part of the Law. Consequently, Modena
was, in many cases wrong in attacking the Talmudists. Reggio's theory
has been refuted by Simon Stern in the preface to his German
translation of Modena's works published under the title "Der Kampf des
Rabbiners Gegen den Talmud im XVII. Jahrhundert. " (1906 Jewish
Encyclopedia). Subjects: Judaism -- Controversial literature. Judaism
-- Apologetic works. OCLC lists 13 copies. Lightly worn covers,
endpages soiled, outer edges soiled, pages throughout aged, lightly
foxed, and lightly soiled. A well preserved copy though. Good +
condition. (DREYFUS-6-18) (ID #28732) $600.00.
NON-JEWISH
62. =E2=80=A2 Caesar, Julius and Joseph Juste Scaliger. C. IULII C=
=C3=86SARIS QU=C3=86
EXTANT [CAESARIS QUAE]. Lugduni Batavorum, Ex. Off. Elzeviriana, 1635.
Original Vellum?. 16mo. [22], 561, [70] pages. [3] leaves of plates.
Illus. Maps. Port. 13 cm. In Latin. CONTENTS: C. Julii C=C3=A6saris
Commentariorum de bello gallico [C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries on th=
e
Gallic war]. --C. Julii C=C3=A6saris Commentariorum de bello civili [C=
=2E
Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War]. --A. Hirtii Pans=C3=A6
Commentariorum de bello Alexandrino [A. Hirtius Pansa Commentaries of
the Alexandrian war]. --A. Hirtii Pans=C3=A6 Commentariorum de bello
africano [A. Hirtius Pansa Commentaries of the African war]. --A.
Hirtii Pans=C3=A6 Commentariorum de bello hispaniensi [A. Hirtius Pans=
a
Hirtius Pansa's Commentaries of the Spanish war]. --C. Julii C=C3=A6sar=
is
Fragmenta [C. Julius Caesar's Fragmenta]. --De gali=C3=A6 divisione Al=
di
Manutii commentarius [The division Aldit Manutii Book]. --Nomenclator
geographicus omnium gali=C3=A6, Germani=C3=A6 & Britanni=C3=A6 locorum=
quorum C=C3=A6sarem
fit mentio, excerptus... =C3=88 Thesauro geographico Abrahami Ortelii.=
The
first of three Elzevirean eds. Of 1635, distinguished by the buffalo's
head in the headpieces of the dedicatory epistle and on p. 1, and
misnumbered pages. A. Stanley Dreyfus, grandson-in-law of Leo Baeck's,
copy with his name on inside cover. Vellum cover worn with title,
publisher and year inked onto spine. Front hinge cracked, internal
pages stained and darkened, but not fragile. Good Condition.
(DREYFUS-3-7) (ID #28656) $475.00.
63. =E2=80=A2 Dickens, Charles; Hablot Knight Browne (Illustrator).=
BLEAK
HOUSE. London; Bradbury And Evans, 1853. Half morocco and marbled
boards. 8vo. XVI, 624 [38] pages. 23 cm. Illustrated with thirty eight
leaves of plates. First edition. Gilt lettering and decorative designs
on spine, marbled outer edges, engraved title page, each chapter
contains two plates except no. 9 and 10, which contain one and three
respectively. "[I]n Bleak House for the first time [society] is seen=
as
an absurdity, an irrelevance, almost a madness. A dark force from which
the real people must escape in order to create another society of their
own... [Dickens] had been preparing for this novel all his life and,
despite the calamities... Which had helped to provoke it in the first
place,... Was even happy while he was writing it... It might even be
said that Bleak House cured the very malaise which was responsible for
its composition" (Ackroyd, Dickens, pages 649-560). Subjects: Young
women -- Fiction. Guardian and ward -- Fiction. Illegitimate children
-- Fiction. Inheritance and succession -- Fiction. Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans. Legal stories. London (England) -- Fiction. Top
backstrip torn at edges but intact. Signatures and binding in excellent
condition. Slight foxing, especially around plates, throughout, and
light soiling throughout. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-5-12) (ID
#28598) $400.00.
64. =E2=80=A2 Griffin, S. C. HISTORY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS: NARRATIVE=
AND
BIOGRAPHICAL. Galveston, Tex; A. H. Cawston, 1931. Clothbound. 4to. 408
pages. 28 cm. First edition. Illustrated. Ornate engraved covers. A
scarce history of Galveston Island in Texas; the contents are divided
into two parts - the first being the text and illustrations of the
history of the island (11 chapters through page 128) with the second
part constituted of biographical sketches, many with portraits, of the
important leading citizens of Galveston. Includes biographical index.
Subjects: Galveston (Tex. ) - History. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide.
Light wear to covers, with occasional very light foxing throughout.
Near fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-14) (ID #28600) $750.00.
65. =E2=80=A2 Milton, John. LITER=C3=86 PSEUDO-SENATUS ANGLICANI, CR=
OMWELLII,
RELIQUORUMQUE PERDUELLIUM NOMINE AC JUSSU [LITERAE] [LATIN STATE
LETTERS]. [Londini] [London]; Conscript=C3=A6 A Joanne Miltono, 1676.
Clothbound. 16mo. 234 pages. 14 cm. First edition. In Latin. Later
cloth bound with gilt lettering on spine. Woodcut print ornament of
fruit on titlepage; one of the two states of the year; this copy with a
fruit printer's device considered to be the first. Posthumously
published "Latin State Letters" (as they are commonly referred to) of
John Milton, well known for his work "Paradise Lost", who wrote this
surreptitious publication of republican dispatches while in his
capacity of Latin secretary to the Council of State, between the years
1649 and 1659. Subjects: England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658:
O. Cromwell) - Great Britain. Sovereign (1658-1659: Richard Cromwell).
Great Britain - Foreign relations. Great Britain - History -
Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660. Ex-libris punch stamp on
title page and bookplate of Thomas Foley of Witley Court. Endpages
foxing, very light soiling throughout, edges lightly soiled. Near fine
condition. (DREYFUS-5-8) (ID #28594) $950.00.
66. =E2=80=A2 Ousley, Clarence. GALVESTON IN NINETEEN HUNDRED. Atlan=
ta, Ga;
W. C. Chase, 1900. Clothbound. 8vo. 346 [2] pages. 24 cm. First
edition. Illustrated. Full title: "Galveston in nineteen hundred; the
authorized and official record of the proud city of the Southwest as it
was before and after the hurricane of September 8, and a logical
forecast of its future. " With gilt lettering and woodcut design on
front cover, gilt lettering on spine, and upper outer edge in gilt.
Frontispiece portrait of the governor of Texas Joseph Sayers. Published
for the benefit of the Galveston public schools, this work, immediately
compiled after the devastating hurricane in 1900, documents the
wreckage through surveys and photographs of the city of Galveston.
Subjects: Galveston (Tex. ) -- Storm, 1900. Galveston (Tex. ) --
History. Light soiling to back cover, slight aging to endpages. Near
fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-13) (ID #28599) $125.00.
67. =E2=80=A2 Rostgaard, Frederic [Friderico]. DELICIAE QUORUNDAM P=
OETARUM
DANORUM VOLUME TWO (ONLY). Lugduni Batavorum, Jordanum Luchtmans, 1693.
Original(?) Vellum. 16mo. 618 pages. 14 cm. In Latin. Title translates
to English as, "Delights of Certain Danish Poets. " CONTENTS: t. I. De
poetis danis, ex dissertationibus Olai Borrichii de po=C3=ABtis gr=C3=
=A6cis &
latinis. Henrici Albertii Hafniensis Carmina quibus in prima editione
titulus est: Mus=C3=A6a adolescenti=C3=A6 Venus. Johannis Hopneri Hafni=
ensis...
Carmina. Christiani Aagaardi... Carmina. -t. II. Viti Beringii...
Carmina. Henrici Harderi Hafniensis Carmina. Olai Borrichii... Carmina.
SUBJECT(S): Latin poetry, Medieval and modern. Poets, Danish. With
biographical sketches of the authors of the poems. A. Stanley Dreyfus,
grandson-in-law of Leo Baeck's, copy with his name on inside cover.
Vellum cover worn but still nice with title inked onto spine. Internal
pages are slightly stiff from water exposure but no water stains are
evident and all text is clear. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-8) (ID
#28657) $135.00.
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CATALOG 144: THE BAECK-DREYFUS COLLECTION<br>
A Selection of Titles<br>
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Friends-<br>
In Jewish history, Rabbinic lines often pass from Father-in-Law to Son-in-=
Law. Less common is for a line to pass from Grandfather-in-Law to Grandson=
-in-Law. But the Baeck-Dreyfus family follows exactly that pattern.<br>
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Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was a leading German Reform Rabbi and the leader of=
German Jewry during the Holocaust. Baeck's father Samuel was also a r=
abbi. In 1905 the younger Baeck published The Essence of Judaism, in respo=
nse to Adolf von Harnack's The Essence of Christianity. This book, whi=
ch interpreted and defended Judaism through a prism of Neo-Kantianism temp=
ered with religious existentialism, made him a famous proponent for the Je=
wish people and faith.<br>
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Leo Baeck and his wife, Natalie, had one child, Ruth, who married Hermann=
Berlak, an accountant, in 1923. Ruth and Hermann Berlak had one daughter,=
Marianne. As conditions in Germany worsened, despite his many opportuniti=
es to emigrate, Baeck chose to remain with his people in Germany. In 1933,=
after the Nazis seized power, Baeck worked to defend the Jewish community=
as president of the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden, an umbrella org=
anization that united German Jewry from 1933 to 1938. After the Reichsvert=
retung was disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassembled the=
council's members under the government controlled Reichsvereinigung.=
Leo Baeck headed this organization as its president until his deportation=
=2E On 27 January 1943, he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration=
camp, where he became the "honorary head" of the Council of Eld=
ers (Judenrat) in Theresienstadt.<br>
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Natalie Baeck died in Berlin in 1937. Following Kristallnacht, Marianne wa=
s sent to England on a Kindertransport. Despite deplorable conditions, Leo=
Baeck survived his imprisonment in Theresienstadt. After the War, B=
aeck lived in London, taught at Hebrew Union College in America, and becam=
e Chairman of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.<br>
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In 1950, Marianne married A. Stanley Dreyfus (above left), a recently orda=
ined American-born Reform Rabbi whom she met while accompanying her grandf=
ather, Leo Baeck, on a trip to the US. Rabbi Dreyfus himself went on to a=
very distinguished career as an American Reform Rabbi, serving congregati=
ons in Indiana, Texas and New York. He was the rabbi of Union Temple=
of Brooklyn, NY from 1965 to 1979, and then served as the Director of Rab=
binic Placement of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1980-1991).=
He taught Liturgy and Commentaries at the New York campus of Hebrew Union=
College-Jewish Institute of Religion for over four decades and chaired th=
e Liturgy Committee of the CCAR from 1975 to 1979, overseeing the publicat=
ion of the Reform prayerbooks Gates of Prayer, Gates of the House, Gates o=
f Understanding, and Gates of Repentance. And he was an avid book collecto=
r.<br>
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A. Stanley Dreyfus died in 2008, survived by Marianne and, among others, R=
abbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, his daughter-in-law, and, true to family hist=
ory, Rabbi Elizabeth Richman, his granddaughter-in-law.<br>
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Below is an assortment of books from Stanley’s and Marianne’s=
Library, reflecting their connection to the legacy of Leo Baeck and to St=
anley’s interests in Liturgy, Jewish history, and the Reform movemen=
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CONTENTS:<br>
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• LEO BAECK<br>
• GERMAN AND REFORM<br>
• RABBINICS<br>
• BIBLE<br>
• LITURGY<br>
• ART<br>
• CHILDREN<br>
• MUSIC<br>
• AMERICANA<br>
• NON-JEWISH<br>
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LEO BAECK<br>
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1. • Lund, Johann. DIE ALTEN JÜDISCHEN HEILIGT=
HÜMER, GOTTESDIENSTE, UND GEWOHNHEITEN. Hamburg, Verlegts Gottfried L=
iebernickel, Buchhändler, 1704. Original Publisher's Cloth. Folio=
=2E [38], 1090, [146] pages, [35] leaves of plates (1 folded). Illus. 35=
cm. In German. Subtitle: "für Augen gestellet in einer ausf&uum=
l;hrlichen Beschreibung des gantzen levitischen Priesterthums und fün=
ff unterschiedenen Büchern. " Title translates to English as, &q=
uot;The Ancient Jewish Holy Places, Religious Services, and Habits. "=
<strong>Presented to Leo Baeck by the Landesverband der jüdischen Ge=
meinden der Nord-Rheinprovinz, The National Association of Jewish Communit=
ies of the North-Rhine Province, with a memo attached to inside front cove=
r; dated May 28, 1952 with institutional stamp.</strong> CONTENTS: I. Von=
der Stiffts-Hütten, dero Verfertigung, Geräthen, Versetzung, so=
wol in der Wüsten als im Lande Canaan, und wo sie endlich geblieben=
-- II. Von dem Tempel, so wol dem ersten als dem andern, von dessen Erbau=
ung, Gestalt, Pracht, Geräthen, [et]c, und zweymaliger Verstöru=
ng -- III. Von dem Hohen- und andern Priestern, deren Kleidern, Salbung, A=
mte, und alle Verrichtungen bey der Stiffts-Hütte und Tempel -- IV. V=
on den Leviten, deren Ursprung, und Aemtern zur Zeit der Stiffts-Hütt=
e und des Tempels, auch was sie mit den Priestern im Amte gemein gehabt, w=
ie auch von beyder Einkünfften und Verpflegung -- V. Von dem täg=
lichen Gottesdienst der alten Hebräer in und ausser der Stiffts-H&uum=
l;tte und Tempel, dero Wochen-, Monat-, und Jahr-Festen. Portrait of Lund=
and opposite another full-page illustration depicting ancient priests of=
Israel, sacred precincts of a sanctuary area, Jerusalem on earth and heav=
en and the author at his work; title page printed in red and black; German=
text, printed double-column and with marginal side-notes printed througho=
ut, arranged in topical sections; decorative initial letters, head and tai=
lpieces, some with mystical symbolism; with engraved plates, some of which=
are double or folding, by J. W. Michael and J. G. Mentzel - temple areas,=
furnishings, the architecture of buildings as well as of sacred objects,=
candelabra, altars, coins & medals, costume of priests, numerology &a=
mp; calculations, various punishments including crucifixion and flogging,=
map of a large encampment with identification and with other curiosities=
of ancient times all relating to Jewish religious life and culture; withi=
n the text are other small illustrations, shofar horns, measuring requirem=
ents, a hat, a system for holding the neck of a beast, presumably for ritu=
al sacrifice or proper butchering practice, and others; with several usefu=
l indexes at back, for Greek or Hebrew words in the text and a lengthy sub=
ject index; Stanley Dreyfus' [Baeck's grandson-in-law] copy with=
his notes laid in. Vellum covers worn, front vellum coming detached along=
edge. Internal pages darkened with light staining throughout, but all tex=
t is clear. Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-13) (ID #28662) $450.00.<br>
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2. • Simon, Akibah Ernst; 1899-; Buber, Martin; 187=
8-1965. =D7=91=D7=A2=D7=99=D7=95=D7=AA: =D7=91=D7=9E=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=93=D7=
=A9=D7=99=D7=AA =D7=9C=D7=97=D7=99=D7=99 =D7=A6=D7=91=D7=95=D7=A8. BE'=
AYOT: BAMAH HODSHIT LE-HAYE TSIBUR (VOLUME ONE, NUMBERS ONE AND TWO). Jeru=
salem: [?], 1944-1949. Boards, 8vo, 2 volumes. In Hebrew. Handwritten ins=
cription to Leo Baeck by 3 giants of 20th Century Judaism: Martin Buber, Y=
=2E L. Magnes, & A. Simon. Monthly periodical. Title translates to: &quo=
t;Issues: What's new in Community Life? " SUBJECT(S): Descriptor:=
Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 1917-1948 -- Periodicals. Zionism --=
Periodicals. Geographic: Palestine -- Politics and government -- Periodic=
als. Pages tanned. 10 holdings on OCLC. Bound in attractive special wooden=
boards, very handsome set. Good + condition. (DREYFUS-4-7) (ID #28580) $5=
00.00.<br>
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3. • Maybaum, Ignaz. Trans. From The German by Jose=
ph Leftwich. Man and Catastrophe. SERMONS PREACHED AT THE REFUGEES SERVICE=
S OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE. London, Allenson & Co., 1941. Cloth, 12mo,=
160 pages. Inscribed by Maybaum to Leo Baeck's daughter and son-in-la=
w, Ruth and Herman Berlak, "in der name LEO BACK zwischen uns knupft.=
Frances und Ignaz Maybaum, London NW2, Nov 9, 1941." Leo Baeck was a=
t the time of the inscription soon to be deported to Theresienstadt. Mayba=
um was a German Rabbi arrested in 1935 "by the Gestapo, spending six=
weeks in prison before being released. In 1939 he left Germany on a Kinde=
rtransport and went to London, England…. From 1956 until his retire=
ment in 1963, he lectured in homiletics and theology at Leo Baeck College.=
…. He is most frequently remembered for his controversial view in=
The Face of God After Auschwitz (1965) that the suffering of Jews in the=
Holocaust was vicarious atonement for the sins of the rest of the world (=
http: //en. Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Maybaum). (DREYFUS-6-16) (ID #28730)=
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4. • Baer, Yitzhak. =D7=99=D7=A9=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=9C=
=D7=91=D7=A2=D7=9E=D7=99=D7=9D: =D7=A2=D7=99=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=
=91=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=9C=D7=93=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=9E=D7=99 =D7=94=D7=91=D7=
=99=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=99 =D7=95=D7=AA=D7=A7=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=AA=
=D7=94=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=94 =D7=95=D7=91=D7=99=D7=A1=D7=95=D7=93=D7=95=
=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=94=D7=9C=D7=9B=D7=94 =D7=95=D7=94=D7=90=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=A0=
=D7=94. YISRA'EL BA'-AMIM / ISRAEL AMONG THE NATIONS. Jerusalem; M=
osad Byalik, 1955. Clothbound. 8vo. 144 pages. 22 cm. In Hebrew. Rabbi Leo=
Baeck's copy, warmly inscribed to him by the author, Yitzhak Baer. Ti=
tle page verso in English: "Israel Among the Nations. An essay on the=
history of the period of the second Temple and the Mishna and on the foun=
dations of the Halacha and Jewish religion. " Yitzhak Baer (1888&ndas=
h;1980), was a German-Israeli historian and an expert in medieval Spanish=
Jewish history. "Born in Halberstadt, where he obtained a thorough J=
ewish education, Baer studied philosophy, classical philology, and history=
(the latter under Heinrich Finke) at the universities of Berlin, Strasbou=
rg, and Freiburg. From 1919 Baer was research associate of the Akademie fu=
er die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, under whose auspices he went=
twice to Spain (1925–26) to collect archival source material on the=
history of the Jews in Christian Spain. In 1928 he was appointed lecturer=
and in 1930 professor of medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University=
in Jerusalem. From 1932 to 1945 he was professor of general medieval hist=
ory; he served from 1930 to 1959 as head of the university's departmen=
t of Jewish history. Baer was one of the founders and editors of the Jewis=
h historical review Zion. A coeditor of the "Historiographical Librar=
y" and Sefer ha-Yishuv, he took a leading part in the Israel Historic=
al Society and was one of the 20 founding members of the Israel Academy of=
Sciences. He also contributed important articles to the German Encyclopae=
dia Judaica and its Hebrew counterpart (Eshkol). … His method seeks=
to bring to light the internal forces that fashioned the Jewish communiti=
es within the framework of general history and local conditions. Baer beli=
eved that the essential features of Jewish communal organization were alre=
ady set during the early generations of the Second Temple period and that=
these forms of organization were a product of the religious and national=
experiences of the people, and not that the Diaspora gave birth to them,=
although there were changes reflecting special conditions of time and pla=
ce. Baer also investigated the spiritual and religious world of the Jewish=
people from the Second Temple period and the Middle Ages. Among his studi=
es in this area are a series of articles in Zion written between 1932 and=
1961 dealing with the theology of the Sefer Hasidim and the Hasidei Ashke=
naz in general; with the historical basis of halakhah; with the relations=
between Jews, the early Christian Church, and the Roman Empire until Cons=
tantine. According to Baer the driving force of Jewish history lies in the=
continuing socioreligious activity of groups of pious and practical men o=
f faith who aimed at perfecting the world. They succeeded in influencing t=
he active elements among the people, with their beliefs and teachings, mai=
ntaining close ties with the non-Jewish world, and participating in its re=
ligiocultural and socioethical development. " (2007 Encyclopedia Juda=
ica). Subjects: Jews -- History -- 586 B. C. -70 A. D. Backstrip shaken, l=
ightly worn and frayed at edges. Covers and endpages lightly soiled. Pages=
clean and fresh. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-6-3) (ID #28704) $175.00.<=
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5. • Bernfeld, Simon. =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=
=A0=D7=91=D7=99=D7=90=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=9B=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=91=D7=99=D7=9D. TO=
RAH NEVI'IM U-KHETUVIM =3D DIE HEILIGE SCHRIFT. Frankfurt A. M. ; J. K=
auffmann, 1906. Clothbound. 8vo. XXXIV, 886 pages. 22 cm. First edition. M=
illi Berlak's copy with an old inscription (1910) to her and with a la=
ter (1955) autograph letter to her from Rabbi Leo Baeck laid in. The Baeck=
and Berlak families were intimately tied together during the Holocaust an=
d pre-Holocaust period: Milli Berlak's brother Hermann married Leo Bae=
ck's daughter Ruth Baeck; Milli Berlak's father, also named Leo, m=
oved in with Leo Baeck in Berlin as conditions worsened after Kristallnach=
t and was eventually deported and murdered. In German. Quarter leather wit=
h decorative cloth and gilt lettering. Full title: "Die Heilige Schri=
ft: nach dem masoretischen Text neu u¨bersetzt und erkla¨rt nebst=
einer Einleitung und einem Teil der Apokryphen. " Title translates a=
s: "The Holy Scripture according to the Masoretic text newly translat=
ed and explained, together with an introduction and a portion of the Apocr=
ypha" by Simon Bernfeld (1860-1940) a "German publicist and rabb=
i; born in Stanislau, Galicia, Jan. 6, 1860. His father, who was a good ra=
bbinical scholar and also well versed in secular knowledge, was his first=
instructor. He took to writing Hebrew very early; and at the age of thirt=
een he translated a German novel into that tongue. …He entered the=
university of the German capital, and at the same time attended the Hochs=
chule für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums. In 1885 he became a regula=
r contributor to "Ha-Meli" (St. Petersburg), and in the same yea=
r obtained his doctor's degree. In March, 1886, he was elected chief r=
abbi of the Spanish and Portuguese community of Belgrade, the capital of S=
ervia, and director of the Jewish school in that city. This position he he=
ld for about seven years. His new translation of the Bible, now in course=
of publication, has also been highly praised (see "Allg. Zeit. Des J=
udenthums, " 1901, No. 13). His chief significance, however, lies in=
the field of Neo-Hebraic literature. He belongs to the younger class of c=
lear and forceful writers who have brought new life into modern Hebrew lit=
erature and have lifted the journalistic part of it to an eminence which i=
t had not before attained. " (1906 Jewish Encyclopedia) His German tr=
anslation of the Bible, which follows traditional translations, was publis=
hed in several editions. Subjects: Bible -- Versions, German. Bible. O. T.=
German. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Contains lengthy handwritten dedic=
ation from "Dr. Bloch" to Milli Berlak on the first endpage from=
the year 1910; Cloth worn, covers bumped at edges, backstrip shaken. Page=
s fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-6-12) (ID #28713) $250.=
00.<br>
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6. • Elbogen, Ismar. GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN DEUTSC=
HLAND. Berlin; Jüdische Buch-Vereinigung, 1935. Clothbound. 8vo. 319=
pages. 21 cm. First edition. In German. Copy belonging to Marianne Berlak=
, granddauther of Leo Baeck, by Baeck's colleague Ismar Elbogen. Title=
translates as: "History of Jews in Germany. " The History of Je=
ws in Germany traces the history of persecution in the middle ages, 19th c=
entury emancipation, and the position of the Jews in the Third Reich. Isma=
r Elbogen (1874–1943), was a scholar, teacher, and public figure. El=
bogen was born in Schildberg, Posen province, and studied at the Breslau R=
abbinical Seminary. Israel Lewy, the famous Talmud critic, was the teacher=
who most influenced him. In 1899 he began teaching Jewish history and bib=
lical exegesis at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in Florence. While in It=
aly he perfected his knowledge in Italian Jewish history and literature. I=
n 1903 he joined the faculty of the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des J=
udentums in Berlin, teaching many subjects and for many years was involved=
unofficially in directing the institution. He was involved in the organiz=
ational life of German Jews, heading important committees and commissions.=
In 1938, in the wake of Nazi persecution, Elbogen immigrated to New York.=
He was appointed research professor simultaneously at four institutions:=
Jewish Theological Seminary, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Re=
ligion, and Dropsie College. Subjects: Jews -- Germany -- History. Covers=
lightly soiled and worn, pages lightly aged. Very good condition. (DREYFU=
S-6-5) (ID #28706) $100.00.<br>
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7. • Gollancz, Victor. FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT: A CO=
NFESSION OF FAITH IN THE FORM OF AN ANTHOLOGY. London: Victor Gollancz, 19=
56. Cloth, 8vo, 668 pages. First Edition. Inscribed by author to Rabbi Leo=
Baeck on the front end paper "For Dr. Baeck/with homage/VG. " W=
ith the ownership stamp of Leo Baeck's grandson-in-law, Rabbi Stanley=
Dreyfus, on the front pastedown. "In addition to his highly successf=
ul publishing business, [Victor] Gollancz was a prolific writer on a vari=
ety of subjects, and put his ideas into action by establishing campaigning=
groups. His 1943 pamphlet 'Let My People Go', which called for an=
attempt by the Allied powers to rescue Jews under threat of extermination=
in occupied Europe, reached a mass audience in 1943, following widespread=
coverage in the British media in December 1942 of the Nazi's extermin=
ation policy. …. Along with Eleanor Rathbone, Gollancz was the fore=
most British campaigner during the Second World War on the issue of the Na=
zi extermination of European Jewry" (Wikipedia, 2011). An important a=
ssociation copy, linking these two important leaders of European Jewry dur=
ing the Holocaust. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-6-17) (ID #28731) $200.00=
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8. • Kollenscher, Max. JÜDISCHES AUS DER DEUTS=
CH-POLNISCHEN ÜBERGANGSZEIT; POSEN 1918-1920. Berlin; "ewer"=
; Buchhandlung, H. Werner,, 1925. Clothbound. 8vo. 223 pages. 22 cm. First=
Edition. Leo Baeck's copy, with his confirmed ownership signature on=
front end paper. Baeck was himself born in Posen, where his father, Samue=
l Baeck, was a rabbi. In German. Contains frontispiece plate of synagogue=
of Posen. Title translates as: "Jews in the German-Polish transition=
period; Posen 1918-1920." This volume constitutes both a history of=
Posen and the Jewish experience during the revolutions preceding the firs=
t world war, as well as a set of tracts and political programs outlined by=
Kollenscher for Zionist communal acitivites in the city of Posen. Max Kol=
lenscher was born in Posen in 1875. He was a lawyer and organized the &quo=
t;Juedischer Volksrat" in Posen after World War I. From 1925 until hi=
s emigration to Palestine in 1934, Kollenscher was a member of the executi=
ve board of the Berlin Jewish community. He was an active Zionist and the=
author of several publications on Jewish communal politics. He died in Pa=
lestine in 1937. Subjects: Jews -- Poland -- Poznan (Province). Covers soi=
led and lightly foxed, endpages lightly aged and foxed, outer edges lightl=
y soiled and foxed. Pages lightly aged, but clean and crisp throughout. Go=
od+ condition. (DREYFUS-6-6) (ID #28707) $350.00.<br>
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9. • Lehrmann, Chanan. L'ÉLÉMENT=
JUIF DANS LA PENSÉE EUROPÉENNE. Paris; Éditions Du C=
hant Nouveau, 1947. Clothbound. 8vo. 243 pages. 22 cm. First edition. In F=
rench. Rabbi Leo Baeck's copy, with lengthy inscription to him by the=
author. Title translates as: "The Jewish Elements in European though=
t. " This volume by Rabbi Chanan Lehrmann (1905-1977) develops a thor=
ough history of the influence of Jewish literature and poetry on the cultu=
ral and literary milieus in European literature, specifically, the Italian=
Rennaissance, Shakespeare and Racine, Symbolism and its interconnections=
with Zionism, and Jewish literature in France. Subjects: Jewish philosoph=
y. Jewish literature -- History and criticism. Jews in literature. Backstr=
ip lightly worn, gilt lettering on covers lightly faded. Endpages and marg=
ins lightly aged. Pages clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-6=
-4) (ID #28705) $125.00.<br>
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10. • Scholem, Gershom. =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8 =D7=94=
=D7=99=D7=95=D7=91=D7=9C =D7=9C=D7=9B=D7=91=D7=95=D7=93 =D7=92=D7=A8=D7=A9=
=D7=9D =D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=9D =D7=9C=D7=9E=D7=9C=D7=90=D7=AA =D7=9C=D7=
=95 =D7=A9=D7=99=D7=A9=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=94. SEFER HA-YOVEL: LI-=
KHEVOD GERSHOM SHALOM: LI-MELOT LO SHISHIM SHANAH / GERSHOM SCHOLEM JUBILE=
E VOLUME, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY. Jerusalem; Magnes, 195=
8. Clothbound. 8vo. 294 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. With front=
ispiece photograph of Gershom Scholem (1898–1982), the most importan=
t scholar of Jewish mysticism and a towering figure in Jewish intellectual=
life. "The main themes that represent his thought are the emergence=
of Kabbalah in Europe in mid-12th century as the result of a synthesis be=
tween Gnostic and Neoplatonic elements; the rise of messianic interest amo=
ng the kabbalists after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain; the reaction=
to the trauma of the expulsion in the theories of the Safed kabbalists, e=
specially the Lurianic one; the spread of this type of messianic Kabbalah=
among wider audiences, which prepared the way for the emergence of the Sh=
abbatean movement, and last but not least, the assumption that the wide in=
fluence of the Shabbatean movement had an impact on the emergence of three=
main religious developments since the 18th century: Hasidism, Enlightenme=
nt, and Reform. " (2007 Jewish Encyclopedia) The Jubilee volume was p=
ublished the same year Scholem received the "Israel Price in Jewish S=
tudies. " Subjects: Judaism. Scholem, Gershom Gerhard. Covers lightly=
soiled and lightly worn. Edges bumped. Pages lightly aged, but clean and=
fresh. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-6-9) (ID #28710) $300.00.<br>
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11. • Soloweitschik, Max. DIE WELT DER BIBEL: EIN B=
ILDERATLAS ZUR GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR DES BIBLISCHEN ZEITALTERS. Berlin; J&=
uuml;discher Verlag, 1926. Clothbound. 4to. 240, [4] pages. 29 cm. First=
German edition. With ownership signature of Marianne Berlak, the only gra=
ndchild of Rabbi Leo Baeck. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Translation of=
: Sekhiyot ha-Mikra. Title translates as: "The World of the Bible: an=
Illustrated Atlas of the History and Culture of the Biblical Era. "=
Includes three full color large fold out maps of Palestine, and 693 color=
and black and white plates: depicting landscape portraits, plant species,=
stone inscriptions, architectural layouts, pottery, jewelry, tools, and o=
ther artifacts from the land of the Bible. Max Soloweitschik (1883-1957) w=
as a Lithuanian Zionist activist, minister of Jewish affairs in the Lithua=
nian parliament from 1919 to 1922, one time member of the World Zionist Or=
ganization, member of the editorial board for the Judisches Lexikon and th=
e German language Encyclopaedia Judaica, he emigrated to Palestine in 1933=
and served as director of the Angle-Palestine Bank and later as director=
of the Education Department of the General Council of the Palestine Jewis=
h Community, and later first director of the voice of Israel radio service=
=2E He published a number of historical-critical works and essays on the Bib=
le throughout his life. (Information from David Engel; "Hebrew Nation=
alism and Biblical Criticism" in "Ki Baruch Hu" 1999.) Subj=
ects: Bible -- Antiquities. Bible -- History of Biblical events. Bible --=
Geography -- Maps. Israel. Bible. O. T. -- Antiquities. Bible. O. T. -- H=
istory of contemporary events. Covers lightly soiled, backstrip aged and l=
ightly soiled. Pages lightly aged, very fresh and clean. Very good + condi=
tion. (DREYFUS-6-10) (ID #28711) $50.00.<br>
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12. • Stern, Selma. THE COURT JEW: A CONTRIBUTION T=
O THE HISTORY OF THE PERIOD OF ABSOLUTISM IN CENTRAL EUROPE. Philadelphia,=
Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1950. Clothbound. 8vo. xvii, 312 p=
ages. 22 cm. First edition. Leo Baeck's copy inscribed to him by the a=
uthor. Translated from the German manuscript by Ralph Weiman. Selma Stern-=
Taeubler (1890–1981), "born in Kippenheim (Baden), was the firs=
t girl to attend the Gymnasium in Baden-Baden. She then studied history an=
d languages at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich, graduating in 19=
13. She specialized at first in general German history, but became interes=
ted in the history of German Jewry. In 1919 she was appointed a research f=
ellow at the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin at the=
invitation of its founder and director, the historian Eugen Taeubler, who=
m she married in 1927. Her special field was compiling source material on=
the relationship between the Prussian state and its Jews from 1648 to 181=
2. Her scholarly publications were based on the premise that Judaism had t=
o be studied in the context of the political and cultural environment. The=
first two volumes of her chief work, Der preussische Staat und die Juden,=
were published in 1925, and a third volume followed in 1938, but almost t=
he entire edition was destroyed by the Nazis. In 1934 the Akademie was clo=
sed by the Nazis, and in 1941 Selma Stern-Taeubler and her husband immigra=
ted to the United States, settling in Cincinnati. In 1947 she became the f=
irst archivist of the American Jewish Archives (at the Hebrew Union Colleg=
e, Cincinnati), a post she held until her retirement in 1957. In 1960 Selm=
a Stern-Taeubler moved to Basle, Switzerland. (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica)=
Subjects: Court Jews -- Germany. Jews -- Germany -- Economic conditions.=
Capitalists and financiers -- Europe. Hoffaktor. Geschichte 1640-1740. To=
p of backstrip chipped, edges of backstrip worn. Covers lightly soiled. En=
dpages lightly soiled. Pages clean and fresh. Very good- condition in Good=
Jacket. (DREYFUS-6-8) (ID #28709) $200.00.<br>
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13. • Stern, Selma; Ludwig Lewisohn. THE SPIRIT RET=
URNETH. Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1946. Clothbo=
und. 8vo. 265 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Leo Baeck's copy inscribed=
to him by the author. "The Spirit Returneth" is a novel by Selm=
a Stern, translated from the German manuscript by Ludwig Lewisohn. Selma S=
tern-Taeubler (1890–1981), "born in Kippenheim (Baden), was the=
first girl to attend the Gymnasium in Baden-Baden. She then studied histo=
ry and languages at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich, graduating=
in 1913. She specialized at first in general German history, but became i=
nterested in the history of German Jewry. In 1919 she was appointed a rese=
arch fellow at the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin=
at the invitation of its founder and director, the historian Eugen Taeubl=
er, whom she married in 1927. Her special field was compiling source mater=
ial on the relationship between the Prussian state and its Jews from 1648=
to 1812. Her scholarly publications were based on the premise that Judais=
m had to be studied in the context of the political and cultural environme=
nt. The first two volumes of her chief work, Der preussische Staat und die=
Juden, were published in 1925, and a third volume followed in 1938, but a=
lmost the entire edition was destroyed by the Nazis. In 1934 the Akademie=
was closed by the Nazis, and in 1941 Selma Stern-Taeubler and her husband=
immigrated to the United States, settling in Cincinnati. In 1947 she beca=
me the first archivist of the American Jewish Archives (at the Hebrew Unio=
n College, Cincinnati), a post she held until her retirement in 1957. In 1=
960 Selma Stern-Taeubler moved to Basle, Switzerland. Her historical novel=
, The Spirit Returneth… (1946; Ger. 1972: Ihr seid meine Zeugen), d=
eals with the persecution of the Jews during the time of the Black Death a=
nd helped the author to understand the persecutions of her own time. "=
; (2007 Encyclopedia Judaica) Subjects: Jews -- Europe -- History -- Ficti=
on. Leo Covers lightly worn, outer edges lightly soiled, page margins ligh=
tly aged. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition in Good jacket. (DREYFUS-=
6-7) (ID #28708) $200.00.<br>
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14. • Weil, Arthur. ZWISCHEN GOLA UND MEDINA; PREDI=
GTEN DER ZEIT. Basel; Brin, 1951. Clothbound. 12mo. 335 pages.19 cm. First=
edition. Leo Baeck's copy, inscribed to him by the author. In German.=
Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Title translates as: "Between Gola a=
nd Medina; Sermons of our Time. " This collection of sermons and essa=
ys by Rabbi Arthur Weil of Basel, Switzerland, is devoted to understanding=
the complexity and reasons for the beginning of the State of Israel. Cont=
ents: Part One: A. Aspects of the Jewish religion; B. Our community and it=
s institutions; C. Religious and political problems; D. Religious and Poli=
tical Education; E. Jewish destiny / Second part: A. Declaration of the St=
ate of Palestine; B. Founding of the Jewish State. Subjects: Jewish sermon=
s -- Switzerland. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Covers lightly worn. Pag=
e margins lightly aged. Corners lightly bumped. Pages very fresh and clean=
=2E Very good+ condition. (DREYFUS-6-2) (ID #28703) $125.00.<br>
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15. • Schonfeld, Victor. =D7=A9=D7=A4=D7=AA =D7=9E=
=D7=A9=D7=94. S´EFAT MOSHEH / A HEBREW READER [VOLUME 2]. London; C=
ailingold, 5697. Clothbound. 12mo. XXXVIII, 96, [1] pages. 18 cm. With ow=
nership signature of Marianne Berlak, the only grandchild of Rabbi Leo Bae=
ck. Holocaust-era imprint. Fourth Edition. In Hebrew, with bilingual index=
in English and Hebrew. Black and white plate on last page depicts a young=
boy engaged with the Hebrew Reader. "A Hebrew Reader" is a bili=
ngual English and Hebrew grammar for elementary school age learners, compi=
led by the Rabbi Victor Schonfeld, (1880–1930), an English rabbi and=
educator. The reader went through many published editions, throughout the=
1920's until the 1950's, and this second volume constitutes a rea=
der for the student with some experience with Hebrew already. The author:=
"Schonfeld was born in Hungary. He served as rabbi of the Montefiore=
Society in Vienna until 1909, when he went to the North London Beth Hamid=
rash, which became the Adath Yisrael Synagogue in 1911. In 1920 Schonfeld=
took up an invitation to become head of the Mizrachi schools in Eretz Isr=
ael; dissatisfied with conditions, he returned to his former post two year=
s later. In 1927 he founded the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations in=
England, and in 1929 he established the Jewish Secondary Schools Movement=
=2E Schonfeld was an outstanding preacher and teacher, wielding great influe=
nce beyond the confines of his congregation, partly through the youth soci=
ety, Ben Zakkai, which he founded. Apart from publishing a number of textb=
ooks for religious schools, a volume of his sermons and essays was publish=
ed posthumously by his son Solomon (Judaism as Life's Purpose, 1930; a=
shorter edition Life's Purpose, 1956). " (2007 Encyclopedia Juda=
ica). Subjects: Readers, Hebrew. OCLC lists one copy of the 1937 printing=
worldwide (National Library of Israel). Green cloth covers lightly worn o=
n edges of backstrip. Bottom corner lightly bumped. Pages aged, but very c=
lean and fresh. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-6-1) (ID #28702) $50.00.<b=
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16. • Ba'er, Yitshak (Baer). Toldot Ha-Yehudim=
Bi-Sefarad Ha-Notsrit. Tel Aviv: am oved, 1944. Cloth, 8vo, 2 volumes, 60=
8 pages. Includes fold out maps; 22 cm. In Hebrew. Rabbi Leo Baeck's c=
opy, warmly inscribed to him by the author, YA Baer. With the later owners=
hip stamp of Rabbi Stanley Dreyfus, Baeck's grandson-in-law. Contents:=
v. 1. Mi-tehiatan shel ha-kehilot 'Ad herev hurbanan bi-shenat 151 [=
1390 or 1391] -- v. 2. Mi-hurbanan shel 151 [1390 or 1391] Had ha-gerush.=
Yitzhak Baer (1888–1980), was a German-Israeli historian and an exp=
ert in medieval Spanish Jewish history. "Born in Halberstadt, where h=
e obtained a thorough Jewish education, Baer studied philosophy, classical=
philology, and history (the latter under Heinrich Finke) at the universit=
ies of Berlin, Strasbourg, and Freiburg. From 1919 Baer was research assoc=
iate of the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, under=
whose auspices he went twice to Spain (1925–26) to collect archival=
source material on the history of the Jews in Christian Spain. In 1928 he=
was appointed lecturer and in 1930 professor of medieval Jewish history a=
t the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. From 1932 to 1945 he was professor o=
f general medieval history; he served from 1930 to 1959 as head of the uni=
versity's department of Jewish history. Baer was one of the founders a=
nd editors of the Jewish historical review Zion. A coeditor of the "H=
istoriographical Library" and Sefer ha-Yishuv, he took a leading part=
in the Israel Historical Society and was one of the 20 founding members o=
f the Israel Academy of Sciences. He also contributed important articles t=
o the German Encyclopaedia Judaica and its Hebrew counterpart (Eshkol). &h=
ellip; His method seeks to bring to light the internal forces that fashion=
ed the Jewish communities within the framework of general history and loca=
l conditions. Baer believed that the essential features of Jewish communal=
organization were already set during the early generations of the Second=
Temple period and that these forms of organization were a product of the=
religious and national experiences of the people, and not that the Diaspo=
ra gave birth to them, although there were changes reflecting special cond=
itions of time and place. Baer also investigated the spiritual and religio=
us world of the Jewish people from the Second Temple period and the Middle=
Ages. Among his studies in this area are a series of articles in Zion wri=
tten between 1932 and 1961 dealing with the theology of the Sefer Hasidim=
and the Hasidei Ashkenaz in general; with the historical basis of halakha=
h; with the relations between Jews, the early Christian Church, and the Ro=
man Empire until Constantine. According to Baer the driving force of Jewis=
h history lies in the continuing socioreligious activity of groups of piou=
s and practical men of faith who aimed at perfecting the world. They succe=
eded in influencing the active elements among the people, with their belie=
fs and teachings, maintaining close ties with the non-Jewish world, and pa=
rticipating in its religiocultural and socioethical development. " (2=
007 Encyclopedia Judaica). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Spain -- History. Geographi=
c: Spain -- Ethnic relations. Spain -- History -- 711-1516. Includes bibli=
ographical references. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Boards slightly bow=
ed, spines sunned, otherwise Good+ Condition. (DREYFUS-6-15) (ID #28729) $=
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17. • (Frankfurt A. M.) Hahn, Joseph Yuspa Ben Phin=
ehas Seligmann, Of Nordlingin, 1570-1637. SEFER YOSEF OMETS... DINIM HA-NE=
HUGIM BE-KHOL HA-SHANAH... 1723. Period Cloth, 12mo, 212 leaves [i. E. 42=
4 pages]; 16 cm. In Hebrew. Hahn of Nordlingen was a "German rabbi an=
d author. Hahn spent all his life in Frankfurt. He was present during the=
Fettmilch riots, the subsequent expulsion of the Jews from the city in 16=
14, and their triumphant return two years later after Fettmilch was hanged=
=2E Hahn was head of the Frankfurt bet din and of the local yeshivah. When t=
here was no other incumbent, he also filled the office of communal rabbi.=
Hahn was a contemporary and colleague of Isaiah Horowitz (Shelah). Hahn i=
s best known for his book Yosif Omets (Frankfurt, 1723). Hahn's Yosif=
Omets Deals mainly with the laws and customs of the Jewish calendar and l=
iturgy, particularly those prevalent in contemporary Frankfurt. He quotes=
the custom of reciting the hymn "Lekhah Dodi " on Friday evenin=
gs as a 'new' one, recently introduced. Hahn deliberately substitu=
tes his own phrases for those which, in the original, refer to 'going=
out' to meet the Sabbath, since this custom obtained only in Erets Is=
rael, where the hymn was composed; the words he substituted retain the acr=
ostic of the author's name. Hahn also voiced his displeasure at the ne=
w custom of delaying the commencement of the evening service on the first=
night of 'Shavuot until a late hour. The Yosif Omets is a valuable so=
urce book for the history of the contemporary Frankfurt Jewish community.=
Hahn mentions, for instance, the local Purim (Adar 20), instituted to com=
memorate the hanging of Fettmilch (no. 1107–09). He also records the=
comparatively slight damage suffered by the community as a result of the=
passage of soldiers through the area during the Thirty Years' War. Th=
e Yosif Omets is written in a pious vein, and the concluding chapters are=
devoted to ethics. In the sections on pedagogy, Hahn deplored the ignoran=
ce of the Bible prevalent among rabbis of his day. He suggested that a boy=
who showed no sign of progress in the study of the Talmud by the age of 1=
3 be withdrawn from its study and taught Bible instead" (Tobias in EJ=
, 2007). SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Early works to 18=
00. Judaism -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- Customs and practices -- Ea=
rly works to 1800. Jews -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- History. OCLC l=
ists 10 copies worldwide. Lacking final 12 leaves; in addition leaves 97-1=
04 in period handwritten facsimile only. Period wrappers worn, heavy stain=
s to first and final pages, otherwise Good Condition. Important. (DREYFUS-=
6-13) (ID #28714) $300.00.<br>
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18. • Mendelsohn, Moses. PHÄDON ODER ÜBER=
DIE UNSTERBLICHKEIT DER SEELE IN DREY GESPRÄCHEN. Karlsruhe; Schmied=
erischen Buchhandlung, [1780]. Quarter leather over marbled board. 12 mo.=
[14] 52, 224 pages. 17 cm. In German. Title translates as "Phaedo o=
r on the Immortality of Souls in three discussions. " Beautiful gilt=
lettering and ornate decoration on spine with marbled endpages. Mendelsso=
hn's Phaedon, for which he became known as the "Jewish Socrates,=
" was sold out within four months of its first printing. "The &=
#39;Phädon' was the most widely read book of its time. Its specia=
l charm was its elegant and lucid style. Never before in Germany had philo=
sophical questions been treated in such clear language; so that his contem=
poraries with justice called him the 'German Plato. ' The "Ph=
ädon" is one of the best productions of classic German prose; it=
was reprinted fifteen times and translated into nearly all the European l=
anguages, while a number of Hebrew versions were made. The Crown Prince of=
Brunswick was so delighted with it that during a visit to his royal uncle=
in Berlin in the autumn of 1769, he invited the author to visit him at th=
e castle, and expressed the wish that he might induce him to come to Bruns=
wick. " (Jewish Encyclopedia 1906) Subjects: Immortality - Early work=
s to 1800. Covers worn at edges, with top headband shaken, light pencil ma=
rks at endpages, pages clean, with light foxing scattered throughout. Very=
good + condition. (DREYFUS-5-9) (ID #28595) $400.00.<br>
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19. • LEHRBUCH DER ISRAELITISCHEN RELIGION. Stuttga=
rt; Hallberger, 1837. Clothbound. 12mo. XXIV, 190 pages. 19 cm. First edit=
ion. In German. With gilt lettering on spine listing the title, place of p=
ublication and date published. Full title: "Lehrbuch der Israelitisch=
en Religion, zum Gebrauche der Synagogen und israelitischen Schulen im K&o=
uml;nigreich Württemberg: auf Veranstaltung der Königl, " w=
hich translates as "Textbook of Israelite Religion, for the use of Sy=
nagogues and Israelite schools in the Kingdom of Württemberg: of the=
Royal Meeting. " This textbook, a reform work printed in German, is=
the product of an interesting time, when the Jews of Wurttemberg and Stut=
tgart had recently been near emancipated from most feudal restrictions and=
had obtained civil equality in Wurttemberg on April 25, 1828, with a cent=
ral Jewish executive created in Stuttgart in 1831 that functioned under go=
vernmental supervision. Sermons printed in German by orthodox rabbis for a=
small community in a town of mostly liberal and secular Jews, under the a=
uspice of the authority of the Kingdom. Subjects: Judaism - Study and teac=
hing. Jews - Education - Germany. Jüdische Erziehung. OCLC lists 11 c=
opies worldwide. Later cloth binding in near fine condition. Pages lightly=
foxed, clean. Very good + condition. (DREYFUS-5-1) (ID #28587) $250.00.<b=
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20. • Friedländer, David. REDEN, DER ERBAUUNG=
GEBILDETER ISRAELITEN GEWIDMET. Berlin; In Commission In Der Maurerschen=
Buchhandlung, 1815. Clothbound. 8vo. 76 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In G=
erman. Later green cloth with decorative gilt bordering covers and spine.=
"Speech, Devoted to the Creation of Educated Jews", was the wor=
k of David Friedlander (1750-1834), the intellectual successor to Moses Me=
ndelssohn, a secular authority who significantly assisted with the emancip=
ation of Jews in Berlin, patron of the Von Humboldt brothers, and founder=
of a Jewish free school. This volume is concerned with commerce and banki=
ng, the use of time, and the Day of Atonement in Jerusalem. An important e=
arly Reform imprint. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide, only 2 in the US (HUC=
& Harvard), none in New York. Cloth worn at crease on edges of backst=
rip, pages lightly warped from moisture, edges lightly browned, with tiny=
tears along edge of title page. Internally very clean. Very good conditio=
n. (DREYFUS-5-3) (ID #28589) $350.00.<br>
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21. • Wessely, Naphtali Herz, 1725-1805. =D7=9E=D7=
=9B=D7=AA=D7=91 =D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=99: =D7=AA=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=91=D7=94. MIKTAV=
SHENI... [Berlin], 1782. First edition. Paper Wrappers, 12mo, [42] leav=
es. 16 cm. In Hebrew. Vinograd, Berlin 310. Wessely (1725- 1805) was an &q=
uot;18th-century German Jewish Hebraist and educationist …. [He] p=
assed his childhood at Copenhagen, where his father was purveyor to the ki=
ng. In addition to rabbinical studies under Jonathan Eybeschütz, he s=
tudied modern languages. As the representative of the banker Feitel, he la=
ter visited Amsterdam, where he published (1765-66) his Lebanon, or Gan Na=
'ul, a philological investigation of Hebrew roots and synonyms. After=
his marriage at Copenhagen, he represented Feitel at Berlin, and there be=
came associated with Mendelssohn. Wessely encouraged the latter in his lab=
ors by publishing Alim li-Terufah, a work advocating the "bi'ur&q=
uot; and the translation of the Bible into German. To this work Wessely hi=
mself contributed a commentary on Leviticus (Berlin, 1782) …. Wesse=
ly was an advocate of the educational and social reforms outlined in Emper=
or Joseph II's Toleranzedict (Patent of toleration). He even risked hi=
s reputation for piety by publishing a manifesto in eight chapters, entitl=
ed Divre Shalom ve-Emet (Words of Peace and Truth), in which he emphasized=
the necessity for secular instruction, as well as for other reforms, even=
from the points of view of the Mosaic law and the Talmud…. By thus=
espousing the cause of reform, as well as by his support of M. Mendelssoh=
n, Wessely incurred the displeasure of the rabbinical authorities of Germa=
ny and Poland, who threatened him with excommunication…. His enemie=
s, however, were finally pacified through the energetic intervention of th=
e Italian rabbis, as well as by Wessely's pamphlets Meor en, in which=
he gave evidence of his sincere piety. In 1788 Wessely published in Berli=
n his ethical treatise Sefer ha-Middot (The Book of Virtues), a work of Mu=
sar Literature. He also published several odes; elegies, and other poems;=
but his masterwork is his Shire Tif'eret (5 vols. ; i. -iv., Berlin,=
1782-1802; v., Prague, 1829), describing in rhetorical style the exodus f=
rom Egypt…. Wessely influenced his contemporaries in various direct=
ions. As a scholar he contributed, by his profound philological researches=
, to the reconstruction of the language of the Bible, though his work is m=
arred by prolixity and by his refusal to admit shades of meaning in synony=
ms. As a poet he possessed perfection of style, but lacked feeling and art=
istic imagination. No one exerted a greater influence than he on the disse=
mination of modern Hebrew, and no one, on the other hand, did more to reta=
rd the development of pure art and of poetic intuition. Because of his ene=
rgetic commitment to the cause of Jewish emancipation, Wessely may be rega=
rded as a leader of the Maskilim" (Wikipedia, 2012SUBJECT(S): Jewish=
religious education of children. An answer by Wessely to a letter from Tr=
iest concerning a former letter of his. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Col=
umbia, Stanford, Brandeis). Wear to wrappers, internally Very Good Conditi=
on. (DREYFUS-6-14) (ID #28727) $350.00.<br>
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RABBINICS<br>
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22. • [Binding] Harburger, Juda Ben Isaac. =D7=9E=
=D7=A1=D7=9B=D7=AA =D7=93=D7=A8=D7=9A =D7=90=D7=A8=D7=A5 =D7=96=D7=95=D7=
=98=D7=90 =D7=9E=D7=A1=D7=9B=D7=AA =D7=93=D7=A8=D7=9A =D7=90=D7=A8=D7=A5=
=D7=96=D7=95=D7=98=D7=90 / =D7=9E=D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=92=D7=9D =D7=95=D7=
=9E=D7=A4=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=A9 =D7=A2=D7=9C =D7=A4=D7=99 =D7=9B=D7=97=D7=9E=
=D7=99=D7=A0=D7=95 =D7=94=D7=A7=D7=93=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=96=
=D7=9C' =D7=95=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=92=D7=94 =D7=91=D7=A2=D7=99=D7=95=D7=9F=
=D7=94=D7=98=D7=99=D7=91 =D7=9E=D7=90=D7=AA=D7=99 ... =D7=99=D7=94=D7=95=
=D7=93=D7=94 =D7=91=D7=9F =D7=99=D7=A6=D7=97=D7=A7 =D7=94=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=
=99 =D7=94=D7=90=D7=A8=D7=91=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=92=D7=A2=D7=A8. MASSECHETH DER=
ECH EREZ SUTTA: EINE SAMMLUNG DER REINSTEN UND KERHAFTESTEN SITTEN-UND ANS=
TANDSLEHREN DER A¨LTESTEN RABBINEN. Bayreuth; Im Selbstverlage Des Her=
ausgebers, 1839. Clothbound. 8vo. 55 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Text in=
Hebrew with German translation on facing pages. Title on blue cloth cover=
reads Oeffentlicher Schulpreis Hurben, "Public School Award Hurben&q=
uot; (Hurben is a small town near Stuttgart), with inscription in ornate h=
andwriting on endpage indicates that this volume is the second place prize=
awarded to Bela Weil for a public school competition. This work is also t=
he first Hebrew book printed in Bayreuth. (Freimann, Gazette) Subjects: Ta=
lmud. Minor tractates. Derekh erez -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 16 copies w=
orldwide. Backstrip worn, with chipping at edges. Covers lightly soiled. P=
ages lightly foxed and contain dampstains. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5=
-18) (ID #28604) $135.00.<br>
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23. • Maimonides, Moses and Hermann Hedwig Bernard.=
THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE CREED AND ETHICS OF THE JEWS, EXHIBITED IN SEL=
ECTIONS FROM THE YAD HACHAZAKAH OF MAIMONIDES, WITH A LITERAL ENGLISH TRAN=
SLATION, COPIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE TALMUD. Cambridge, Justin Smith, 1=
832. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. Xxxiii, 358 pages. 22 cm. In Heb=
rew and English. Subtitle: "Explanatory Notes, An Alphabetical Glossa=
ry of Such Particles and Technical Terms as Occur in the Selections, and a=
Collection of the Abbreviations Commonly Used in Rabbinical Writings. &qu=
ot; SUBJECT (S): Jewish law. Jewish ethics. Judaism -- Creeds. Boards some=
what worn along edges and backstrip. A few scattered stains on title page=
and endpages, markings from previous owner on FEP; otherwise internal pag=
es are nice and clean. Good+ Condition. (DREYFUS-3-3) (ID #28652) $70.00.<=
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24. • Rabe, Johann Jacob. MISCHNAH ODER DER TEXT DE=
S TALMUDS: DAS IST, SAMMLUNG DER AUFSÄTZE DER AELTESTEN, UND MÜN=
DLICHEN UEBERLIEFERUNGEN ODER TRADITIONEN ALS DER GRUND DES HEUTIGEN PHARI=
SAISCHEN JUDENTHUMS.. Onolzbach, J. C. Posch, 1760-1763. Original Publishe=
r's Cloth. Large 8vo. 6 volumes in 3 books. [14], 268, [8]; 294, [4=
]; 250, [4], [7], 306, [5]; 294, [4], 420, [5] pages. 24 cm. In Germa=
n. The first German translation of the Mishnah. Title translates to Englis=
h as, "Mishnah, or the Text of the Talmud: A Collection of the Oldest=
Papers and Oral Traditions as the Basis of Today's Pharisees Judaism.=
" CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Seraim. -- Vol. 2. Moed. -- Vol. 3. Naschim. --=
Vol. 4. Nesikin. -- Vol. 5. Kodaschim. -- Vol. 6. Tohoroth. SUBJECT (S):=
Mishnah -- Commentaries. Includes indexes. SUBJECT(S): Mishnah -- Comment=
aries. Includes indexes. "Verkauft: 1827" (sold) stamp on title=
page of each book. Endpages are darkened and somewhat fragile. Backstrips=
are rubbed and worn. Internal pages are lightly darkened, but not fragile=
, and all text is clear. Good+ Condition. (DREYFUS-3-14) (ID #28663) $300.=
00.<br>
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25. • Ibn Habib, Jacob Ben Solomon, 1445?-1515 (or=
1516). =D7=A7=D7=94=D7=9C=D7=AA =D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=9E=D7=94: =D7=90=D7=A9=D7=
=A8 =D7=94=D7=A7=D7=94=D7=99=D7=9C =D7=95=D7=94=D7=90=D7=A1=D7=99=D7=A3 ..=
=2E =D7=95=D7=97=D7=99=D7=93=D7=95=D7=A9 =D7=91=D7=94 =D7=93=D7=91=D7=A8=D7=
=99=D7=9D =D7=A2=D7=9C =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8 =D7=A2=D7=99=D7=9F =D7=99=D7=A2=
=D7=A7=D7=91 =D7=A2=D7=9D =D7=9B=D7=AA=D7=A0=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=90=D7=95=D7=
=A8. KOHELET SHELOMOH:... 'AL SEFER 'EN YA'AKOV 'IM KOTNOT=
OR... (COMPLETE, TWO VOLUMES IN ONE). Amsterdam: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Hirts L=
evi Rofe Ben Ziskind Levi,, 1740-1741. Leather, large 4to, 2 volumes. (4,=
168; 15, 190 [i. E. 8, 336; 30, 380] pages. ) In Hebrew. Authors: Franki=
l, Yitsh'Ak' Me'ir; Kotnot or. Ibn Habib, Jacob ben Solomon; 1=
445? -1515 or 16; 'En Ya'akov. Modena, Leone; 1571-1648; Bet Yehud=
ah. Pinto, Josiah ben Joseph; 1565-1648; Ma'or Enayim. Teomim, Jonah;=
d. 1559. Shelomoh Yekuti'el Zalman; mi-Gloga. Ibn Habib, Levi; ca. 14=
80-ca. 1545. Hidushe Kikayon de-Yonah. Contents: 1. Zeraim, Moed -- 1. Yer=
ushalmi Berakhot, Moed, Bavli Nashim, Nezikin, Kodoshim, Tohorot. Referenc=
es: Benjacob; Ayin 295; Friedberg; Ayin 491 edition 26; Vinograd; Amsterda=
m # 1545 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Aggada -- Early works to 1800. Some wear t=
o binding, binding lightly soiled, remnant of original clasps on binding t=
hat were broken off. Light staining to top margins of some pages, not obsc=
uring text. Papers with handwritten notes in Hebrew laid in, Text in very=
good condition. (DREYFUS-4-10) (ID #28584) $375.00.<br>
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26. • Karo, Joseph Ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. =D7=A9=
=D7=9C=D7=97=D7=9F =D7=A2=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=9A =D7=9E=D7=98=D7=95=D7=A8 =D7=
=99=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=93=D7=A2=D7=94. SHULHAN 'ARUKH MI-TUR YOREH=
DE'AH. Amsterdam: No Publisher, 1760. Rebound in modern cloth, 8vo, =
[5] p, 285 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): Jewish law. Responsibility: '=
;Im hidushe...Mosheh Iserles´; ve-'Im Be'er ha-golah; ve-=
9;Im Ba'er hetev ve-hu perush. Yehuda Ashkenazi Dayan ben Shimon. OCLC=
lists 3 copies worldwide (JTS, Stanford, Harvard). Very good condition. (=
DREYFUS-4-3) (ID #28578) $300.00.<br>
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27. • Heschel, Abraham Joshua. A CONCISE DICTIONARY=
OF HEBREW PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS. Cincinnati; Hebrew Union College, 1941. Cl=
othbound. 4to. 86 leaves. 28 cm. First edition. Terms in Hebrew, definitio=
ns in English. "Mimeographed for use in the philosophy classes of the=
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. " This grammar of=
Hebrew terms with English definitions was compiled "to offer the Eng=
lish equivalents of the medieval philosophical vocabulary including the mo=
st important philosophical terms of the Hebrew literature of modern times.=
It is designed as a concise dictionary, not as an encyclopaedic compendiu=
m…It is designed primarily for us of the students of the Hebrew Uni=
on College, and its scope is entirely pedagogical. " Abraham Joshua H=
eschel (1907–1972), "scholar and philosopher, descended on his=
father's side from Dov Baer (the Maggid) of Mezeritch and Abraham Jos=
hua Heschel of Apta (Opatow) ; on his mother's side from Levi Isaac of=
Berdichev. After traditional Jewish studies, he obtained rabbinic ordinat=
ion (semikhah). At the age of 20 he enrolled in the University of Berlin,=
where he obtained his doctorate, and at the Hochschule fuer die Wissensch=
aft des Judentums, where he also taught Talmud and received a second, libe=
ral rabbinical ordination. In 1937 Martin Buber appointed him his successo=
r at the central organization for Jewish adult education (Mittelstelle fue=
r juedische Erwachsenenbildung) and the Juedisches Lehrhaus at Frankfurt o=
n the Main. Deported by the Nazis in October 1938 to Poland, he taught for=
eight months at the Warsaw Institute of Jewish Studies. He immigrated to=
England where he established the Institute for Jewish Learning in London.=
In 1940 he was invited by Julian Morgenstern to teach at Hebrew Union Col=
lege in Cincinnati, where he was associate professor of philosophy and rab=
binics for five years. From 1945 he taught at the Jewish Theological Semin=
ary of America (JTS) as professor of Jewish ethics and mysticism. Heschel=
visited Israel and called for the renewal of the prophetic vision in Zion=
=2E He served as professor at JTS until his death, combining his professiona=
l activities with extensive social action. " (2007 Encyclopedia Judai=
ca) Subjects: Jewish philosophy -- Terminology. Hebrew language -- Terms a=
nd phrases. Hebrew language -- Dictionaries -- English. OCLC lists 16 copi=
es worldwide. The signature of previous owner, Rabbi A. Stanley Dreyfus, o=
n endpage. Includes laid in printed and handwritten correspondence with re=
questing a photocopy of this volume; includes laid in photocopies and hand=
written portions of a 1925 Philosophical Dictionary for comparison of defi=
nitions derived from the Hebrew. Backstrip worn and shaken, with torn edge=
s. Covers lightly soiled. Pages clean and fresh. Very good + condition. Sc=
arce. (DREYFUS-6-11) (ID #28712) $150.00.<br>
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BIBLE<br>
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28. • Olonne, Jean-Marie D'. LEXICON HEBRAICO-C=
HALDAICO-LATINO-BIBLICUM. Avenione, Guibert & Joly, 1758. Original Pub=
lisher's Cloth. Folio. 2 vol. Viii, 723; viii, 852 pages. Frontis. Heb=
rew-Chaldaic-Latin-Biblical dictionary. Subtitle: "In quo prima pars=
omnia vocabula, ordine alphabetico disposita, ad suas radices refert, &am=
p; universas interpretationes cuique genuinas exhibet. Secunda radices ita=
ordinabit, ut omnia vocabula derivata sub his reperire liceat: quaelibet=
interpretatio textu sacro in ea comprobabitur: nomina autem propria ad ca=
lcem cujusque litteræ pro litterarum serie jacebunt. Opus observatio=
nibus grammatico-criticis conflatum. " SUBJECT (S): Hebrew language -=
- Aramaic language -- Dictionaries -- Latin -- Early works to 1800. OCLC l=
ists 18 copies worldwide. Covers worn with cracking along backstrips. FEP=
of volume one detached. Internal pages slightly wavy from water exposure,=
but no dampstains and text is clear. Good+ condition. (DREYFUS-3-18) (ID=
#28667) $225.00.<br>
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29. • =D7=A4=D7=99=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=A9 =D7=94=D7=AA=
=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94. PERUSH HA-TORAH / COMMENTARIUS IN PENTATEUCHUM MOSIS A=
A|ABRAVANEL, ISAAC, 1437-1508. BASHUYSEN, HEINRICH JACOB VAN; 1679-CA. 175=
0.. Hanoviae [Hannover]: Henrikh Ya'akov Mi-Bashaizen,, 1710. Vellum=
binding, 4to, 343 [18], 11 leaves. In Hebrew, with Latin and Hebrew titl=
e pages. Beautifully printed. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch -- Comme=
ntaries. Isaac Abravanel was a "statesman, biblical exegete, and theo=
logian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero-Jewish family, Abrabanel (the fa=
mily name also appears as Abravanel, Abarbanel, Bravanel, etc. ) spent 45=
years in Portugal, then passed the nine years immediately prior to Spanis=
h Jewry's 1492 expulsion in Castile. At that time an important figure=
at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, he chose Italian exile over conve=
rsion to Christianity. He spent his remaining years in various centers in=
Italy where he composed most of his diverse literary corpus, a combinatio=
n of prodigious biblical commentaries and involved theological tomes"=
(Lawee, EJ, 2011). Text in Rashi script. Text block lightly soiled. Very=
good condition. (DREYFUS-4-8) (ID #28586) $400.00.<br>
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30. • =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=94=D7=95=
=D7=94 =D7=AA=D7=9E=D7=99=D7=9E=D7=94: ... =D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=94 =D7=97=
=D7=95=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=99 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94: =D7=92=D7=9D =D7=AA=D7=
=A8=D7=92=D7=95=D7=9D =D7=90=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=A7=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=A1 ... =D7=
=95=D7=91=D7=99=D7=90=D7=95=D7=A8 ... =D7=A8=D7=A9"=D7=99 ... =D7=A2=
=D7=9D =D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9 =D7=9E=D7=92=D7=99=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=95=D7=
=94=D7=A4=D7=98=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=AA. TORAT YHVH TEMIMAH: HAMISHAH HUMSHE TOR=
AH: GAM TARGUM ONKELOS... U-VE'UR... RASHI... 'IM HAMESH MEGILOT V=
A-HAFTAROT (COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES). Linevil: Avraham Prizek, 1807-1809.=
Half leather, 8vo, 5 volumes. In Hebrew. References: Vinograd: Luneville=
24. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch -- Commentaries. The Five Scrolls=
were not published in this edition. The Haftarot at the end of each vol.=
Have a separate title page. Other titles: Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. Hebrew=
=2E 1807.; Torat H. Temimah; Hamishah Humshe Torah; Haftarot; 1808.; Seder H=
afatrot... Ke-minhag kehilot ha-Ashkenazim ve-ha-Sefardim ve-Italyani... U=
-shemot ha-te 'Amim ke-minhage k. K. Ha-nal. Responsibility: asher hem=
ah 'Os´im... Yek'L,... Mosheh,... Lima... Be-mitsvat uve-hot=
sa'ot, be-vet uvi-defus avihem... Avraham Prizek. OCLC lists 2 copies=
worldwide (JTS, UNIVERSITAT LEIPZIG). Embossed leather spines. Wear to sp=
ines and covers. Text in very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-6) (ID #28583) $4=
50.00.<br>
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31. • =D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=95=D7=9E=
=D7=A9=D7=99 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94. HAMISHAH HUMSHEI TORAH. Antwerp: Cr=
istofori Plantin, [1573-74]. Embossed leather, 12mo, In Hebrew. 389 pages=
=2E Hebrew bible [Megillot, Nevi'im Rishonim, Nevi'im Aharonim, Sef=
er Ketuvim]. Beautifully embossed leather covers. In double columns. Inclu=
des the five books of Moses, the Writings and the Prophets. Other titles:=
Bible. O. T. Hebrew. OCLC notes that "No general t[itle]. P[age].=
Was apparently issued. " Missing backstrip. Light wear to leather. O=
n some pages, text is closely shaved on top or bottom, mostly effects head=
ings and page numbers only. Handwriting on the inside front cover and endp=
aper. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-2-2) (=
ID #28631) $1000.00.<br>
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32. • Buber, Martin and Franz Rosenzweig. DIE SCHRI=
FT (COMPLETE IN 15 VOLUMES). Berlin, Verlag Lambert Schneider (Vol. 1-11)=
/ Schocken (Vol. 12-15), [1926-1934]. Original Publisher's boards. 8=
vo. 203; 175; 125; 168; 145; 102; 112; 259; 270; 278; 295; 228; 237, [1];=
276; 88 pages. 20 cm. In German. Books one through ten translated by Bube=
r and Rosenzweig; 11-15 completed by Buber alone. "In [Buber and Ros=
enzweig's] translation, they wanted to recapture the spoken character=
(Gesprochenheit) of the Bible, so that the reader could become a listener=
of the ongoing Divine voice. They stayed close to the Hebrew original, to=
the Hebrew sentence structure and rhythm, to the Hebrew words and sounds.=
They did not Germanize Hebrew, they surprised German with Hebrew culture.=
The very fact of the translation itself was a bridging of German and Jewi=
sh cultures. " –EJ, 2007. CONTENTS: Bd. 1. Das Buch Im Anfang -=
- Bd. 2. Das Buch Namen -- Bd. 3. Das Buch Er rief -- Bd. 4. Das Buch In d=
er Wüste -- Bd. 5. Das Buch Reden -- Bd. 6. Das Buch Jehoschua -- Bd.=
7. Das Buch Richter -- Bd. 8. Das Buch Schmuel -- Bd. 9. Das Buch Kö=
nige -- Bd. 10. Das Buch Jeschajahu -- Bd. 11. Das Buch Jirmejahu -- Bd. 1=
2. Das Buch Jecheskel -- Bd. 13. Das Buch der Zwölf -- Bd. 14. Das Bu=
ch der Preisungen -- Bd. 15. Das Buch Gleichsprüche. Grey boards with=
black writing. Light bumping to the covers of a few volumes, but still ni=
ce. Volume one with some chipping at top of backstrip. Otherwise bright, c=
lean copies in Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-10) (ID #28659) $375.00.<br=
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33. • Downame [Downham], John. ANNOTATIONS UPON AL=
L THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT. London, Printed By Evan Tyler, 1=
657. Original (?) Vellum. Folio. 2 vol. C.1150; c.1150 pages. 35 cm. Third=
Edition. Subtitle: "This third, above the first and second, edition=
so enlarged, as they make an entire commentary on the sacred scripture: t=
he like never before published in English. Wherin the text is explained, d=
oubts resolved, scriptures parallel'd, and various readings observed;=
by the labour of certain learned divines thereunto appointed, and therein=
employed, as is expressed in the preface. " Downame was an English c=
lergyman and theologian in London, who came to prominence in the 1640s, wh=
en he worked closely with the Westminster Assembly. Wing: D2064. Original=
tooled vellum covers; Volume One: lacks original clasps but all braces on=
boards are present. Covers are somewhat stained and worn with some chippi=
ng to edges of backstrips. Front end paper missing corner; Title page miss=
ing 2"x3" swatch with minor loss of text. Internal pages are dar=
kened, but not fragile. Volume Two: lacks bottom clasp/bracket but top are=
present. Some minor dampstains on several pages that are wavy due to wate=
r exposure, but all text is clear. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-4) (ID=
#28653) $500.00.<br>
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34. • Houbigant, Charles-François. PSALMORUM=
ET CANTICORUM: VERSIO VULGATA ET VERSIO NOVA, AD HEBRAICAM VERITATEM FACT=
A. Paris, Le Mercier Et Desaint & Saillant, 1755. Original Publisher&#=
39;s Cloth. 32mo. [4], 391, [13] pages. 13 cm. Second Edition ["Ed=
itio Altera"]. In Latin. Title translates to English as, "Psalms=
and Song of Songs: The Vulgate [Official translation of the Catholic Chu=
rch] and a New Translation According to the Hebrew Truth. " OCLC list=
s 15 copies worldwide. All gilt edges. Leather boards and gilt decorations=
worn on covers and backstrip; decorative endpages. Internal pages nice an=
d clean. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-9) (ID #28658) $175.00.<br>
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35. • Küsel, Melchior; Johann Baptista Croph;=
Georg Laub. ICONES BIBLICÆ VETERIS ET NOVI TESTAMENTI: FIGUREN BIBL=
ISCHER HISTORIEN ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENTS [BIBLICAE]. Augustae Vind [A=
ugsburg: A Melchoire Kysel], 1679-1680. Vellum binding. 4to. 245 leaves. 2=
4 cm. First edition. In Latin and German. Five parts in one volume. Later=
Vellum with marbled endpages, gilt title on leather on spine, many pages=
throughout restored and repaired at time of vellum binding. The "Bib=
lical Icons of the Old and New Testament" is engraved with 241 images=
throughout, except 4 leaves with dedication and a preface by Georgius Lau=
b dated Jan. 1, 1680. Latin and German verses by Johannes Crophius are eng=
raved on each leaf. There are also illustrated half-titles and title pages=
to each Testament, bordered half-titles to part two and three of the Old=
Testament and part two of the New Testament, with a concluding leaf for t=
he Old Testament, and a final leaf dated 1679. A few of the engravings are=
signed: Melchior Küsell sculpsit. Subjects: Bible -- Illustrations.=
Bible -- Picture Bibles. Illustrated works -- 17th century. Engravings --=
Germany -- 17th century. A copy sold at auction in 2011 for 1200 E-U-R. V=
ellum soiled, binding very steady. Pages restored, but heavily soiled, edg=
es wavy and soiled. Slight wormholing at edge of a few pages. Text crisp,=
images crisp. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-17) (ID #28603) $1500.00.<b=
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36. • Mendelssohn, Moses. DIE PSALMEN. Berlin; Bey=
Friedrich Maurer, 1783. Full calf. 12mo. XII, 354 pages. 18 cm. First Edi=
tion. In German. Marbled endpages with engraved vignette on title and at e=
nd. The Book of Psalms, translated into German by Moses Mendelssohn, was t=
he result of ten years of work, completed shortly after his masterful tran=
slation of the Pentateuch into German, which caused a stir of denunciation=
amongst both conservative Rabbis and Gentiles of the time. Subjects: Bibl=
e. O. T. Psalms. Early printed books - 1783. Covers loose, with backstrip=
missing, but signatures and binding well intact. Very light foxing throug=
hout; in remarkably clean condition. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-10) (=
ID #28596) $400.00.<br>
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37. • Reineccius, Christianus. TORA NEVIIM U-KETUVI=
M =3D BIBLIA HEBRAICA: AD OPTIMORUM CODICUM ET EDITIONUM FIDEM RECENSITA E=
T EXPRESSA ADJECTIS NOTIS MASORETHICIS ALIISQUE OBSERVATIONIBUS; NEC NON V=
ERSUUM ET CAPITUM DISTINCTIONIBUS, NUMERIS ET SUMMARIIS. Lipsiae [Leipzig=
]: Breitkopf, 1756. Contemporary calf. 12mo. [4], 516, 580, [2] pages. 1=
8 cm. Fourth edition. In Hebrew and Latin. Spine reads "Tanakh"=
in Hebrew letters. "Hebrew Bible: a faithful edition with revisions=
to the manuscripts of the best known additions under explicit ethical and=
masoretic observances…" by Christianus Reineccius, 1668-1752,=
a German Christian Hebraist best known for his polyglot lexicon (Leipsic,=
1750, 3 vols. ), which contains the Hebrew (with Masoretic notes), the Gr=
eek, Latin, and Luther's German version of the bible. His scientific a=
ctivity was concentrated around the Old Testament text and its language, a=
nd his work can be grouped in editions of the Bible, concordances, and dic=
tionaries. His edition of the Hebrew Bible first appeared in 1725, employi=
ng the text of the Antwerp Polyglot, with his specific additions in concis=
e Latin summaries, which stand above each chapter. The second edition of 1=
739 in 8vo is an exact reprint of the first, including printing of all the=
errors. The third edition in 4to from 1739, wherein the books are arrange=
d in the same according to the order in the German Bible, the pagination i=
s after the manner of German books given. A fourth edition was organized a=
fter Reineccius' death in 1756 by Pohl, which was an improved edition=
made by specifying Kennicott'scher variants and de Rossi'scher. T=
he fifth edition appeared in 1793. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Titlepag=
e and frontispiece absent. Covers worn, with a single wormhole through cen=
ter of spine. Pages soiled and foxed, with some repaired. Text very crisp.=
Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-26) (ID #28611) $275.00.<br>
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38. • Piza, Yehudah. =D7=96=D7=94 =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=
=A8 =D7=A2=D7=96=D7=A8=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=A1=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=A8:‏ ‏=D7=
=97=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=94 =D7=97=D7=95=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=99 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=
=94 =D7=AA=D7=A7=D7=95=D7=9F =D7=A1=D7=95=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=95=
=D7=95=D7=99 =D7=94=D7=A2=D7=9E=D7=95=D7=93=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=A2=D7=9D =D7=
=94=D7=92=D7=94=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=90=D7=95=D7=A8 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94=
=D7=A0=D7=9B=D7=95=D7=9F =D7=94=D7=95=D7=90 =D7=9C=D7=94=D7=92=D7=95=D7=
=AA =D7=91=D7=95 =D7=95=D7=9C=D7=94=D7=A2=D7=AA=D7=99=D7=A7 =D7=9E=D7=9E=
=D7=A0=D7=95 =D7=A1=D7=A4=D7=A8 =D7=AA=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=AA =D7=94=D7=B3 .../=
‏. ZEH SEFER 'EZRAT HA-SOFER: HAMISHAH HUMSHE TORAH TIKUN SOFRIM V=
AVE HA-'AMUDIM 'IM HAGAHOT 'OR TORAH NAKHON HU LEHAGOT BO ULE-=
HA'ATIK ME-MENU SEFER TORAT HASHEM (COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES). Amsterd=
am: [Gerard Yohan Yanson Uve-Vet Yisra'el Mondavi], 1767-1769. Leathe=
r, 8vo, 5 volumes: I: (11), 65, 26 leaves. II: (1), 67-121, (2), 28 leaves=
=2E III: (1), 123-163, (2), 24 leaves. IV: (1), 165-221, (2), 16 leaves. V:=
(2), 224-272, (4), 277-290, (8) leaves. In Hebrew. Ornamental border on t=
itle pages. With Nikud and cantalization points. Each volume has Haphtarot=
in the back with separate title page. Volume 5 bound with: Calendario fac=
il & curiozo em Hebraico & Portuguez. Prepared by Judah Piza, an 1=
12-year Calendar. Amsterdam, 1769. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. OC=
LC lists 12 sets worldwide. [Vinograd, Amsterdam 1942; Kayserling, 91; no=
t in Darlow & Moule]. Rare to appear for sale, a comparable set sold a=
t auction for over 900 USD in 2004. Light wear to leather binding, small p=
ieces of backstrip missing on each volume. Light staining to pages from ag=
e. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-2-3) (ID #28630) $850.00.<br>
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LITURGY<br>
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39. • =D7=9E=D7=97=D7=96=D7=95=D7=A8: =D7=9B=D7=9E=
=D7=A0=D7=94=D7=92 =D7=A7=D7=B4=D7=A7 =D7=90=D7=A9=D7=9B=D7=A0=D7=96=D7=99=
=D7=9D. MAHZOR HELEK RISHON KE-MINHAG K.K. ASHKENAZIM (ROSH HASHANAH AND Y=
OM KIPPUR). Fiyorda (Furth): Hayim Ben Tsvi Hirsh, [1755]. Rebound in bla=
ck cloth binding, wide 8vo, 232 leaves. High Holiday Mahzor published in F=
urth (Fuerth, Fyorda, Fiyorda) according to the German rite. SUBJECT(S): F=
asts and feasts -- Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Mahzorim -- Texts. Fasts a=
nd feasts -- Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. OCL=
C lists only one copy worldwide (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek). Very good c=
ondition. (DREYFUS-2-1) (ID #28629) $350.00.<br>
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40. • SEFER LIKUTEI TSVI IM TOSAFOT BAKASHOT VE-TIK=
UN HATSOT MISEFER SHAAREI TSION. Sulzbach: Zekl, 1797. Bound in modern bla=
ck cloth, 16mo, 150 leaves. In Hebrew. "The inclination of Duke Chris=
tian-August toward mysticism and Kabbalah aroused his interest in the Hebr=
ew language and led him to grant an authorization in 1669 for the founding=
of a Hebrew press in his town [Sulzbach]. As a result Sulzbach became re=
nowned in the Jewish world. The first of the Jewish printers was Isaac bar=
Judah Yudeh Katz of Prague. In 1684 the ownership of his press passed to=
the Bloch family, and from 1699 until 1851, the year the press shut down,=
it was held by the Frankel-Arnstein family. " (Rothschild, EJ, 2011)=
=2E OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Zentral=
bibliothek Zurich). Very good condition. (DREYFUS-2-4) (ID #28632) $300.00=
=2E<br>
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41. • Alexander, L. ALEXANDER'S HEBREW RITUAL,=
AND DOCTRINAL EXPLANATION OF THE WHOLE CEREMONIAL LAW, ORAL AND TRADITION=
AL, OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND AND FOREIGN PARTS. London, Alexande=
r, 1819. Later Cloth. 8vo. Vii, 309 pages. Illus. 22 cm. Subtitle: "B=
eing a necessary companion to the Holy Scriptures. Together with several r=
emarkable events relative to the people of the Jews, from the most ancient=
records. " Sticker on inside cover, "Bound by the Crescent City=
Bookbindery, 142 Gravier St, New Orleans. " Ex-library with usual ma=
rkings. Boards detached but present. Backstrip cracking and peeling. Light=
staining to first 50 pages, otherwise internal pages are nice and clean.=
Good condition. (DREYFUS-3-17) (ID #28666) $275.00.<br>
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42. • Euchel, Isak Abraham. GEBETE DER HOCHDEUTSCHE=
N UND POLNISCHEN JUDEN: AUS DEM HEBRAI¨SCHEN U¨BERSETZT UND MIT AN=
MERKUNGEN BEGLEITET. Vienna, A. Schmid, 1815. Original Publisher's Clo=
th. 12mo. 458 pages. 19 cm. In German. Title translates to English as, &qu=
ot;Prayers of the High German and Polish Jews: Translated from Hebrew and=
Accompanied with Notes. " SUBJECT (S): Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts.=
OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Stanley Dreyfus' copy with his name o=
n internal cover. Non-archival tape along spine. Internal pages somewhat f=
oxed throughout, but all text is clear. Good condition. (DREYFUS-3-15) (ID=
#28664) $225.00.<br>
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43. • Lunzer, Jack V. and Chimen Abramsky. TWO PRAG=
UE HAGGADAHS: THE 1556 EDITION ON VELLUM AND THE 1590-1606[?] EDITION ON=
PAPER. Italy, Valmadonna Trust Library, 1978. Original Publisher's Cl=
oth. 8vo. 20 pages, [49] leaves. Facsims. Illus. 25 cm. In Hebrew with En=
glish foreword and introduction. "This edition of five hundred number=
ed copies was designed and printed in Verona by Stamperia Valdonega on Mag=
nani mould-made paper. October [1978]. This is copy number 454." SUB=
JECT (S): Jews -- History. Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Facsimiles. Haggada. OCL=
C lists 18 copies worldwide. Inscribed on FEP "To Rabbi Stanley Dreyf=
us with greetings, " by Jack Lunzer, founder of the Valmadonna Trust=
Library, with his business card laid in. Very Good Condition in like slip=
case. (DREYFUS-3-12) (ID #28661) $225.00.<br>
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44. • Abudraham, David Bar Yosef. SEFER ABUDRAHAM:=
MALE TOV TA`AM.... Nidpas Poh Prag [Praha]: Bakishen Un' Katsishen P=
rivilegierte Bukh Drukeray [Erkaufte Backische Und Katzische Buchdruckere=
i], 1784. Rebound in modern black cloth, wide 8vo, [2], 118 pages. In Heb=
rew. On title page; "gedrukt in der erkoyfte Bakishen un' Katsish=
en privilegierte bukh drukeray". References: Vinograd Prague 940. Maj=
ority of text in Rashi script. A well-known source of information and lear=
ning on the subject of prayers and blessings. OCLC lists only one copy of=
this edition worldwide (U of AMSTERDAM). Very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-=
2) (ID #28582) $300.00.<br>
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45. • Calisch, Edward N; (Edward Nathaniel). =D7=AA=
=D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=AA =D7=91=D7=99=D7=AA =D7=90=D7=94=D7=91=D7=94. TEFILAT BE=
T AHAVAH: A BOOK OF PRAYER FOR JEWISH WORSHIP. Richmond, Va.: Ezekiel &=
; Bass, 1893. Cloth, 8vo, 108, 95 pages. SUBJECT(S): Siddurim -- Texts. Re=
form Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy – Texts. Wear t=
o boards, spine rebound in black cloth tape. Pages lightly tanned. OCLC li=
sts only 5 copies worldwide (JTS, HUC, NYPL, Univ. Virginia, Point Loma Na=
zarene University). Good condition. (DREYFUS-4-1) (ID #28577) $150.00.<br>
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46. • Rodriguez Mendes, Samuel. SEDER TEFILOT HA-MO=
'ADIM: KE-MINHAG K.K. HA-SEFARADIM.... Amsterdam: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naf=
tali Hirts Ben Aleksander Ziskind Levi Me-'Emdin, 1726. Rebound in mod=
ern black cloth, 12mo, 175 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): Pilgrim Festival=
s (Judaism) -- Liturgy -- Texts. Mahzorim -- Texts. Judaism -- Sephardic r=
ite -- Liturgy -- Texts. Includes also Hagadah shel Pesah. Other Titles: M=
ahzor (Sephardic). Pilgrim Festivals; Moadim; Tefilot ha-moadim; Haggadah=
(Sephardic) Responsibility: mugah 'Al yad Shemu'el Rodrigiz Mindi=
z. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, Ohio State Univ. ) Repairs=
to first 3 pages done with scotch tape. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-5=
) (ID #28579) $400.00.<br>
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47. • Rodriguez Mendes, Samuel. Levi, Naphtali Herz=
(Amsterdam); (Printer). SEDER LE-YAMIM NORA'IM KE-MINHAG K"K HA-=
SEFARADIM..... Amsterdam: Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naftali Hirts Ben Aleksander Zi=
skind Levi Me-'emdin, 1726. Rebound in modern black cloth, 12mo, 220 l=
eaves. In Hebrew. References: StCB 7492. Vinograd Amsterdam 1283. Sephardi=
c prayer book. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide, both in the Netherlands (Kon=
inklijke Bibliotheek, Tresoar). Light staining to bottom edge of text bloc=
k. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-4-4) (ID #28585) $400.00.<br>
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ART<br>
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48. • Chagall, Marc and Charles Sorlier, Cataloguer=
=2E THE CERAMICS AND SCULPTURES OF CHAGALL. Monaco, Andre Sauret, 1972. Orig=
inal Publisher's Cloth. Folio. 249 pages. Illlus. 33 cm. Marc Chagall=
was a pioneer of modernism and a major Jewish artist. "His Jewish wh=
imsicality is frequently apparent in his work and his simplification often=
calls to mind what a child or a peasant might have painted… The pr=
eponderance of specifically Jewish subject matter in Chagall's work is=
significant. He was thoroughly familiar with Jewish customs and his inspi=
ration derived from a clearly definable, specific milieu in a particular p=
eriod (c. 1887–1907). Though he was inspired by Parisian vistas and=
by various landscapes in France, the locale for most of Chagall's wor=
ks is the Jewish quarter of his native city. Equally important is the infl=
uence of Hasidism which prevailed in his family. " – EJ, 2007.=
Preface by André Malraux. Translated from the French by Howard Bra=
byn. Barely discernable discoloration along top of pages, but all text and=
illustrations are bright and clear. Very Good Condition with like jacket.=
(DREYFUS-3-5). (ID #28654) $150.00.<br>
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49. • Friedlander, Albert and Herbert Bronstein.=
=D7=97=D7=9E=D7=A9 =D7=9E=D7=92=D7=9C=D7=95=D7=AA. HAMESH MEGILOT THE FIV=
E SCROLLS: HEBREW TEXTS, ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, AND NEW LITU=
RGIES. New York, Central Conference Of American Rabbis Press (CCAR), 1984.=
Original Publisher's 1/4Leather with tooled leather inlays on both co=
vers in Special Slipcase. Folio. Xiii, 323 pages. Illus. 37 cm. Number 11=
of 175 copies printed in the summer of 1984 signed and hand numbered by B=
askin. Parallel text in Hebrew and English. The five scrolls (Ecclesiastes=
, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations), each with their own intro=
duction and liturgy with full-page color illustrations. Illustrated and de=
signed by Leonard Baskin, the "U. S. Sculptor, printmaker, watercolor=
ist, and illustrator. Baskin was the son of a leading Orthodox rabbi, and=
founder of the Gehenna Press. " –EJ, 2007. SUBJECTS: Pilgrim F=
estivals (Judaism) -- Liturgy -- Texts. Mahzorim -- Texts. Reform Judaism.=
Leather bound with gilt lettering on covers and along spine. Bright, clea=
n copy in Very Good Condition with like slipcase. (DREYFUS-3-6) (ID #28655=
) $475.00.<br>
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50. • Kollwitz, Käthe. DAS NEUE KOLLWITZ-WERK.=
Dresden; C. Reissner, 1933. Clothbound. 4to. [24] [64] pages. 26 cm. Fi=
rst edition. In German. Illustrated with 32 plates. Red cloth over boards=
with gold gilt lettering on cover and spine. "New Work of Kollwitz&q=
uot;, a reproduction of a manuscript of lithographic works and a handwritt=
en catalogue of recent work of K. Kollwitz, a famous German left wing expr=
essionist printmaker and painter whose work was banned by the Nazis, and c=
onfiscated from museums. This was her last published work in Germany. Subj=
ects: Gravure -- 19e siècle -- Allemagne. Gravure -- 20e siè=
cle -- Allemagne. Kollwitz, Käthe (1867-1945) -- Catalogues. Light so=
iling to covers, light aging of edges. Near fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-15)=
(ID #28601) $50.00.<br>
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51. • Leibovitz, Annie. PHOTOGRAPHS- ANNIE LEIBOVIT=
Z, 1970-1990. New York; Harpercollins Publishers, 1991. Clothbound. Folio.=
232 pages. 34 cm. First edition. With printed glassine dust jacket. Illus=
trated with reproductions of Leibovitz's celebrity subjects on photo-p=
ictorial boards. Subjects: Photography, Artistic. Chanteurs -- Photographi=
e. Chanteuses -- Photographie. Célébrités -- É=
tats-Unis -Photographie. Portraits (Photographie). Dustjacket lightly chip=
ped at bottom in two places, boards with a few wrinkles. Near fine conditi=
on. (DREYFUS-5-16) (ID #28602) $200.00.<br>
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52. • Oyved, Moysheh. THE BOOK OF AFFINITY. London,=
Heinemann, 1933. Original Publisher's Cloth. Folio. Vii, 111 pages, =
[7] leaves of plates. Illus. 32 cm. Nr 50 of 525 limited numbered copies.=
"This Edition is limited to 525 copies…numbered and signed by=
the author" (Number 50). SUBJECT(S): Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880-1959.=
With coloured drawings by Jacob Epstein. Laid In: Clipping from Jewish Ch=
ronicle Watches and Jewelry Supplement, September 15, 1967 titled, "A=
Jewish Watch" on Moshe Oved. Gilt lettering on black cloth with gilt=
tops of pages. Boards slightly worn, but still nice. Internal pages brigh=
t and clean. Very Good Condition In Good Cardboard Case. (DREYFUS-3-2) (ID=
#28651) $120.00.<br>
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53. • Pann, Abel (Pfeffermann, Abba). DIE BIBEL IN=
BILDERN. Jerusalem-Wien, The Palestine Art Pub. Co, 1926. Original Publis=
her's Cloth. Folio. [50] leaves. Illus. 37 cm. In German. 24 Title tr=
anslates to English as, "The Bible in Pictures. " Title Page: &q=
uot;die Sintflut. Der Turmbau zu Babel. Die Zerstörung von Sodom und=
Gomorra. Vierundzwanzig Facsimiledrucke nach Pastellen von bel Pann - Jer=
usalem" [The Flood. The Tower of Babel. The Destruction of Sodom and=
Gomorrah. Twenty-four Facsimile Prints of Pastels by Abel Pann - Jerusale=
m]. Each plate accompanied by leaf with Biblical quotation. SUBJECT (S): B=
ible -- Illustrations. OCLC lists 28 copies worldwide. Spine and top edge=
of boards sunned. Front endpaper repair. Otherwise internal pages are bri=
ght and clean. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-1) (ID #28649) $250.00.<br>
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54. • Singer, Isaac Bashevis; Moskowitz, Ira. REACH=
ES OF HEAVEN: A STORY OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV. New York; Landmark Press, 1980=
=2E Portfolio in clamshell box. Folio. 47 pages, 24 leaves. 46 cm. First lim=
ited edition, inscribed, number 88 of 250 numbered copies. Issued in portf=
olio; text part in quires. "An edition of 275 copies printed on Arche=
s paper. 250 copies numbered 1 to 250 contain each a suite of 24 original=
etchings signed by the artist. 25 copies numbered I to XXV each contain i=
n addition an original drawing. All copies are signed..." Twenty four=
original art print etchings by Ira Moskowitz, all signed and numbered in=
pencil. A biographical sketch of the Baal Shem Tov tale told by a master=
storyteller along with beautiful etchings to enhance the story. Isaac Bas=
hevis Singer (November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish Jewish=
American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading fi=
gures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Li=
terature in 1978. Subjects: Ba`al Shem Tov, ca. 1700-1760 -- Fiction. Hasi=
dim -- Fiction. Jews -- Fiction. Religious fiction. OCLC lists 7 copies wo=
rldwide. Box worn and soiled, with title lifting. First leave with slight=
soiling, all other leaves in fine condition. Near fine condition. (DREYFU=
S-5-25) (ID #28610) $350.00.<br>
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CHILDREN<br>
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55. • Jagel, Abraham Ben Hananiah, Dei Galicchi; Lo=
uis De Compiègne De Veil. CATECHISMUS JUDAEORUM: IN DISPUTATIONE &a=
mp; DIALOGO MAGISTRI AC DISCIPULI. Franequerae [Franeker, Netherlands]; J=
oannes Gyselaar, 1690. Clothbound. 16mo. [21] 57, 57, [1] pages. 17 cm.=
First edition printed in the Netherlands. In Latin and Hebrew. The "=
Jewish catechism for children" was first published in Venice in 1595,=
and printed in London with Latin translation in 1679, the Franeker editio=
n of 1690 is taken from the London example. Yagel's Catechism was repu=
tedly written as an instruction aide for the children of the banker Joseph=
Fano of Reggio nell'Emilie, when Yagel visited Fano at his summer hom=
e outside Ferrara in 1587. Yagel's text is a basic enunciation of the=
thirteen principle of faith of Moses Maimonides. Subjects: Judaism -- Doc=
trines -- Early works to 1800. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Later dark=
blue cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Pages lightly foxed and worn=
, with some wrinkles on a handful of pages. Outer edges soiled with a smal=
l dot of paint on edge. Very good condition. (DREYFUS-5-19) (ID #28605) $4=
00.00.<br>
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MUSIC<br>
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56. • Buedinger, Moses Mordecai. =D7=A7=D7=95=D7=9C=
=D7=96=D7=9E=D7=A8=D7=94. KOL ZIMRAH: ODER GESA¨NGE ZUR ERWECKUNG DER=
ANDACHT UND DES RELIGIO¨SEN GEFU¨LS BEI DER ISRAELITISCHEN JUGEND=
MIT DREI UND VIERSTIMMIG GESETZTEN MELODIEN. Cassel; Hof- Und Waisenhaus-=
Buchdruckerei, 1832. Decorative paper over boards. 12mo. VIII, 151 [1] pa=
ges. 20 cm. First edition. In German, with some Hebrew. Foreword by the au=
thor. Melodies for 3 or 4 voices; words chiefly in German. Berichtigungen=
(Corrections): p. [152]. "Kol Zimrah, or singing along with the rel=
igious awakening of Israelite Youth, with three and four part set melodies=
, " is a book of hymnals and melodies composed by the Rabbi Moses Bud=
inger, a "German educator; born at Maidorf, a village in Hessen, Jan,=
1783; died at Cassel Jan. 31, 1841. At the age of twenty he became a serv=
ant in the house of a petty Jewish merchant, and later, by dint of indefat=
igable zeal, became shohet, Hazan, and religious teacher in a small congre=
gation. After making the necessary preparatory studies during his four yea=
rs' residence in Naumburg, where he was private teacher, he went to th=
e University of Marburg. In 1820 he became tutor in the family of the cour=
t banker Kaulla, in Stuttgart. From 1824 he occupied with great distinctio=
n the position of principal teacher of the Jewish pedagogical seminary at=
Cassel. Büdinger was also a prominent preacher, and very often deliv=
ered lectures in the little synagogue attached to the seminary, on moral a=
nd religious subjects. In 1830 the philosophical faculty of the University=
of Marburg gave him the degree Ph. D. For his "Leitfaden beim Unterr=
ichte der Religion. " The government rewarded him by appointing him m=
ember of the "Landrabbinat. " His only son was the historian Max=
Büdinger. " (Jewish Encyclopedia 1906) Subjects: Hymns, Hebrew.=
Jews - Music - Germany - Cassel. Choruses, Sacred (Children's voices)=
, Unaccompanied. Hymns, German. Psalms (Music). Music -- Manuscripts. OCLC=
lists four copies worldwide. Backstrip cloth torn at ends, edges of paper=
boards slightly corroded and bumped. Binding firm. Aged writing on endpag=
es. Page edges bumped, with slight waterstains and soiling throughout, but=
text very crisp. Good + condition. (DREYFUS-5-6) (ID #28592) $500.00.<br>
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AMERICANA<br>
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FIRST JEWISH SONG-BOOK TO INCLUDE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN SONGS<br>
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57. • Hecht, Simon. =D7=96=D7=9E=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=AA=
=D7=99=D7=A9=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=9C. ZEMIROT YISRAEL: JEWISH HYMNS FOR SABBATH=
-SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. Cincinnati, Bloch & Co, 1878. Original Publishe=
r's Cloth. 8vo. 55 pages. 18 cm. Second Edition; 1st edition with adde=
d patriotic hymns. A collection of hymns for Sabbath-Schools with music an=
d lyrics. This edition includes added patriotic hymns because – as t=
he author wrote in the preface to this edition– “while we are=
jews, we are also Citizens of America finding beneath the protection of t=
he stars and stripes equal rights and liberty with all.” This patrio=
tic feeling was probably a result of the American Centennial of 1876 and t=
he growing assimilation of German Reform Jews into mainstream American cul=
ture. This appears to be the first Jewish songster to include non-Jewish p=
atriotic American songs.OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. Simon Hecht was a b=
ookseller and stationer in New York in 1869 and served as a reader in Evan=
sville, IN, in the 1870s. He published a number of children's works wh=
ich were often reprinted. The translations and instructions are in English=
, German, and Hebrew. Wachs 264 (3 copies); Deinard 292? Singerman 2689. B=
oards worn. Hinges starting. Cloth backstrip absent at top 2”. Minor=
staining throughout, but all text is clear. Good condition. (DREYFUS-3-16=
) (ID #28665) $900.00.<br>
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58. • Schlessinger, Wolf. =D7=9B=D7=95=D7=AA=D7=A8=
=D7=A0=D7=95=D7=A1=D7=A3: =D7=AA=D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=AA =D7=99=D7=A9=D7=A8=D7=
=90=D7=9C. ISRAELITISCHES ANDACHTS-BUCH: NEBST DEUTSCHER UEBERSCHUNG, MIT=
NEUEN DEUTSCHEN GEBETEN. New York; Frank'schen Buchbruderei Und Buchh=
andlung, 1871. Leatherbound. 16mo. 240, 224, 34 pages. 15 cm. First editio=
n. In Hebrew and German. "Israelite devotional book" bound in fu=
ll leather with elaborate gold gilt decorative and lettering, with buckle=
clasp, and all edges gilt. At head of title page: Tefilat Yisrael. Bound=
with Religiose Betrachtungen und Gebete for Israels Frauen und Mädch=
en.. Subjects: Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Singerman 1432. OCLC lists 4 c=
opies worldwide. Binding starting. Pages clean. Very good condition thus.=
(DREYFUS-5-23) (ID #28608) $125.00.<br>
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59. • Wise, Isaac Mayer. THE COSMIC GOD. A FUNDAMEN=
TAL PHILOSOPHY IN POPULAR LECTURES.. Cincinnati, Office American Israelite=
And Deborah, 1876. Clothbound. 8vo. 181 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Sing=
erman 2603. With frontispiece of the author, dedication and preface devote=
d to his recently deceased wife. A published volume of lectures by Isaac W=
ise, president of the Hebrew Union College, on the questions of truth, wil=
l, biology, ontology, materialism, and other foundations of philosophy. Su=
bjects: Philosophy-God. Singerman 2603. Backstrip absent. Boards shaken, e=
dges lightly bumped and worn. Stains to endpages, internal pages crisp, wi=
th light pencil marks in the margins of a half dozen pages. Very good cond=
ition. (DREYFUS-5-7) (ID #28593) $135.00.<br>
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60. • Wise, Rabbi Isaac Mayer. =D7=AA=D7=A4=D7=9C=
=D7=95=D7=AA =D7=91=D7=A0=D7=99 =D7=99=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=9F =D7=
=9C=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=A9 =D7=94=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=94: =D7=9B=D7=A4=D7=99 =D7=9E=
=D7=A0=D7=94=D7=92 =D7=90=D7=9E=D7=A2=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=A7=D7=90. THE DIVINE=
SERVICE OF AMERICAN ISRAELITES FOR THE NEW YEAR. Cincinnati, Bloch, 1866.=
Leather. 16mo. 212pages. 17cm. First edition. In Hebrew, English and Germ=
an. Original full leather over boards, with elaborate gold gilt design on=
covers. Following the appearance in 1857 of Wise's prayers for the we=
ek-day and Sabbath, this is the first Reform Festival prayer-book printed=
in America. Passages relating to a personal Messiah, the priesthood and a=
return to and restoration of a political Israel, were all omitted. See J.=
G. Heller, Isaac M. Wise; His Life, Work and Thought (1965) pp. 302-5 and=
385. Subjects: New Year prayers. Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Judaism --=
Prayer-books and devotions. Rosh ha-Shanah. Singerman 1949. Backstrip abs=
ent, binding and covers well intact. Pages lightly worn, very clean. Very=
good condition. A lesser copy sold at auction in 2005 for over a thousand=
dollars. (DREYFUS-5-22) (ID #28607) $600.00.<br>
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61. • (Isaac Mayer Wise) Modena, Leone; Isaacus Reg=
gio. BEHINAT HA-KABALAH: HIBUR KOLEL S. KOL SAKHAL VE-S. SHAAGAT ARYEH /LE=
-MO. HA-R. R. YEHUDAH ARYEH MI-MODENA ; VE-NOSAFO ALEHEM TA`ANOT VE-HE`ARO=
T... ME-ET YITS. SHEMUEL REGIYO. Goritiae [Gorizia]; Novis Typis Joh. Bap=
t. Seitz, 1852. Clothbound. 8vo. Xviii, 268 pages. 22 cm. First edition. I=
n Hebrew. Leading 19th century American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise'=
s copy, with his ownership signature on the endpage; also includes the lat=
er ownership stamp of leading American Reform Rabbi Stanley Dreyfus. Facin=
g title page in Latin reads: "Examen traditionis duo inedita et poene=
incognita Leonis Mutinensis opuscula complectens, quæ nunc primum e=
didit, annotationibus illustravit, et examini submisit Isaacus Reggio"=
; (Examination of two unpublished and almost unknown works of Leon Modena,=
which for the first time is now published, annotated, and submitted to th=
e examination by Isaac Reggio). Isaac Samuel Reggio was an "Austro-It=
alian scholar and rabbi; born at Göritz, Illyria, Aug. 15, 1784; died=
there Aug. 29, 1855. Reggio studied Hebrew and rabbinics under his father=
, Abraham Vita, later rabbi of Göritz, acquiring at the same time in=
the gymnasium a knowledge of secular science and languages. Reggio's=
father, one of the liberal rabbis who supported Hartwig Wessely, paid spe=
cial attention to the religious instruction of his son, who displayed unus=
ual aptitude in Hebrew, and at the age of fourteen wrote a metrical dirge=
on the death of Moses Hefez, rabbi of Göritz. Besides Italian, his m=
other tongue, Reggio knew French, German, and Latin, and he studied severa=
l Semitic languages in addition to Hebrew. He possessed a phenomenally cle=
ar, if not profound, intellect, and as mathematics offered the widest fiel=
d for his analytical talent, it was at first his favorite study. In 1802 h=
e published in the "Neuwieder Zeitung" the solution of a difficu=
lt mathematical problem, which gave him reputation as a mathematician. He=
discovered also a new demonstration of the Pythagorean theorem, which was=
praised by Cauchy, the well-known French mathematician. A year later (180=
3) Reggio went to Triest, where for three years he was a tutor in the hous=
e of a wealthy family. There he made a friend of Mordecai Isaac de Cologna=
, at whose death (1824) Reggio wrote a funeral oration in Italian. He retu=
rned to Göritz in 1807, where one year later he married the daughter=
of a wealthy man and settled down to a life of independent study. When th=
e province of Illyria (1810) became a French dependency, Reggio was appoin=
ted by the French governor professor of belles-lettres, geography, and his=
tory, and chancellor of the lyceum of Göritz. But three years later I=
llyria became again an Austrian province, and the Austrian anti-Jewish law=
s compelled Reggio to resign. He then devoted himself exclusively to Jewis=
h literature and cognate subjects; he studied even the Cabala, but the mor=
e he studied it the greater grew his aversion to its mystical and illogica=
l doctrines. Taking Mendelssohn and Wessely as guides, he next made his na=
me celebrated in connection with religious philosophy, and, indeed, became=
to the Italian Jews what Mendelssohn was to his German coreligionists. In=
1822 an imperial decree having been issued that no one might be appointed=
rabbi who had not graduated in philosophy, Reggio published at Venice an=
appeal, in Italian, for the establishment of a rabbinical seminary, argui=
ng that just as the emperor did not desire rabbis devoid of philosophical=
training, neither did the Jews desire rabbis who had had no rabbinical ed=
ucation. This appeal resulted in the establishment of a rabbinical college=
at Padua, for which Reggio drew up the statutes and the educational progr=
am. Following the example of Mendelssohn, Reggio endeavored to extend the=
knowledge of Hebrew among the Jewish masses by translating the Bible into=
Italian and writing a commentary thereon. An opponent of casuistry, Reggi=
o rejected haggadic Biblical interpretations and the pilpulistic study of=
the Talmud. He was persecuted by many German rabbis on account of his lib=
eral views; even his father did not wholly approve of his methods. Neverth=
eless, in 1846, after his father's death, the community of Göritz=
insisted upon his accepting the rabbinical office; he agreed, but decline=
d to receive the salary attached to it. After occupying the position for t=
en years he resigned. … The Behinat ha-kabbala is an edition of Leo=
n of Modena's two pamphlets "Kol Sakal" and "Sha'ag=
at Aryeh"; these Reggio provided with a preface, and with one hundred=
critical notes forming the second part of the work. In the preface Reggio=
outlined Leon of Modena's biography. The notes are independent treati=
ses reviewing Modena's works chapter by chapter, now supplementing, no=
w refuting his views. Reggio's main point is that most of the Talmudic=
ordinances were not intended for perpetual observance; they were practise=
d only by the rigorous Pharisees. It was not until much later, he declares=
, that the casuists established such ordinances as a part of the Law. Cons=
equently, Modena was, in many cases wrong in attacking the Talmudists. Reg=
gio's theory has been refuted by Simon Stern in the preface to his Ger=
man translation of Modena's works published under the title "Der=
Kampf des Rabbiners Gegen den Talmud im XVII. Jahrhundert. " (1906 J=
ewish Encyclopedia). Subjects: Judaism -- Controversial literature. Judais=
m -- Apologetic works. OCLC lists 13 copies. Lightly worn covers, endpages=
soiled, outer edges soiled, pages throughout aged, lightly foxed, and lig=
htly soiled. A well preserved copy though. Good + condition. (DREYFUS-6-18=
) (ID #28732) $600.00.<br>
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62. • Caesar, Julius and Joseph Juste Scaliger. C.=
IULII CÆSARIS QUÆ EXTANT [CAESARIS QUAE]. Lugduni Batavorum,=
Ex. Off. Elzeviriana, 1635. Original Vellum?. 16mo. [22], 561, [70] pag=
es. [3] leaves of plates. Illus. Maps. Port. 13 cm. In Latin. CONTENTS: C=
=2E Julii Cæsaris Commentariorum de bello gallico [C. Julius Caesar&#=
39;s Commentaries on the Gallic war]. --C. Julii Cæsaris Commentario=
rum de bello civili [C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War=
]. --A. Hirtii Pansæ Commentariorum de bello Alexandrino [A. Hirtiu=
s Pansa Commentaries of the Alexandrian war]. --A. Hirtii Pansæ Comm=
entariorum de bello africano [A. Hirtius Pansa Commentaries of the Africa=
n war]. --A. Hirtii Pansæ Commentariorum de bello hispaniensi [A. H=
irtius Pansa Hirtius Pansa's Commentaries of the Spanish war]. --C. Ju=
lii Cæsaris Fragmenta [C. Julius Caesar's Fragmenta]. --De gali=
æ divisione Aldi Manutii commentarius [The division Aldit Manutii B=
ook]. --Nomenclator geographicus omnium galiæ, Germaniæ &=
Britanniæ locorum quorum Cæsarem fit mentio, excerptus... &Eg=
rave; Thesauro geographico Abrahami Ortelii. The first of three Elzevirean=
eds. Of 1635, distinguished by the buffalo's head in the headpieces o=
f the dedicatory epistle and on p. 1, and misnumbered pages. A. Stanley Dr=
eyfus, grandson-in-law of Leo Baeck's, copy with his name on inside co=
ver. Vellum cover worn with title, publisher and year inked onto spine. Fr=
ont hinge cracked, internal pages stained and darkened, but not fragile. G=
ood Condition. (DREYFUS-3-7) (ID #28656) $475.00.<br>
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63. • Dickens, Charles; Hablot Knight Browne (Illus=
trator). BLEAK HOUSE. London; Bradbury And Evans, 1853. Half morocco and m=
arbled boards. 8vo. XVI, 624 [38] pages. 23 cm. Illustrated with thirty e=
ight leaves of plates. First edition. Gilt lettering and decorative design=
s on spine, marbled outer edges, engraved title page, each chapter contain=
s two plates except no. 9 and 10, which contain one and three respectively=
=2E "[I]n Bleak House for the first time [society] is seen as an absu=
rdity, an irrelevance, almost a madness. A dark force from which the real=
people must escape in order to create another society of their own... [D=
ickens] had been preparing for this novel all his life and, despite the ca=
lamities... Which had helped to provoke it in the first place,... Was even=
happy while he was writing it... It might even be said that Bleak House c=
ured the very malaise which was responsible for its composition" (Ack=
royd, Dickens, pages 649-560). Subjects: Young women -- Fiction. Guardian=
and ward -- Fiction. Illegitimate children -- Fiction. Inheritance and su=
ccession -- Fiction. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. Legal stories. Lond=
on (England) -- Fiction. Top backstrip torn at edges but intact. Signature=
s and binding in excellent condition. Slight foxing, especially around pla=
tes, throughout, and light soiling throughout. Very good + condition. (DRE=
YFUS-5-12) (ID #28598) $400.00.<br>
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64. • Griffin, S. C. HISTORY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS: N=
ARRATIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL. Galveston, Tex; A. H. Cawston, 1931. Clothbound=
=2E 4to. 408 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Illustrated. Ornate engraved cover=
s. A scarce history of Galveston Island in Texas; the contents are divided=
into two parts - the first being the text and illustrations of the histor=
y of the island (11 chapters through page 128) with the second part consti=
tuted of biographical sketches, many with portraits, of the important lead=
ing citizens of Galveston. Includes biographical index. Subjects: Galvesto=
n (Tex. ) - History. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Light wear to covers,=
with occasional very light foxing throughout. Near fine condition. (DREYF=
US-5-14) (ID #28600) $750.00.<br>
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65. • Milton, John. LITERÆ PSEUDO-SENATUS ANG=
LICANI, CROMWELLII, RELIQUORUMQUE PERDUELLIUM NOMINE AC JUSSU [LITERAE] =
[LATIN STATE LETTERS]. [Londini] [London]; Conscriptæ A Joanne Mil=
tono, 1676. Clothbound. 16mo. 234 pages. 14 cm. First edition. In Latin. L=
ater cloth bound with gilt lettering on spine. Woodcut print ornament of f=
ruit on titlepage; one of the two states of the year; this copy with a fru=
it printer's device considered to be the first. Posthumously published=
"Latin State Letters" (as they are commonly referred to) of Joh=
n Milton, well known for his work "Paradise Lost", who wrote thi=
s surreptitious publication of republican dispatches while in his capacity=
of Latin secretary to the Council of State, between the years 1649 and 16=
59. Subjects: England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658: O. Cromwell) -=
Great Britain. Sovereign (1658-1659: Richard Cromwell). Great Britain - F=
oreign relations. Great Britain - History - Commonwealth and Protectorate,=
1649-1660. Ex-libris punch stamp on title page and bookplate of Thomas Fo=
ley of Witley Court. Endpages foxing, very light soiling throughout, edges=
lightly soiled. Near fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-8) (ID #28594) $950.00.<b=
r>
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66. • Ousley, Clarence. GALVESTON IN NINETEEN HUNDR=
ED. Atlanta, Ga; W. C. Chase, 1900. Clothbound. 8vo. 346 [2] pages. 24 cm=
=2E First edition. Illustrated. Full title: "Galveston in nineteen hund=
red; the authorized and official record of the proud city of the Southwest=
as it was before and after the hurricane of September 8, and a logical fo=
recast of its future. " With gilt lettering and woodcut design on fro=
nt cover, gilt lettering on spine, and upper outer edge in gilt. Frontispi=
ece portrait of the governor of Texas Joseph Sayers. Published for the ben=
efit of the Galveston public schools, this work, immediately compiled afte=
r the devastating hurricane in 1900, documents the wreckage through survey=
s and photographs of the city of Galveston. Subjects: Galveston (Tex. ) --=
Storm, 1900. Galveston (Tex. ) -- History. Light soiling to back cover, s=
light aging to endpages. Near fine condition. (DREYFUS-5-13) (ID #28599) $=
125.00.<br>
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67. • Rostgaard, Frederic [Friderico]. DELICIAE QU=
ORUNDAM POETARUM DANORUM VOLUME TWO (ONLY). Lugduni Batavorum, Jordanum Lu=
chtmans, 1693. Original(?) Vellum. 16mo. 618 pages. 14 cm. In Latin. Title=
translates to English as, "Delights of Certain Danish Poets. "=
CONTENTS: t. I. De poetis danis, ex dissertationibus Olai Borrichii de po=
ëtis græcis & latinis. Henrici Albertii Hafniensis Carmina=
quibus in prima editione titulus est: Musæa adolescentiæ Venu=
s. Johannis Hopneri Hafniensis... Carmina. Christiani Aagaardi... Carmina.=
-t. II. Viti Beringii... Carmina. Henrici Harderi Hafniensis Carmina. Ola=
i Borrichii... Carmina. SUBJECT(S): Latin poetry, Medieval and modern. Poe=
ts, Danish. With biographical sketches of the authors of the poems. A. Sta=
nley Dreyfus, grandson-in-law of Leo Baeck's, copy with his name on in=
side cover. Vellum cover worn but still nice with title inked onto spine.=
Internal pages are slightly stiff from water exposure but no water stains=
are evident and all text is clear. Very Good Condition. (DREYFUS-3-8) (ID=
#28657) $135.00.<br>
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