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128063Amsterdam: Nico Israel / Da Capa. Hardcover. near fine. Facsimile Reprints. Rare and complete set of all 45 titles in 73 volumes of the reprints produced by Nico Israel of Amsterdam. All titles published in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. High quality facsimile reprints simulated vellum covers with gilt stamped titles. Full scale large fold out maps and plates. All volumes in very good to fine condition. This amazing reprint series was conceived in the 1960's and went on until the 1980's. It included many of the great world voyages that had not been reprinted up to then. These include Broughton; Marra; Rickman; Meares; Fleurieu; Hearne; Perouse; Vancouver; Beechey; Colnett; Dixon; Krusenstern; Langsdorf; Lisiansky; Arago; Bennet; Burney; Dillon; Ellis; Funnell; Lutke; Narborugh; Rogers; Sarytschew; Labillardiere; Shelvocke; Thomas and Zimmerman to name just a few of the series. The series had very high quality paper and reproduced the exact original format and all of the plates and charts. A rare opportunity to obtain a fine and complete set of the whole series. Four numbers were not published in the end # 48 #65 and #66. Nico Israel / Da Capa hardcover
"Whatever place its author may ultimately occupy in future histories of England, one thing is certain, that in the history of the Jewish people the name of Balfour will enjoy unchallenged immortality, evoking comparison with that of Cyrus, for the issue of the Balfour Declaration marked the opening of a new epoch in the annals of Jewry which will be recognised as such even in the remotest centuries to come. In this little book have been gathered together all the utterances of Lord Balfour on the interpretation and implications of his Declaration, on its political aspects and its practical realisation, made during the last ten years." - Preface. [4], 5-128 pp. 7" x 4.75". Original spine label present and intact. Front free endpaper professionaly replaced. Tanning to central portion of half-title. Prior owner's ink stamp upon title page. Duplicate spine label bound at p.128. Average external wear. Binding intact with moderate forward lean. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Quarter inch notch from top of backstrip. A sound copy of this jewel of Zionist history. EMANUEL p.48. [ASIN B000852UV4] Book
98601Contemporary full vellum. Occasional browning. A few pencil underlinings. . <br/><br/><em>De Bry`s Small Voyages was pulished in 12 parts in Frankfurt 1598-1613. This is part 3-5. Part 3 with text only lacking all plates and maps. Part 4 is complete. Part 5 is lacking plate no XI. </em> hardcover
194825671.10<p>The first issue of the <i>Official Gazette</i> of the Israeli provisional government contains the first printing of "The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel" the new nation's Declaration of Independence. The names of the 37 members of the Provisional Government who signed the document headed by David Ben-Gurion 1886-1973 are listed on the second page.</p> <b>ISRAEL.</b>Newspaper. <i>Iton Rishmi</i> <i>Official Gazette</i> May 14 1948. Bulletin. Tel Aviv Israel: Provisional Government of Israel. In Hebrew. 3 pp. 8 x 13 in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpt:</b></p><p>"<i>WE EXTEND our hand to all neighbouring states and their peoples in an offer of peace and good neighbourliness and appeal to them to establish bonds of cooperation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people settled in its own land. The State of Israel is prepared to do its share in a common effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East.</i></p><p>"<i>WE APPEAL to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream - the redemption of Israel.</i></p><p>"<i>PLACING OUR TRUST IN THE "ROCK OF ISRAEL" WE AFFIX OUR SIGNATURES TO THIS PROCLAMATION AT THIS SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE ON THE SOIL OF THE HOMELAND IN THE CITY OF TEL-AVIV ON THIS SABBATH EVE THE 5TH DAY OF IYAR 5708 14TH MAY 1948.</i>"</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>After World War I Britain controlled Palestine by League of Nations mandate. By 1946 Britain was under pressure to withdraw from Palestine because of attacks by Arab militias and armed Zionist groups. A special United Nations committee recommended the immediate partitioning of Palestine into two states one for Arabs and the other for Jews with Jerusalem maintained by the U.N. as an international city. The General Assembly approved the proposal and the British announced they would leave Palestine on May 15 1948.</p><p>Members of the provisional government drafted the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel and the provisional government voted in favor of it on May 12. They settled on final wording and held a Declaration ceremony in the Tel Aviv Museum on May 14. Twenty-five members of the Provisional State Council signed it that day and twelve more added their names later. One was out of the country and the other eleven were trapped in besieged Jerusalem.</p><p>The two rabbis in the provisional government argued for a including the draft phrase "and placing our trust in the Almighty" but a member of the secularist Mapam party strongly opposed it. Rather than including a direct reference to God the Declaration uses the phrase "Rock of Israel" in the final section which could refer either to God or to the land of Israel.</p><p>Other prominent signers include future Prime Minister Moshe Shertok Sharett 1894-1965 future Prime Minister Golda Myerson Meir 1898-1978 first Jewish mayor of Jerusalem Daniel Auster 1893-1963 future President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi 1884-1963 first Minister of the Interior Yitzhak Gruenbaum 1879-1970 first Minister of Finance Eliezer Kaplan 1891-1952 first Minister of Religions Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon 1875-1962 first Minister of Transportation David Remez 1886-1951 first Minister of Justice Pinchas Rosen 1887-1978 first Minister of Health and Minister of Immigration Haim-Moshe Shapira 1902-1970 first and longest-serving Minister of Police Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit 1895-1967 Communist Party of Israel leader Meir Vilner 1918-2003 and many other future members of the Knesset.</p><p>At midnight on May 14/15 1948 6 p.m. May 14 in Washington the British Mandate officially ended and David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel. Eleven minutes later President Harry S. Truman recognized Israel on behalf of the United States. In the next few days Iran the Soviet Union and several other nations recognized Israel. Over the next few days after the declaration armies of Egypt Trans-Jordan Iraq and Syria engaged Israeli troops starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War which ended ten months later with a substantial increase in the area governed by Israel.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Fine.</p> Provisional Government of Israel books
1967ABC_47179Israel 1967. Oblong album ca. 20 x 26 cm; photographs in slightly varying sizes ca. 18.5 x 24 cm. Grey faux-leather photo album with a small white label on the front board: "42 x Israël 1967 23-24-25 Juli". 44 silver gelatin photographs including 2 duplicates and 1 other loosely inserted. 44 photographs in an album with 30 clear plastic inserts. A rare collection of fascinating original photographs capturing the first Western tourists in Israel and Israeli captured territories approximately a month after the Six-Day War in 1967 by Dutch journalist and photographer Bianca Maria Dony. The 44 photos in the album show the passenger ship SS Pegasus soldiers local people in the streets of Jerusalem and other cities an early war monument checkpoints destroyed military vehicles and other remnants of the war. The album is from the archive of the photographer; some of these photographs were sold to and published in national Dutch and international newspapers and magazines while others remained unpublished.Bianca Dony was part of a group of 150 Christian tourists from various European countries who were now - after the Israeli capture of these areas - able to visit the holy places in the old city of Jerusalem Bethlehem and other places that had previously been inaccessible. The tourists in the present photographs were the first of many and Dony took this opportunity to not only document the trip itself but also the general aftermath of the war.With an additional leaf in the inside front pocket of the album containing notes of how many photographs were sold to different newspapers and magazines including 10 to the "Haagsche Courant" written in blue and red ink and in pencil. Added to the first photograph in the album is a newspaper clipping from the "Jerusalem Post" with the headline "Haifa direct to old city for first time" about the first tourists visiting Israel after the Six-Day War. Some of the clear plastic inserts have small round white stickers on them with different abbreviations connecting the photographs to the newspapers and magazines that possibly printed them for example "HC" for Haagsche Courant etc. 3 photographs are loosely inserted and 2 of these are duplicates of other photo's in the album the 2 duplicates contain a blue stamp "foto bianca dony 147 Malakkastraat Den Haag - Tel. 5582540 Giro 303814" and a manuscript caption in red ink on the back. Most other photographs are simply numbered in pencil on the back. This rare collection of 44 historically significant photographs is in very good condition.l Cf. Rebecca L. Stein "Souvenirs of conquest: Israeli occupations as tourist events" International Journal of Middle East Studies vol. 40 no. 4 2008 pp. 647-669. hardcover
1710DIV012in 8 ( 18x 12 cm) 201 Fol / pages 5470 (H) 1710 (c) frontispice gravé ,papier en bel état ,tranches dorés reliure sur haies de bois ,fermoirs métalliques présent . Un plat parfaitement séparé du volume En portugais Very rare 2nd second edition of the only treatise on Hebrew laws and customs written in Portuguese language and printed for the Portuguese Sephardic communities in Northern Europe. Treasure of Jewish Laws that the people of Israel must know and observe composed by Rabbi Hacham Menasseh ben Israel in Amsterdam, 1st edition 1647; and this 2nd edition in 1710. In 8. º (18x12 cm) (v) -201 - (iv) folium. Binding (worn out at edges) contemporary full calf gilt at spine. Engraved frontispiece. Contains title page to Third Part (Of feasts and fasts throughout the year, the people of Israel must know and observe) and the Last part (in which contains all the precepts, rites and ceremonies concerning to a perfect economy dedicated to the very noble and magnificent lords Abraham and Ishak Israel Pereyra). MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL was born in Lisbon in 1604. Very young of age he went to Amsterdam with his father, Joseph ben Israel, and became a disciple of Haham Yshac Uziel. In 1622 he was appointed professor of the Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam and, four years later, he founded the first Hebraic typography in Amsterdam; printing small books in Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew languages. Menasseh had a decisive contribution in reopening England to the Jewish people, closed since the time of King Edward Ist. He went personally to London and had talks with Cromwell who gave him an honorific pension he never profit of. Menasseh died in 1658 after returning from London. He was portrait by Rembrant. Inocêncio VI, 211. 'In a book dealer which trade was new and old books, I found a complete copy of the Treasure. I've never seen another. '
163155459Amsterdam: printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius 1631. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Octavo 16.8 by 11.4 cm. Collation: aleph-lamed-zayin8 = 296 leaves. 612 i.e. 592 pp: p. 464 erroneously numbered 484 465 as 485 and so on throughout. Two column text in unvocalized Hebrew; every fifth verse numbered in the margin. Title within architectural border; half titles with letterpress ornamentation for the Former and Latter Prophets. Contemporary vellumwith exposed thongs edges stained blue; yapp fore-edges; front joint cracked but holding strong. Intermittent light toning to text outmost leaves a bit more darkened; very occasional small stains. Title-page slighltly trimmed 4 mm at bottom edge; expert marginal repairs at bottom corners of 2 leaves; 1 leaf re-margined at fore-edge with no loss of text else a very good copy with crisp clean text.<br /> <br /> First Hebrew Bible published in Amsterdam printed by the rabbi diplomat publisher and religious thinker Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657 one of the most distinguished members of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam and the first Jewish printer in the Northern Netherlands. The Amsterdam printer and publisher Hendrick Laurensz Lauretius provided the financing for this edition along with two other Bible editions and two editions of the Hebrew Psalms printed by Menasseh between 1631 and 1646. "These publications were not only made for the local market but mainly for international trade. Thanks to this financial help Menasseh was able to organize his printing office in a more professional way" Fuks hiring a Jewish compositor Judah Leb ben Mordecai Gimple from Posen and a gentile compositor Bartholomeus Laurensz. <br /> <br /> The printing activity of Menasseh was especially important in the steadily growing productions of the Hebrew press in the Northern Netherlands. Fulfilling the needs of the Sephardic community for Jewish ritual texts eliminated the need for expensive imports from Venice and Poland. Menasseh undersood that the relatively cheap paper and tools available in Amsterdam made it possible to compete in quality and prices with the Hebrew presses of Poland Italy and Basel. "Gentile publishers and booksellers in Amsterdam such as Jansonius and Laurentius were quick to see the opportunity of the opening Eastern European market and financed several of Menasseh's publications" Fuks. Menasseh was the first to introduce in the Netherlands waybertaytsch types for Yiddish publications along with illustrated Hebrew books. He was also the first Jewish printer to adopt the Dutch pocket-book format made famous by the Elzeviers.<br /> <br /> Notes on publication date and issue: The title is dated 1630 in Arabic numerals; the colophon notes the date of completion in Hebrew characters as 5 Adar 5391 = 7 February 1631 along with the printer's apology for being unable to provide the index of pericopes promised on the title-page due to lack of printing material. Darlow and Moule describe this issue as Variant A with a Latin imprint appearing in the cartouche beneath the Hebrew title.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: early entry in brown ink at front paste-down with short Greek inscription Theos. dated 1700; old Latin inscription in black ink at top margin title in reference to Hebrew roots; date of 1812 beside Yiddish entry penned in black ink within imprint cartouche at title; old entry in German penned in black ink at verso title beneath which is an oval cartouche in imitation of the one at the title in which an owner has penned in black ink the Hebrew imprint information regarding Hendrick Laurensz as it would appear in the Varient B issue; old library shelf marks at rear paste-down; recent owner entry in blue ink in Hebrew at front paste-down. References: Darlow and Moule 5123a; Fuks/Fuks-Mansfeld no. 152; pp. 105; 111f.; Steinschneider no. 453; Vinograd Amsterdam 22.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: חמשה חומשי תורה פרשיותיו פתוחות וסתומות ×¢"פ ×”×¨×ž×‘× ×–"ל ומדוייק בחסירו' ויתרות להעתק ס"ת ×¢× ×œ×•×— בסופו מועיל לסופרי' ×•× ×‘×™××™× ×¨××©×•× ×™× ×•××—×¨×•× ×™× ×•×›×ª×•×‘×™×: × ×“×¤×¡ בבית ×ž× ×©×” בן ישר×ל ז׳׳צל והוגה בעיון × ×ž×¨×¥ על ידו ×©× ×ª ישמחו השמי×<br /> Amstelodami sumptibus Henrici Laurentii 1630. printed by Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius hardcover
1928347h5608London: Arrowsmith. Good. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. "Whatever place its author may ultimately occupy in future histories of England one thing is certain that in the history of the Jewish people the name of Balfour will enjoy unchallenged immortality evoking comparison with that of Cyrus for the issue of the Balfour Declaration marked the opening of a new epoch in the annals of Jewry which will be recognised as such even in the remotest centuries to come. In this little book have been gathered together all the utterances of Lord Balfour on the interpretation and implications of his Declaration on its political aspects and its practical realisation made during the last ten years." - Preface. 4 5-128 pp. 7" x 4.75". Original spine label present and intact. Front free endpaper professionaly replaced. Tanning to central portion of half-title. Prior owner's ink stamp upon title page. Duplicate spine label bound at p.128. Average external wear. Binding intact with moderate forward lean. Quarter inch notch from top of backstrip. Includes replica dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound example of this jewel of Zionist history. Emanuel p.48. ASIN B000852UV4; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Zionism - History Balfour Declaration Lord Balfour Arthur James Balfour Israel - History Lord Rothschild Palestine Mandate The Hebrew University . Arrowsmith hardcover
167012739Édité par N. Langlois, P. Mariette, P. Mariette le fils et N. Poilly [Circa 1670]. 1 vol.in-4 oblong. 20,5 x 30,5 cm. Veau d’époque. Reliure restaurée, plats conservés, dos maladroitement refait. Exemplaire certainement monté d’origine.
16041612150011Francofurti ad Moenum : Ex officina Wolfgangi Richteri 1604-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 parts in one volume. Folio 30 cm. Elegantly bound in modern full red levant moroccan raised bands all edges gilt gilt rule. Fine binding. Engraved vignette on general title; 8 127 pp 1; 1 26 leaves of half-page engraved illustrations. Occasional light browning. Marginal dampstaining to final 20 text pages in first part. Minor spotting in second part plates. First edition first issue of the sixth volume of de Bry's Little Voyages. This volume covers the first-hand account of Pieter de Marees's first Dutch expedition to Guinea 1600-01. <br> Pieter de Marees' history of Guinea originally published in 1602 is one of the earliest detailed European descriptions of West African society and an essential reference for the precolonial period. De Marees wrote primarily about the Gold Coast Ghana but his work also covers Cape Verde Senegal. This work he "discusses the Slave Coast and the Portuguese participation in the traffic". Postma The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade 1600-1815 p. 13. These trade ties would drive European interest in the region leading to the propagation of the Slave Trade. Brunet 1338. Crawford p. 173. Church 213. Francofurti ad Moenum : Ex officina Wolfgangi Richteri hardcover
1640B5741Paris c. 1650 1640-1670. . This near fine and very rare example with plates clean and crisp except for additional plate. Edition: First Edition Binding: Bound in recent blue boards; Plates approx.170x130mm trimmed and carefully attached to portefolio sheets. Notes: Titles in both Italian and French.<br><br>Israel Sylvestre or Silvestre was “an eminent French engraver and son of Gilles Silvestre… . He formed his style on Stefano Della Bella and Jacques Callot and in turn appears to have been imitated by Sebastian Le Clerc. He designed etched and engraved numerous landscapes and views decorating them with small figures minutely drawn and touched with uncommon spirit. His merit recommended him to Louis XIV. who employed him in designing and engraving views of royal palaces public festivals and the places Louis had conquered. He was appointed drawing-master to the Dauphin and was made a member of the Academy. He went to Italy twice where he found many subjects. His plates amount to upwards of one thousand. He died in Paris in 1691.†<br>The present suite comprises:<br>1.Chiesa di Sta Francisca Romana in Campo Vaccine. <br>2.Parte del Ponte Ste Maria<br>3.Veduta del Coliseo<br>4.Veduta del ponte S.te Maria <br>5.Veduta di una Parte del Campidoglio – first and second states <br>6.Veduta del Arco di Septimio Seuero et del Campidoglio <br>7.Veduta del Tempio di Bacco a S.ta Agnesa fuor di Roma<br>8.Veduta di Campo Vaccina<br>9.Veduta del Arco di Constantino et del Coliseo – first and second states<br>10.Altra veduta di Interno Roma <br>11.Veduta e Prospetiua della Piaza di St Marco di Venezia – first and second states<br>12.Veduta della Dogana di Venezia – first and second states<br><br>Additional plate of Piranesi inserted between plates numbers four and five 255x125mm; entitled : « Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto « with small marginal stain. <br> Size: Oblong small folio. Illustration: Illustrated with 17 copper engravings; this includes the complete and rare suite of twelve views according to Faucheux in their first state along with four duplicates added in their second state plus one unrelated engraving by G.B.Piranesi. Plates depicting mostly views of Rome and two of Venice. Provenance: E.P. Goldschmidt 64 Drayton Gardens SW 10 9SB purchased and in private collection since. References: Faucheux L. E. ‘Catalogue raisonne de toutes les estampes qui forment l’œuvre d’Israel Silvestre. Paris 1857 pp. 50-51 cited ; Brunet V p.389. Category: Book Art Architecture & Design; Book Europe Italy; Book Europe France; hardcover
168165751Amsterdam, Jacob von Meurs Witwe, 1681. Fol. Mit illustr. Kupfertitel, Drucktitel in Rot u. Schwarz m. kl. Holzschn.-Vignette, 8 Kupferkarten (davon 5 doppelblattgr. u. 3 gefalt.), 31 Kupfertafeln (davon 21 doppelblattgr. u. 2 gefalt.) u. 34 halbseitigen Textkupfern. 3 Bll., 220 S., 2 Bll.; 1 Bl., 456 S., 4 Bll., Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden u. handschriftl. Rückentitel.
156753370Sabbioneta: Vincenzo Conti 1567. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto. 261 1ff. Signatures: 1-65 alef - sameḥ-heh4 chi2 = 262 leaves. Woodcut illustration leaf 90. Final two leaves are folding broadsheets with letterpress charts the first leaf 261 with the final page of text at the verso. Printer's device Hercules slaying the Hydra at title. Modern black polished calf. A few skilfull paper repairs at top margin in early leaves. Clean marginal tear leaf 181. Light worm tracing with some text loss in final ten leaves; along with a small group of 4 to 6 very tiny worm holes in the final 30 leaves. Light mostly marginal dampstain at final 30 leaves. Both charts with old corrections and annotations and some loss of text due to worming each mounted on fine laid paper. A good copy with generally crisp clean text notably complete with the final two folding almanac charts.<br /> <br /> Second edition of this compendium of Jewish law composed in honor of Don Samuel Abravanel of Seville. It was intended principally for the use of persons in the upper social classes many of whom occupied positions in government and found it inconvenient to observe all the legal and ritual regulations or lacked the time to refer to the halakhic sources. First published at Ferrara in 1554 and arranged in five articles Heb. = ma'amarot "the work has an added importance on account of the introduction which contains valuable historical material including important details of the method of study in the yeshivot of France and Germany as well as contemporary incidents in the history of the Jews in Spain. Menahem writes reprovingly of those Jews who because of the demands of the times began to disregard the observance of the precepts. Although he shows great erudition in his knowledge of the Talmud and codes and was acquainted with the teachings of the earlier Spanish French and German scholars he relies mainly for his halakhic rulings on those of Asher b. Jehiel" EJ. This preference likely reflects the influence of Asher's son Judah who was one of Menahem's principal teachers at the yeshiva in Toledo.<br /> <br /> Among the very last Hebrew works published at Sabbioneta the title highlights the approval of Vespasiono Gonzaga the reigning prince. Previously in 1553 "the proprietors of this press attempted the hazardous work of republishing the Talmud and one Treatise saw the light; but the papal decree of that year made the further publication of the Talmud in Italy an impossibility. The end of this press came in the year 1559 due as De Rossi intimates to anti-Christian statements in some of their publications which finally brought down upon them the wrath of the church" Amram. When Vincenzo Conti briefly re-established the press at Sabbioneta to print the present work and two or three others he would have been keen to indicate his obedience to the temporal and ecclesiastical authorities.<br /> <br /> The verso of the last numbered leaf and the following unnumbered leaf both are broadsheets comprise a calendar or almanac entitled "Beʼur ha-luḥot" for the years 5025-6000. The first part is designated "Ha-Luaḥ ha-Rishon" and the second "Ha-Luaḥ ha-Sheni." Many copies appear to lack one or both of the broadsheets.<br /> <br /> Annotations: Old Hebrew entries in two hands at the margins of the title-page; some scattered marginal notes in Hebrew. Title in Hebrew: â€×¦×“×” לדרך וזוודין ל××•×¨×—× :†â€×•×”×’×“×œ× ×• ×•×”×•×¡×¤× ×• . בי×ור קצת מילות ערביות . ולוחות העבור . ×•× ×•×¡×£ על הלוח ×¡×™×ž× ×™ ×”×“×¤×™× ×ž×”×ž×מרות ×•×”×›×œ×œ×™× ×•×”×¤×¨×§×™× â€<br /> <br /> References: D. Amram The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy pp. 292-3; Cowley 132; Enc. Jud. 11:1303-04; Goldstein 105; Roest Rosenthaliana p. 788 noting two tables; Steinschneider 6368.2 and 3617 Luah; Vinograd Sabbioneta 55; USTC 1791691; Zedner p.527. Vincenzo Conti hardcover
16398878Amsterdam, imprimé par l’auteur, 1639. Petit in-12 (125 x 68 mm), 8 ff. n. ch., 337 pp., 1 p. n. ch., 25 ff. n. ch. Vélin, dos lisse avec titre à l’encre, notes anciennes sur le premier contreplat et sur le titre, vélin jauni (reliure de l’époque).
225 pages. "Beneath the great westward flow of our civilization, there are undercurrents moving eastward. These are impelled by a spirit which looks back to the east, to the days of tyrant and slave, of luxury and misery, and incidentally to the suppression of western culture... The following pages are designed to cast light on these eastern undercurrents which have undermined western states." - Preface. Black and white photographic portrait of Sergius A. Nilus. Erratum list affixed inside front cover. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Age-yellowing to card covers and contents. Covers nearly detached. Binding tender. Singerman 0221. Book
1958ABC_47090Tel Aviv: Israel Defense Forces General Staff 1958. 960 x 820 mm. Colour-printed map folded. Scale 1:4700000. A large map of the Middle East produced by Israel's General Staff soon after the Suez Crisis showing the Arabian Peninsula and adjoining countries with major roads railroads and petroleum pipelines.A few tears to folds but well preserved. Israel Defense Forces, General Staff, unknown
15910Three important writings from the first half of the 20th century on Zionism and the founding of the state of Israel. These documents chronicle some of the earliest support for establishing a Jewish state in Palestine and the growing Zionist movement as anti-Semitism spread in Europe between World War I and II. Includes:<br/><br/>"The Jewish Commonwealth" by Louis J. Gribetz a representative for the New York Zionist Organization c. 1918. Gribetz analyzes the earliest statement in support of Zionism from a major international power: the Balfour Declaration in which the British government issued a statement in support of a Jewish homeland. There are no copies of this document at any institutional collection worldwide as per OCLC Worldcat for this very rare publication. <br/><br/>A signed first edition of "The case for the Jews: An interpretation of their rights under the Balfour declaration and the mandate for Palestine" Louis J. Girbetz. New York: Bloch Publishing Co 1930. "The Case for the Jews" is an indictment of British rule in Palestine. This first edition was inscribed by the author to friend and fellow activist Louis Lipsky then-President of the Zionist Organization of America: "To a keen lucid fearless intelect - Louis Lipsky; whose name and will do honor to a great epoch in our history and will forever thrill and instruct - Louis J. Gribetz." Books signed by Gribetz are uncommon; and this copy's provenance is remarkable for its connection to two important leaders.<br/><br/>"The Jewish Problem a Report By the Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union Together with an Appendix Containing Suggestions Concerning Refugees Generally". London: League of Nations 1943. This final piece examines the fate of international Jewish Refugees during World War II; the report covers Jewish persecution and anti-Semitism in Europe a two-state solution in Palestine general recommendations for international refugee crises and details the "best solution" possible: creating a Jewish national home in Palestine. Minor rust to bindings of booklets. Light wear to extremities. All in good to very good condition. A remarkable collection following the earliest support for the state of Israel to the humanitarian crisis which prompted its founding amongst international support. unknown books
164269492Amsterdam: Printed by the Author 1642. Full Description:<br> <br> MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. Dissertatio de Fragilitate Humana ex Lapsu Adami Deque Divino in Bono Opere Auxilio. Amsterdam: Printed by the Author 1642.<br> <br> First edition. Small octavo 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 146 x 90 mm. 16 141 1 errata pp. Text in Latin interspersed with Hebrew. A woodcut device on title-page. Woodcut initials.<br> <br> Bound after:<br> <br> MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. De Resurrectione Mortuorum Libri III. Amsterdam: Printed by the Author 1636.<br> <br> First edition. Small octavo . 22 133 11 137-241 11 245-346 6 index pp. Text in Latin interspersed with Hebrew. The woodcut printer's device on the title-page is a 'magical square' in Hebrew letters. Woodcut initials.<br> <br> Full contemporary vellum. Front inner hinge cracked but firm. Spine with torn paper label titled in ink manuscript. Some ink call numbers on spine but no other library markings. Vellum a bit soiled. Title-page of Dissertatio is backed with loss to fore-edge margin but not affecting text. Leaf A2 of the same book with repair to top margin just touching headline. Leaf T2 in Resurrectione with small closed tear touching some letters but with no loss. Front pastedown with bookplate from Rochester Theological Seminary. Overall very good.<br> <br> "Dissertatio de Fragilitate Humana ex Lapsu Adami" or "Dissertation on the Fragility of Man from the Fall of Adam" is a work in which Menasseh disputed the Christian doctrine of original sin. The work was also published in Latin in the same year.<br> <br> "As per many theological works by Amsterdam scholar and Hebrew printer Menasseh ben Israel Dissertatio de Fragilitate Humana was directed primarily to a Gentile audience. Dedicated to Gerbrandt Anslo a Christian Hebraist who was a pupil of Menasseh this study focuses upon the issue of predestination. In opposition to the Christian doctrine of Original Sin Menasseh was a staunch proponent of the traditional Jewish teaching that Man is born into the world pure and innocent." Kestenbaum and Company.<br> <br> De Resurrectione Mortuorum Libri III or 'Three books on the resurrection of the dead' is in Latin which suggests it was for a Christian audience. A Spanish version also exists however which indicates that this text was also written for a Jewish audience which in 1636 was split by theological dissent. This and the Sefer Nishmat hayim can be seen as a response to the challenges of Uriel Acosta 1585-1640. Acosta was a sceptic philosopher who in 1624 had published 'An Examination of the Traditions of the Pharisees'. Acosta was suggesting that rabbis were descended from the Pharisees. The Pharisees were theologically opposed by the Sadducees. Menasseh notes that his work is written "contra Zaducaeos" "against the Sadducee" almost certainly a reference to Acosta. Acosta questioned the idea of the immortality of the soul regarding it as a concept invented by the rabbis without any biblical foundation." University of Leeds.<br> <br> "Menasseh ben Israel 1604-1657 was among the most accomplished and cosmopolitan rabbis of his time and a pivotal intellectual figure in early modern Jewish history. He was one of the three rabbis of the "Portuguese Nation" in Amsterdam a community that quickly earned renown worldwide for its mercantile and scholarly vitality. Born in Lisbon Menasseh and his family were forcibly converted to Catholicism but suspected of insincerity in their new faith. To avoid the horrors of the Inquisition they fled first to southwestern France and then to Amsterdam where they finally settled. Menasseh played an important role during the formative decades of one of the most vital Jewish communities of early modern Europe and was influential through his extraordinary work as a printer and his efforts on behalf of the readmission of Jews to England." Menasseh ben Israel Rabbi of Amsterdam by Steven Nadler.<br> <br> "Menasseh ben Israel bridged the Jewish and the Christian worlds. He was a rabbi a scholar and a publisher who authored and printed works in Latin Portuguese Spanish and Hebrew. He also collaborated with Rembrandt who etched his portrait. Menasseh ben Israel is particularly interesting to Hebrew scholars and librarians. He revolutionised Hebrew printing and made Amsterdam the capital of Hebrew publishing. He helped create a new standard of Hebrew typography that became widely known imitated and pirated as "Defus Amsterdam" Amsterdam print and "Otiyot Amsterdam" Amsterdam Letters." University of Leeds.<br> <br> HBS 69492.<br> <br> $4000. Printed by the Author unknown
2569Argentinae: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri 1597. Hardcover. Good. Folio. xxxvi 28 1080 xxxivpp. Title-page in red-and-black. With large woodcut printer's device. Modern half calf over marble boards. With textual illustrations. Adams S1517; Cutter and Viets pp 29-30; Durling 2254; Garrison and Morton 6013; Norman 1977; Waller 9096; Wellcome 6030. An assembly of gynaecological texts both classical and 'modern.' 'Spach's compilation of gynecological and obstetrical texts was the largest such collection of its day reprinting most of the works collected in Caspar Wolff's Volumen gynaeciorum and Gaspard Bauhin's Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum affectibus 1586-88 and adding several other treatises. The collection includes works by Plater whose anatomy of the female genitalia heads the collection Moschion Le Boë Montanus Paré and many others. Some of the anatomical woodcuts are taken from Vesalius's Fabrica in particular his "masculinized" representation of the female reproductive organs; also illustrated are various surgical and gynecological instruments including a speculum' Norman catalogue. <br/> <br/> Argentinae: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri, 1597. hardcover
180412547A Paris, Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1804. 2 vol. in-4 de (4)-VIII-514 pp. 1 frontispice et 38 planches ; (4)-534 pp., 1 carte gravée dépliante, 1 frontispice et 34 planches, maroquin rouge à grains longs, dos à cinq nerfs minces orné de pointillés et feuilles, cadre à une roulette aux volutes florales sur les plats, filet strié sur les coupes et les coiffes, doublures et gardes de tabis bleu, tranches dorées (Rel. P. Bozerian jeune).
8972981Short description: In Russian. Fersman, Alexander Evgenievich. Precious and coloured stones of Russia. Petrograd: bd., 1920-1925: 4th State Type. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU8972981
113285Tel Aviv May 14 1948. . Single broadside newsprint sheet 58 x 42 cm printed on both sides with photographic illustrations; evenly browned central fold with some minor closed cracks some minor staining text in Hebrew.<br /> A joint one-off publication of Israel's newspapers on the day of the proclamation of the state of Israel. On May 14 1948 'the last day of foreign rule' the Hebrew newspapers of Palestine released this joint publication titled 'The Day of The State' announcing the establishment of the independent State of Israel. <br /><br />The first page of the publication contains the text of the Declaration of Independence and states that all the restrictions and regulations of the White Paper 1939 are no longer valid. The second page contains sixteen encapsulated articles concerning the events of the day and declaring a global mobilisation in order to defend the newly-formed state from the Arab Legion. The 14th of May was a Friday and the publication states that the Chief Rabbinate granted a special permission to 'uninterrupted mobilisation all throughout Shabbat'.<br /> Tel Aviv, May 14, 1948. unknown
191729298AB1917. Providence Rhode Island Cambridge Massachusetts New York 1917 - 1931. Octavo and A4. Two heavy folders with original documents. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Documents / Letters and Ephemera also includes: Pamphlet by John Haynes Holmes - Can Jew and Christian worship together New York 1923 / Bar-Mitzvah-Invitation / Letter from S.S.Manchuria America Line on original America Line - Stationery from 1923 / Letter from Harvard Athletic Association Cambridge Mass. 1928 / Letter from The National Student Forum 2929 Broadway New York 1923 / Receipt for annual fee for Men's Club Temple Beth-El in Providence Rhode Island signed by Treasurer Growalter / Letterhead Hotel Dreyfus in Providence Rhode Island / Statement for 1923 Alumni Dues on stationery of Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity - Walnut St. Philadelphia - signed by Maurice Jacobs / Recipt of Oak Hill Tennis Club Pawtucket in 1923 / Vintage Receipt for a contribution to the "Palestine Foundation Fund" Boston Mass. June 1923 / Letters with reference to sport and athletics "Dear Canoe-Paddler-Teacher" / unknown
0238-17Paris chez Israel Henriet ca. 1650-55. 12 v. 13 u. 46 andere Radierungen. Folge von insges. 58 Rad. qu.-4°. ca. 13 x 25 cm. Plattengr. Ldr. d. Zt. m. Rückengoldpräg. Innenkantenvergold. Linienvergold. m. floralen Eckfleurons u. Initialen "G.D.H." in Lorbeerzweigen auf beiden Deckeln. Kanten berieb. Einbd. fleckig. 2 Bll. m. kl. Einriß im w. Rd. durchgeh. Wasserrand. Faucheux Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes; vgl. Nagler Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon X 409ff. - Israël Silvestre 1621-1691. - Folge von 58 Radierungen Suite de 58 pièces. Vorhanden nach Facheux: 17.0; 49.0 1 3-12; 52.0; 61.0 3 8-12; 62.1-4 6-8 16-18 21 22; 63.1-3 5 10-15; 165.2 3; 232.13; 255.1; 278.1 2; 303.1-6; 306.2 3; 346.0. - Der Sammelband enthält außer den Pariser Ansichten von Chateau de Irrois Chateau de Fresnes Chateau de Rincy Annecy Chateau de Feuille proche Nancy Chateau de Moné Quincy en Champagne Tanlay 6 Tonnerre 2. Paris, chez Israel Henriet [ca. 1650-55]. unknown
20862Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 1975, in-4, en feuilles, couv. rempliée, chemise et étui. Édition originale de cet hommage collectif rendu à Bram van Velde. 1/100 ex. de tête num. sur Arches comprenant une suite de 5 très belles lithographies en couleurs, toutes justifiées et signées par l'artiste.
