Publishers cloth. 8vo. 433 pages. 25 cm. First English edition. With over 100 fascimile reproductions, and detailed catalogue of 154 inscriptions on ritual objects, tombstones, and other materials. Added title page: Corpus inscriptionum Hungariae Judaicarum, a temporibus saeculi III. , quae exstant, usque ad annum 1686. Revised English version of: Magyarországi zsidó feliratok a III. Századtól 1686-ig. 1960. Sandor Scheiber (19131985) , rabbi and scholar, rector of the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest.
As an editor and publisher, Scheiber took particular interest in Jewish sacred folklore, the history of Hungarian Jewry, and the connections between Hungarian folklore and world literature. He wrote significant works on János Arany and Kálmán Mikszáth, and kept a diary, written in the form of letters to his brother. After 1933, he published as many as 1, 600 works; one of the most important is his Geniza Studies (1981) , summarizing the results of 40 years of research. He also published the Kaufmann Haggadah (1957) , Immánuel Löws Fauna und Mineralien (1969) and Studien zur jüdischen Folklore (1975) , as well as Ignác Goldzihers Tagebuch (Diary; 1977) , the Maimúni Kódex (1984) , the Heller Bernát Emlékkönyv (Memorial Volume; 1943) , the Low Immánuel Emlékkönyv (Memorial Volume; 1947) , and the Ignace Goldziher Memorial Volume II (1958) . (YIVO Encyclopedia) Subjects: Jewish inscriptions - Hungary. Inscriptions, Hebrew - Hungary. Jewish epitaphs - Hungary. Jews - Hungary - Genealogy. Inscripties. Joden. Inscriptions hébraïques - Hongrie. Épitaphes juives - Hongrie. Juifs - Hongrie. Hungary - Genealogy. Hongrie - Antiquités. Clean and fresh in good jacket. Very good + condition. (EE-5-6)
