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121995Amsterdam Samuel Abarbanel Soeiro printer 1652. . First edition. Small 4to 19 x 15 cm modern half-vellum with Hebrew title embossed in red to spine Title and first three leaves professionally restored tears with loss to three leaves at the end of the volume; numerous hand-written inscriptions in old brown ink signatures and inscriptions to title occasional staining and marginal tears; text in Hebrew; 8 174 2 ll. ll. 69-72 mispaginated.<br /> Menasseh Ben Yossef Ben Israel 1604-1657 was a Portuguese Sephardi rabbi kabbalist writer diplomat printer publisher teacher of the philosopher Baruch Spinoza and founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626. This book is Ben Israel's only publication in Hebrew his other books were published in Spanish and Latin. Menasseh Ben Israel is an especially significant figure to British Jewry as he was the central advocate who successfully petitioned Oliver Cromwell to readmit Jews to England in the mid-1650s overturning the 1290 expulsion. Through his negotiations and writings he enabled the establishment of the first open Jewish community and synagogue in London. Despite his return to Holland at the end of his his efforts initiated the return of Jews to England for which he is remembered as the champion of British Jewish settlement.<br /><br />Presumably Menasseh Ben Israel gifted the book to his friend an important Ashkenazi Rabbi Moshe Shimshon Bacharach. Bacharach mentions Menasseh Ben Israel sever times in his responsa book 'Chavot Yair'. Both Moshe Shimashon and his son Yair Chaim read the book and left many marginal notes some of them appear to be critical of the text. Yair Chaim Bachrach was a Rabbi of the town of Worms and most likely due to financial need ended up selling the book to Rabbi Moshe Katz Naral who was a doctor and the Rabbi of Metz and came from an affluent family. <br /><br />Examples of Menasseh Ben Israel Hebrew hard-writing are scarce and few which makes this copy especially valuable.<br />This copy does not contain the frontispiece portrait of the author not found in all copies does not contain the leaf at the beginning of the book with poems in praise of the books by rabbis does not contain last eight leaves in Latin 3-10 which include title contents and dedication by the author to Emperor Ferdinand III omitted from most copies.<br /> CB no. 6205 1; Roest p.798; Vinograd Amsterdam 202; Mehlman 1211; Fuks Amsterdam 190; Silva Rosa 59; Rubens 1814. Amsterdam, Samuel Abarbanel Soeiro (printer), 1652. hardcover
1957180132<p>New York: A.S. Barnes 1957. Presumed First printing. HC w DJ. PC Good/Good. SIGNED BY ARNOLD PALMER & JACK NICKLAUS. Presumed 1st/1st Barnes was notoriously inconsistent on printing statements and did not explicitly state first editions. Cream w green quarter cloth shelfwear scuffs/marks with some soiling to boards corners fraying unmarked binding sound. SIGNED to FFEP to verso & recto was apparently torn out folded & creased and then poorly taped back in. Clipped DJ heavily edgeworn w nicks/chips open tears some soiling now in Brodart. Illustrations by Anthony Ravielli. This is a very rare utterly unique copy of a classic golf lesson book signed by two of the game's all-time great golfer-ambassadors. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.</p> A.S. Barnes hardcover
157821742Venice 1578. Small 4to 19.5 x 15 cm. Giovanni di Gara Contemporary limp sheepskin wrap-around cover with flap and fastened with strap sewn on 2 leather straps laced through the cover the sewing and most of the straps recent. With the title set in an elaborate woodcut architectural arch with garlands of fruits spiraling around the columns 6 round woodcut calendrical or astrological diagrams with text woodcut crown and olive branch ornaments decorations built up from arabesque typographic ornaments a vine leaf Vervliet 38 and many letterpress tables. Set entirely in Hebrew type the main text in semi-cursive rabbinical and the headings in meruba each of the two styles in at least 3 sizes. 136 ll. including the blank leaf 108. Rare second first authorised edition by far the best of an extremely important work on Jewish calendrical calculations also in relation to the liturgy choice of readings customs and dates for holidays. In addition to being a seminal work on the calendar and chronology it records customs and liturgical practices minhagim of the ancient Jewish communities of Palestine including even lore about the weather whose traditions were already threatened and in many cases were soon to be lost as a result of the influx of Sephardic Jews after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497. It also includes similar information about the communities in northern Africa as well as astrological and astronomical information.Susan ca. 1510-1572 was a Maghribian northwest African Jew probably born in Fez in what is now Morocco. He moved to Jerusalem at an early age and studied with Levi ibn Habib chief rabbi there from 1525 in the early years of the Ottoman control of Palestine. He studied further in Safed then briefly sought work in Thessaloniki in 1539 when he was already preparing the present work and continued it in Damascus in 1540 before returning to Safed. With skilful repairs and restorations in the margins of first leaves but still in good condition and with generous margins. The best edition prepared by the author of an essential source for Jewish calendrical calculations and for Jewish customs surviving in Palestine in the mid-16th century.l Adams I20; Carlbach Palaces of time 2011 pp. 47-54; A.M. Habermann De Gara 52; hebrewbooks.org 45592; Marvin Heller The sixteenth century Hebrew book pp. 690-691; Steinschneider 5282.2; Zedner p. 393. hardcover
1616ST18707London: Will Stansby 1616; volume II printed for Richard Meighen and volume III printed for Thomas Walkey 1640 but 1641. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Each of the Three Parts. "Poetaster" with letterpress issue of the part title; Second Issue of part II with letterpress general title dated 1640; early state of "The Diviell is an Asse" part title. 280 x 175 mm. 11 x 6 7/8". Parts II and III with contents bound in a variant order but complete. Three parts bound in two volumes. <br/> HANDSOME SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with large lozenge centerpiece formed by flower and lancet ornaments curling vines bearing fruit at corners gilt lettering turn-ins with ornate gilt floral roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Engraved title by William Hole Pforzheimer's third state in first volume with part title to Every Man out of his Humour in woodcut border Pforzheimer's first state and part title to Cynthia's Revels with woodcut border. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of Doris Benz. Greg III 1070-73 1076-78 Pforzheimer 559 560 d; STC 14751 14754; ESTC S111817 S111824. First title leaf and likely the one beginning volume II carefully washed the text perhaps pressed--but crisp in any case--the bottom half of one page soiled occasional trivial smudges rust spots or other negligible imperfections elsewhere but the text still fine and IN A GORGEOUS BINDING IN PERFECT CONDITION.<br/> <br/> This first collected edition of Jonson's works—and of any collected dramatic works in English—comes in a very beautiful binding and with distinguished provenance. Excepting only Shakespeare Ben Jonson 1572-1637 was the most important literary figure of his age and in 1616 the year Shakespeare died he became England's first though unofficial Poet Laureate. In that same year he became the first playwright to publish his collected dramatic works when he issued the earlier volume in our set which was also the first printing of English drama in a folio-size book. The second collection here printed in two separate volumes but almost always bound as one appeared after Jonson's death in 1641. For the 21 years that he lived after Shakespeare Jonson was the unquestioned ruler in all things literary; unlike Shakespeare who borrowed heavily he was a fertile source for memorable plots and nobody before or after him has ever displayed the fascinating characters of London so vividly on the stage. As Pforzheimer tells us about the 1616 printing "Jonson began the preparation of this definitive edition in 1612. He used the quarto texts whenever available but scrupulously and systematically revised them cutting out many marginal notes altering the spelling typography and punctuation in accordance with a consistent . . . plan introducing considerable editorial matter." The playwright's hands-on approach to the printing of this text established it as the authoritative edition. <br /> <br /> As Pforzheimer notes this work appears with a number of bibliographic variants due to the fact that it was printed and issued over a number of years. Our set collates as in Pforzheimer with the exception of the bound order of the second and third parts. In part II which begins the second volume here "The Devil is an Ass" is bound between "Bartholomew Fair" and "The Staple of News" rather than after them. Part III leads off with "The Magnetic Lady" "Tale of a Tub" and "The Sad Shepherd" followed by the "Masques" and the "Diverse Poems." Greg notes that "the volume was printed in three sections the order of which is not altogether certain and differs in different copies." <br /> <br /> The tasteful binding was executed by the preeminent London workshop of Riviere & Son which supplied discriminating bibliophiles for more than a century. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. Our set is in the superior condition typical of the books from the library of Doris Louise Benz 1907-84 who collected fine bindings the best of the private presses major English authors and manuscripts. Dickinson says that because she had acquired things very privately the book world was shocked at the richness of her collection when it came on the market in 1984. According to the Dartmouth College Library which was the sole beneficiary of the proceeds from the sale "Miss Benz was a quiet collector almost unknown to other collectors and to dealers except to Col. Marston Drake of the firm of James F. Drake of New York and to Maggs and Quaritch in London." She wanted her collection broken up and sold so that "others could enjoy the pleasures of identifying locating and acquiring books for their own collections" just as she had. Will Stansby unknown
1963968641963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three composition books. Small quartos. Modest wear mostly near fine. Heavily illustrated by the artist Ben Talbert one of the most important artists in the Los Angeles circle that revolved around Wallace Berman and his publication Semina. Berman and his circle were at the forefront of avant-garde cultural and artistic experimentation on the West Coast in effect the western equivalent of Andy Warhol and his Factory workers with sensibilities representing the Beat and early counterculture movements.<br /> <br /> These notebooks are from Talbert's most important period and the most important period for his circle when he was directly influenced by and collaborating with Berman and most of the artworks presage Talbert's most cherished and representative themes - nudes intense sexuality S&M scenes and handwritten and illustrated plans for installations assemblages collages or sculpture. Several drawings and plans are initialed and dated although most are not as normal for sketchbooks.<br /> <br /> Related material laid in include several nude and mildly sexual photographs of Talbert and a woman named Gayle presumably his wife or girlfriend used by them as Christmas Greetings other clothed photographs of the couple a handmade Valentine from Gayle to Talbert several vintage color photographs of Talbert's framed work a couple of different invitations to memorial retrospectives of his works after his death in 1975 from a drug overdose at the age of 42 and several additional drawings by Talbert on a variety of different sizes of paper.<br /> <br /> The sketches ranging from fully detailed drawings to impressionistic nudes are executed in a variety of media: pencil pen and ink marker gouache colored pencil watercolor and a few in ball-point pen. There are 69 pages of reasonably fully executed drawings bound in plus an additional five laid in for a total of 74 pages of drawings. There are 21 pages of handwritten and illustrated plans for installations plus another two laid in for a total of 23 pages. There are about 14 pages of drawing exercises bound in where Talbert attempted to draw every conceivable object often more than a dozen objects to a page. There is one additional drawing mounted and used as a greeting card that we are reasonably certain is by Talbert as it is similar to his style and preferred subject matter a spurting penis but whose inscription: "Sam - Luv Tony" gives us pause.<br /> <br /> While the drawings are appealing and interesting the plans for Pop installations assemblages and sculptures are fascinating especially considering the time in which they were conceived. They include chastity-belts shaped and illustrated as police badges and many variations on altered televisions mostly with sexual twists and innuendos.<br /> <br /> Talbert's work was the subject of a retrospective exhibit at the Andrew Roth Gallery in New York in March of 2007. This is previously unrecorded material representing vital and important work for an overlooked but important artist in the most interesting period of his career. hardcover
196884328Atelier Mourlot. As New. 1968. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED - LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Corresponds to ASIN: B0006CB6MS. -- with a bonus offer-- . Atelier Mourlot unknown
152367625First Edition of this" Book of Education" Rearranging the 613 Commandments of Maimonides BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI OF BARCELONA Pinhas. BEN JOSEPH HA-LEVI Aharon. MAIMONIDES association Sefer ha-Hinnukh. Venice: Daniel Bomburg 283 i.e. 1523. First edition. Quarto in eights 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 230 x 175 mm. 179 leaves. Possibly lacking a final blank but textually complete. This book being an arrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides was originally attributed to Aharon Ben Joseph ha-Levi the brother of Pinhas. Text in Hebrew in two columns. Only one complete copy that we could find in the traditional auction houses the last fifty years which was at Sothebys on December 1 2008 and sold for $21250. Full modern brick-red sheep. Boards panel-ruled in blind. Boards with gilt tooled frame and gilt woven center devices. Gilt floral corner devices to boards. Spine ruled in gilt and blind and gilt floral devices in four compartments. Board edges ruled in gilt. Title-page the following leaf and the final leaf with inner margin repair. Some light marginal stains to preliminary leaves and some mostly marginal dampstaining to the final 40 approx leaves. Small red pencil note on the verso of the title-page and some pencil notations on the verso of the final leaf. Overall a very good copy. This text Sefer ha-Hinnukh Book of Education is a rearrangement of the 613 commandments of Maimonides in the Sefer ha-Mitzvot Book of Commandments. They are listed according to the weekly Torah portion. "Sefer Ha-Hinnikh one of the most popular books on the reasons for the commandments written in the thirteenth century.it is directed to students ages eighteen through twenty and is a prÈcis of Moses Maimonides work on the rational nature of the commandments. Sefer Ha-Hinnukh stresses observance of the commandments and says that performance should precede intention. A person must not try to calculate the reward for the fulfillment of a commandment but may consider its reasons. The author recommends that students read the book on Sabbath eves so that they will not run wild in the streets and states that the book is also of value to adults as a source for the study of halakhah." The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion HBS 67625. $22500 Daniel Bomburg hardcover books
16412403London: Printed by William Stansby and Printed for Richard Meighen 1641. First edition. First volume printed 1616 second volume printed 1640 but dated 1631 1640 and 1641. Three folio volumes in two 290 x 190 mm. Contemporary brown calf with black and red morocco gilt lettered labels. Both volumes expertly rebacked retaining original spines. Collates complete according to Pforzheimer with the exception of initial and final blanks lacking in Volume I. Volume II with The Staple Newes bound before The Divell is an Asse Part IV bound before Part III and D3 bound before D2. Moderate soiling wear and signs of use throughout. Title page and first two leaves of Vol I with slight loss of upper corner slightly affecting image on title page lower corners absent from 401 439 539 and 779 not affecting text. Long marginal tears to C3 and D3 of Volume II. Cosmetic blemishes aside a very good and well margined copy in a contemporary binding.<br/><br/>"This book. is a handsome specimen of typography. It reflects great credit upon its printer Stansby who was an apprentice and then successor to John Windet and himself a master printer. Such work entitles him to a front rank among the printers of the reign of James I. Jonson is said to have prepared the plays for the press himself and one or two matters of editing. certainly appear to show the author's hand. At the end of each play for instance is a statement telling when it was first acted and by whom whether the king's or the queen's servants. The names of the actors are also given. All of the works not included in the first were intended for a second volume which however did not appear until after Jonson's death in 1640" Grolier 100 English.<br/><br/>Grolier 100 English 17. Pforzheimer 559. Pforzheimer 560. STC 14751. Printed by William Stansby [and] Printed for Richard Meighen unknown books
161668586London: Printed by William Stansby 1616. Together with: The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The second Volume.London: Printed for Richard Meighen 1631-1640-1641.<br> <br> First folio edition and first collected edition. Small-paper copy which precedes the large paper. Three folio volumes bound in two Volume II divided into four parts originally issued in two volumes. 10 3/4 x 7 inches; 272 x 177 mm.; 10 1015 1 blank; 12 88 2 93-170 75 1 79 70-122 133-155 1 blank 292 132 pp. Volume I with engraved allegorical title by William Hole Pforzheimer state A. Volume I without the rare initial blank same as Pforzheimer. Decorative woodcut head-and-tail pieces and initials. This set is complete with the exception to it being bound without the extremely rare initial blank in volume I. Volume I collates according to Pforzheimer and while Volume II differs in parts order than Pforzheimer all leaves are present.<br> <br> Volume I- In this copy the section title to Every Man out of His Humour p. 73 is within a woodcut border McKerrow and Ferguson 224 and has the imprint "Printed by W. Stansby for I. Smithwicke;" the section title to Cynthias Revels p. 177 is within the same woodcut border and has the imprint: "Printed by W. Stansby;" the section title to Poëtaster p. 271 is without the border and has the imprint: "Printed by William Stansby." With dedication leaf G2 in first state signed with "By your true honorer Ben Jonson." line 6 on G2 verso reads "PUNTERVOLO"; the catchword on G5 recto is "Naked"; on G5 verso "Where"; G6 recto begins "Where I want arte"; and the eighth line from the bottom on G6 verso reads: "But why enforce I this as fainting no."<br> <br> Volume II- Issue D with the 1640 general title-page the first three plays with the imprint dated 1631 same a Pforzheimer. The end of Mortimer reads: "Hee dy'd and left it unfinished".<br> <br> Both volumes uniformly bound by Riviere in full brown levant morocco. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spines elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Board edges double-ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. Occasional light toning to pages. Marbled endpapers. Title-page and first few pages toned. Previous owner's light signature on title-page. Occasional toning throughout both volumes. Some browning to pages 273-280 in Volume I. Minor repair to upper margin of leaf B in Volume II not affecting text. Overall a beautiful copy of this set. Housed together in a cloth slipcase.<br> <br> "This book. is a handsome specimen of typography. It reflects great credit upon its printer Stansby who was an apprentice and then successor to John Windet and himself a master printer. Such work entitles him to a front rank among the printers of the reign of James I. Jonson is said to have prepared the plays for the press himself and one or two matters of editing. certainly appear to show the author's hand. At the end of each play for instance is a statement telling when it was first acted and by whom whether the king's or the queen's servants. The names of the actors are also given. All of the works not included in the first were intended for a second volume which however did not appear until after Jonson's death in 1640" Grolier 100 English.<br> <br> Grolier 100 English 17. Pforzheimer 559. Pforzheimer 560. STC 14751.<br> <br> HBS 68586.<br> <br> $19500. Printed by William Stansby unknown
000170463Shlomo ben Eliezer ha-Levi. Avodat haLevi. Istanbul 1516. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000170463 unknown
1970822481970. Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. It reads "Sdeh. Boker 28. 2. 70 Dear Mr. George P. Viegelmann Jr. I share entirely your view that it is vitally necessary for everyone in the Middle East to live in peace. I am expressing a private view: I would be ready to give up a great Part of the areas which we hold since the six day war if this would bring peace; by peace I mean friendship with our Arab neighbors and cooperation politically economically and culturally but perhaps only Russia can bring this about. I even doubt whether the American Gov. can achieve that. In the future there may be a change in Egypt. David Ben-Gurion." This letter is a very unique piece of history particularly in regards to Israeli-Arab relations and the study of peace in general. While publicly Ben-Gurion was the undoubted leader in Zionism privately at the end of his life he began to have other opinions. He desired peace even if it meant giving up land that they had fought to obtain. Ben-Gurion's thoughts on peace in his latter years is corroborated by the recent documentary Ben-Gurion Epilogue. This movie features footage that was taken in 1968 and only recently discovered. In the footage he explains that Israel's moral compass was inexorably tied to its treatment of the non-Jews living under its rule. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16.5 inches. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
192880799New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. First Edition. <br/><br/>Hecht and MacArthur's most important book and easily the rarest in jacket. A drama that is the basis for three key films: "The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most importantly of all the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. <br/><br/>A cornerstone film source title by two of the greatest screenwriters of Hollywood's golden era. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Near Fine example of the rare dust jacket. Easily the grandest copy we have ever seen. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Covici-Friede unknown books
164069113London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke & for Richard Meighen 1640. Full Description:<br> <br> JONSON Ben. The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke & for Richard Meighen 1640 1631.<br> <br> First edition of both parts one and two of the second volume containing the first appearance of the first three plays; Bartholomew Fayre The Staple of Newes The Divell is an Asse and second edition of the first volume. Part I of the second volume was originally printed in 1631 as a continuation of the 1616 Workes. With Pforzheimer's issue "f" of the second volume in which all parts are without the general title the first three plays are dated 1631 and Divell is an Asse with the 1641 imprint. The final page of Mortimer reads: "Left unfinished".<br> <br> It is also of note that William Shakespeare is listed as an actor in two plays of Volume I Everyman in his humor and Seianus His Fall.<br> <br> Three folio volumes in two 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches; 277 x 181 mm. Second volume slightly larger. Volume I with engraved title-page by William Hole and engraved portrait. Both volumes with woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. First volume lacking A1 a blank and second volume is lacking A1 general title.<br> <br> Uniformly bound in contemporary dark brown acid-treated calf rebacked with original spines laid down. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt in compartments. Red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Some mild toning and occasional light spotting throughout both volumes. Volume II with a closed lateral tear to leaves Cc-Cc3 which has been neatly repaired with no loss. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> Pforzheimer credits the failure of The New Inn as the reason work on the second volume ceased until after Jonson's death. The first leaf in the first signature in this part was left blank in anticipation of a general title but since the plans were cancelled the plays were sold as printed with only their individual titles all dated 1631. A general title-page was created for the 1640 first edition of the Workes and the unsold 1631 printings were included as the first of four parts.<br> <br> "The three plays of Volume Il were all that Jonson saw through the press of a projected continuation of his 1616 volume. His failure to complete the collection was probably due to the damning by the town of The New Inn which was published 1631 the same year as this volume. Because of Jonson's supervision of this part the text here given may be considered authoritative. As first printed Sig A was a blank there being no general-title. In 1640 a number of these 1631 plays still remaining unsold sheet AI and 6 was again passed the press this time of Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcett and the general-title. printed on recto A. This title refers only to the three plays printed in 1631 and describes them as 'The fecond Volume'. However bound with these three 1631 plays are normally found the three parts containing the masques plays and miscellany dated 1640 or 1641 which have no general-title nor any other preliminary matter. The fact that over a period of years the 1631 plays may have been sold as a supplementary volume to the 1616 Workes. would easily account for their being described as the second volume quite aside from the explicit statement of the 1640 general-title. Pforzheimer 560<br> <br> Greg III p. 1073-1076. Pforzheimer 560 the second volume. STC 14753 and 14754.<br> <br> HBS 69113.<br> <br> $15000. Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke & for Richard Meighen unknown
1966492Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered I to XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. All contained in a full vellum folding box with brass latches. Fine condition. The Trianon Press books
15465968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good/First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. . Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover books
196610801380 leaves. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece enclosed in paper folders in a linen portfolio with ties. Fine condition. § One of 16 copies numbered K to Z with this being K. Signed and stamped with the artist’s cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. The Trianon Press hardcover books
19661080131966. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. <br /> <br /> 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> § One of 16 super deluxe copies lettered K to Z which include an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece. This is copy K. Signed and stamped with the artist's cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. unknown
194824454<p>In 1947 as the British mandate over Palestine established by the League of Nations in 1922 was about to expire the United Nations called for partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. Jewish leaders accepted the plan but Arab leaders announced that they would oppose its implementation by force. President Harry Truman had endorsed partition despite opposition within his administration. On March 19 1948 the U.S. shockingly reversed its position supporting partition; instead it called for a temporary United Nations trusteeship.</p><p>David Ben-Gurion as head of the Jewish Agency masterfully worked to contain the damage. Less than two months after writing this letter Ben-Gurion and the recipient of this letter Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman both would help draft and sign Israel's Declaration of Independence.</p> <b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed "<i>D. Ben-Gurion</i>" to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fishman. March 23 1948 Israel. In Hebrew one page on The Jewish Agency for Palestine stationery. 8.5 x 11 in.<p><b>Translation</b></p><p><i>"Please convey to the Executive </i>of the Jewish Agency for Palestine <i>the following – As I was deprived of the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the Executive I ask to be allowed to appoint a member to be the head of Defence so that I can transfer this work from myself as soon as possible. I wish to point out that because of the remarks that were heard in the discussion of our answers to the American announcement I refer to the remarks of Golda Myerson and Kolotny I am of the opinion that paragraph 'C' should be changed by way of adding a demand for an immediate agreement that a temporary Government be formulated in accordance with the version that I gave to my Secretary Svi Marmion."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Ben-Gurion responded forcefully to the new American position in a statement to the Tel Aviv Press Club on March 20: "We shall not agree to any kind of trusteeship whether permanent or temporary even for the shortest time. We shall no longer submit to any foreign domination whatever. … The Jewish State exists and will continue to exist because we defend it. … our political program falls under three headings in the order I name them: security; a Jewish State; a Jewish-Arab alliance."</p><p>On March 22 Abba Hillel Silver on behalf of the Jewish Agency indicated that the Agency would not discuss the American proposal for trusteeship as it had not yet been submitted to the Security Council. The next day the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the National Council of Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi issued a joint statement that Israel intended to proceed to independence.</p><p>Ben-Gurion was determined to strengthen their position by shaping his provisional government and making it clear that the Jewish state would come into being with or without international approval. Accordingly on March 25 Moshe Shertok Sharett sent the chairman of the U.N. Palestine Commission an urgent request for the establishment of a provisional government including a list of proposed members.</p><p>The <i>"'paragraph C'"</i> referenced in the present letter undoubtedly corresponds to a passage in either the March 23 or March 25 statements to the U.N. For the full final text of both see Appendices A and B below.</p><p>As noted the final wording was influenced by future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and by Moshe Kolodny Kol. They may have been advocating for the wording that appeared in the third paragraph of the March 25 statement "the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish…" </p><p><b>Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman</b> 1875–1962 the recipient of this letter was born in Bessarabia and emigrated to Palestine in 1913. A renowned author and Talmudic scholar he was a founding member of Mizrachi. He helped draft Israel's Declaration of Independence and became Minister of Religions and War Victims. He served in the First Knesset until 1951.</p><p><b>APPENDIX A</b></p><p>STATEMENT ADOPTED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE</p><p>AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JEWS OF PALESTINE</p><p>VAAD LEUMI MARCH 23 1948</p><p>The Jewish Agency for Palestine and the Vaad Leumi have learned with regret and astonishment of the attitude adopted by the United States representative in the Security Council concerning the United Nations decisions on Palestine.</p><p>The Jewish Agency and the Vaad Leumi declare:</p><p>1. The Jewish people and the Yichev in Palestine will oppose any proposal designed to prevent or postpone the establishment of the Jewish State.</p><p>2. We categorically reject any plan to set up a trusteeship regime for Palestine even for a short period of time. A trusteeship would necessarily entail a denial of the Jewish right to national independence. It would leave Palestine under a foreign military regime.</p><p>3. The failure and disintegration of the Mandatory administration the continuation of which was unanimously rejected by the United Nations necessitates the early arrival in Palestine of the United Nations Palestine Commission. The Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State should be recognized without delay by the United Nations Palestine Commission so that authority may be transferred to it as envisaged in the United Nations decisions.</p><p>4. Upon the termination of the Mandatory administration and not later than May 16 next a provisional Jewish government will commence to function in cooperation with the representatives of the United Nations then in Palestine. In the meantime we shall do our utmost to minimize the chaos created by the present government and we shall maintain so far as lies in our power the public services neglected by it.</p><p>5. The Jewish people extends the hand of peace to the Arab people and invites representatives of the Arab population of the Jewish State to take their rightful place in all its organs of government. The Jewish State will be glad to cooperate with the neighboring Arab States and to enter into permanent treaty relations with them to strengthen world peace and to advance the development of all countries of the Near East.</p><p>After a bloody Arab-Israeli conflict following the British withdrawal the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. Ben-Gurion was designated the first Prime Minister a position he held for the majority of the next fifteen years.</p><p><b>APPENDIX B</b></p><p>THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE</p><p>16 East 66th Street</p><p> New York 21 N.Y.</p><p>March 25 1948</p><p>The Chairman</p><p>United Nations Palestine Commission Lake Success New York</p><p>Sir:</p><p>In pursuance of the oral representations made by me to the Commission on March 17 on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and. the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi concerning the appointment of a Provisional Council of Government for the Jewish State I have the honor now as a matter of urgency to reiterate the request that the Provisional Council of the Jewish State should be immediately established and that it be composed as follows:</p><p>Mr. David Ben-Gurion Mr. Itzhak Ben-Zvi</p><p>Mr. Fritz Bernstein Mr. Eliahu Berligne</p><p>Mr. Eliahu Dobkin Mr. Meyer Grabovski</p><p>Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Mrs. Rachel Kagan</p><p>Rabbi Wolf Gold Mr. Abraham Katznelaon</p><p>Mr. Itzhak Greenbaum Saadia Khuvashi</p><p>Mr. Eliezer Kaplan Dr. Georg Landauer</p><p>Mr. Moshe Kolodni Mr. Evi Lurie</p><p>Mrs. Goldie Meyerson Mr. Nachum Nir</p><p>Mr. Moshe Shapiro Mr. David. Pinkas</p><p>Mr. Moshe Shertok Mr. David Remez</p><p> Mr. Berl Repetur</p><p> Mr. Mordecai Shatner</p><p> Mr. Zorach Warhaftig</p><p>2. The above list comprises all the Palestinian members of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine as well as the fall membership of the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi. Included are representatives of the following parties and groups:</p><p>Palestine Labor Party Mapay</p><p>General Zionists</p><p>Mizrachi Orthodox Zionists</p><p>Hapoel Hamizrachl</p><p>Hashomer Hatzair</p><p>now merged.</p><p>Achditt Avoda</p><p>Aliya Hadasha</p><p>Wizo</p><p>Yemenites Organization</p><p>3. It is proposed further that the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish not at present included in the membership of the Jewish Agency for Palestine or the Vaad Leumi. Negotiations with this object in view have been successfully concluded with some Jewish groups and are still in progress with others.</p><p>4. Upon the appointment of the Provisional Council of Government it is suggested that the United Nations Palestine Commission should instruct the Provisional Council to proceed with the establishment of a central administrative organ of government as indicated in Article 7 of Part I B of the Resolution of the General Assembly.</p><p>5. I venture in conclusion to point out that under Article 4 of Part I B of the Resolution of the Assembly if by 1 April 1948 a Provisional Council of Government has not been set up the United Nations Palestine Commission will be under the obligation to communicate that fact to the Security Council. It is earnestly hoped that the need for the Commission to report failure in this respect will be obviated by the immediate appointment of the Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State.</p><p>Sincerely yours</p><p>Moshe Shertok</p> books
1966492<p>Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered XIII of XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. Text in Hebrew and English. All contained in a full vellum clamshell box with brass latches designed by Gerald Binney. A rare limited and gorgeous copy in perfect condition. The only one on the web offered from this limited edition of 20 copies.</p> The Trianon Press
169555736Amsterdam: Be-veit ha-meshutafim Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer/ Moses Wiesel 1695. First edition. Hardcover. g to near fine. Small folio 30 by 18.8 cm. Collation: aleph-vav4 zayin2 = 26 numbered leaves. Full period brown paper boards re-backed with a brown leather spine with raised bands.<br /> <br /> Letterpress title-page with ornate floral woodcut device; additional engraved title-page mounted depicting Moses and Aaron along with six small biblical scenes within round borders all against an architectural background. Engraved folding map at rear mounted; main title with woodcut vignette; 14 half-page engraved illustrations in the text.<br /> <br /> This gorgeously illustrated work is the first edition of the famous and highly influential Passover Haggadah printed in Amsterdam in 1695. Simply known as the Amsterdam Haggadah this edition stands as among the most imitated and copied haggadahs in history and was the first to be illustrated with copperplate engravings. Previous illustrated haggadahs had used woodcuts. The popularity of these illustrations can be attested by the huge numbers of reprint editions over the centuries. There are 14 finely printed large in-text engravings plus the full page engraved title page showing Moses Aaron and Adam in the Garden of Eden. Some of these images illustrate the traditional content of the Passover seder and/or the exodus story while some are other biblical stories less directly related. Images include: the Rabbis of Bene Brak discussing the Passover story the four sons Abraham smashing the idols of his father Abraham welcoming the three angels Moses slaying the Egyptian overseer the rescuing Moses from the river Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh w/ staves turning to snakes the ten plagues the Egyptian army drowning in the Red Sea the Exodus the receiving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai the eating of the Pascal Lamb King David composing his psalms and finally an exterior view of the Holy Temple with the cityscape of Jerusalem in the background. All images are captioned underneath with relevant passages in Hebrew. The engravings were all created by Abraham ben Jacob a German convert to Judaism who had moved to Amsterdam although some sources over the years misattributed them to financier Moses Wiesel 6 of which were adaptations and/or modifications of previous images by Swiss artist Matthäus Merian 1593-1650 from his original work "Icones Biblicae" 1625-30.<br /> <br /> In addition to the in text engravings there is famously a phenomenal fold-out engraved biblical map of the holy land. Measuring a total of 19.5x11.5" the map shows the land of Israel the Sinai desert and Egypt in landscape orientation looking eastward towards the top of the map. It traces the journey of the Israelites starting with the Exodus from Egypt through the desert and into the Land of Israel. The map is detailed showing the areas of the twelve tribes important locations and cities as well as geographic features including the Red Sea Mount Sinai the Dead Sea the Sea of Galilee and many others. The map is decorated with additional illustrations near the bottom and includes a key. This beautiful work also by Abraham ben Jacob is considered among the earliest if not the first map of its kind to be printed within a Hebrew publication. It is now known to have been heavily based on the previously printed 1620 map in Hebrew by Jacob ben Abraham Zaddiq and Abraham Goos 1590 - ca. 1643 which itself was based on the map of 1590 by Christian Kruik van Adrichom Adrichem printed in Latin.<br /> <br /> Text throughout is printed in Hebrew with smaller text in Rashi script underneath containing famous commentary on the Passover Haggadah by acclaimed Portuguese Rabbi and scholar Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel 1437-1508. The verso of the title page contains the order of the Passover seder with brief instructions in both Ladino Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish Judeo-German a nod to the subtitle of Haggadah which references the both Ashkenazi and Sephardic traditions.<br /> <br /> This copy with binding in beautiful condition with being professionally restored includining spine re-backed to style. Book block tight. Interior with some staining to pages throughout from use. Binding in very good to near fine inteiror in good condition overall. Hebrew title: סדר הגדה של פסח ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×– וספרד <br /> Alternate transliterations: Seder Hagadah shel Pesah Seder Hagadah sel Pesah<br /> <br /> References: Friedberg 278 Fuks HTN II 521; Yudlov Haggadah 93; Vinograd Amsterdam 627; Ya'ari no. 59; Laor 876 Map; Nebenzahl pp.138-1389 Map; Yerushalmi plate 59-62; Rosenau "Vision of the Temple" p.135 146-7. Be-veit ha-meshutafim [Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer]/ Moses Wiesel hardcover
19281000004551<p>This is #112 of only 224 made and signed by Ben MacDonald! Scotland's Gift Golf is a masterpiece of early golf literature written by the Father of American Golf Course Architecture C.B. Macdonald. Considered by historians to be the most important book ever written on early American golf this book details the birth of golf in the United States in the late nineteenth century and the formation of the U.S.G.A. in 1894.</p><p>In addition to a detailed summary of the characteristics of an ideal golf course this guide provides rare insight into the methods and philosophies that Macdonald used to design some of the world's most renowned courses including the National Golf Links of America Mid-Ocean Club Lido and Yale Golf Club. It also includes personal anecdotes and correspondence describing the development of the rules of golf as well as the evolution of the modern golf ball and golf club.</p><p>Written in 1928 this book features 56 black-and-white photographs from the author's personal collection including rare photos of Bobby Jones Young Tom Morris and Francis Ouimet. Also included is an appendix which highlights the oldest surviving rules of golf from 1754 as well as the amended version from 1858. This is the first editiononly 224 printed in rare presentation vellum hardcover issued numbered and signed by Ben MacDonald. In red boards and vellum spine with gilt top pages and all drawings and illustrations. Also has golf links map! "A true golfer's dream from the man who put golf literally on the map."</p> charles Scribner's sons hardcover
19282210213New York: Covici Friede 1928. First. hardcover. Fine/Fine. A stunning and important first edition fine in a fine dust jacket. 1928 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page. Original price of $2.00 on front flap along with quotes of reviews on the play which premiered in 1928 on Broadway. This is the first published appearance of the script of the play. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. One of the rarest first edition dust jackets in any condition in modern literature. The play has also been produced as many successful movies including the classic His Girl Friday directed by Howard Hawkes starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940 and later as The Front Page directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. Covici Friede unknown
16401315045London: Printed by Richard Bishop and Robert Young and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard 1640/1641. Second Folio Printing. Hardcover. Folios 2 volumes; VG; rebacked with new calf spines burgundy labels with gilt lettering previous boards preserved; marbled endpapers; both volumes have previous owners name and information on sfep; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> For volume 1 the subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. That to "Poëtaster" has imprint "London printed by Robert Young. M.DC.XL.". "Epigrammes" begins new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. Most of the parts have special title page with imprint: London Printed by R. Bishop 1640. "Poëtaster" has title page with imprint: "London Printed by Robert Young M.DC.XL.".; The title page is engraved and signed "Gulielmus Hole fecit".; Signatures: A-Kkk6 Lll4; 2A-2T6.; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> For volume 2 it consists of two volumes 2 and 3 the former intended as a continuation of the first volume published in 1615. Vol. 2 was edited by the author vol. 3 by Sir Kenelm Digby. The three plays comprising volume 2 "Bartholmew sic Fayre" "The Diuell is an asse" and "The staple of nevves" each have separate title page with imprint ". printed by Iohn. Beale. for Robert Allot . 1631"; "; Signatures: A6 B-M4 Aa-Cc4 2D-H4 2I6 N-Y4 Vol. 3 B-Q4 R2 S-X4 Y2 Z4 Aa-Oo4 Pp2 Qq4 2A-K4 2L2 2M-R4 3A-P4 3Q2 3R-V4. Closed tear to L4;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> CK consignment; shelved case 0. The first printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second volume was printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641 lacks a general title page and the order of the parts varies in published editions. This volume contains later works most of them unpublished or uncollected previously.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> ESTC Citation No. S112456 ESTC Citation No. S111824. 1315045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, in St. Paules, Church-yard hardcover books
187160912Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1871. Each directory a second edition. 8vo. 3 volumes: 128 116; 81 pp. Extra illustrated with 16 original mounted photographs six portraits and 10 architectural images of Washington buildings all about 6 x 4 inches including three signed photographs of President Ulysses S. Grant Vice-President Schuyler Colfax and Speaker of the House James G. Blaine in the 1871 directory all three were serving in office at the time other mounted photographs of Presidents Andrew Johnson 1869 directory and Abraham Lincoln 1867 directory; the 1864 Anthony Berger image taken at the Brady Studio in 1864 plate of the U.S. Capitol from a wood engraving folding map of Washington D.C. Photographs of the buildings include the White House Patent Office Post Office Treasury Department War Department Navy Department Agriculture Department the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution Castle. The sixth portrait photograph is of Addison H. Laflin 1823-1878 U.S. Representative from New York 1865-1871; this is his daughter Grace Laflin's copy gilt-stamped on the upper board "Grace Laflin / From Her Father / March 4 1871." Repaired scrape on rear board small tear in lower edge of one leaf but an impressive extra-illustrated volume in an attractive presentation binding. Contemporary presentation binding: red morocco professional restoration to rear joint gilt gilt rules framing the boards enclosing an intricate ornamental rule pattern gilt title and ornaments between raised bands on spine gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. 9763. Benjamin Perley Poore was a newspaperman and clerk of the committee of the U.S. Senate on printing records where he began editing the Congressional Directory in 1867. He later served as editor of the "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" and as a well-connected member of the Washington political scene compiled his "Reminiscences of Sixty years in the National Metropolis" Philadelphia 1886. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
15465968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good. Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. <br /><br />First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover
