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Frankfurt: Johann Kelner, 1712. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Octavo. [1] 143 double-sided leaves. Rebound in modern black buckram boards. Blue and white sticker on the spine with handwritten lettering in black in ink. Gilt ruling to the head and tail of the spine. Decorative woodcut borders on the title page, woodcut tailpiece on the verso of the final leaf. A first edition* of this important commentary on the biblical exegesis of Rashi, by Rabbi Shabbethai ben Joseph Bass (1641-1718), considered his magnum opus. The work returns the reader to the original questions and confusions that Rashi himself faced with the original biblical text and chronicles his thought process in answering those questions. Also included in this text are summaries of much of the content of previous commentaries of Rashi 's writings, most notebly including the writings of Rabbi Elijah Mizrachi (c. 1455 - 1525 or 1526, aka "Re'em"). This work is considered an essential text for the study of the commentaries of Rashi.… Read More

Köln: Taschen, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (12-1/2" x 9"). 2 volumes. Unpaginated. Text in English, French and German. Red cloth, gilt. Both volumes housed in publisher's black cloth, gilt, slipcase with photo mounted on front cover. Illustrated throughout, mostly in color, some plates folding. Slipcase with minor spotting and rubbing. Photographer, collector, diarist, & writer of books, Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist. This two-volume set contains Beard's most important collages, along with hundreds of smaller-scale works & diaries. (OCLC).

London: J. Woodward for the Author, 1712. Hardcover. Very Good-. Octavo. A-N8 O-Q4 R-S8 T4 (= 136 leaves; blank T4). [16], 253, [3, including errata]pp. title within plain double-ruled border. Citations in Hebrew (and occasionally Greek) throughout. Single line of musical notation in woodcut at p.73. Contemporary calf (lightly worn at extremities), spine lettered in gilt. Signatures O-Q in half-sheets with musical examples (moderately embrowned, and likely from a different press), else a very good copy. Reissue of the 1706 Bristol edition with a cancel title page, the last edition to appear in the author's lifetime. The Church of England clergyman, Arthur Bedford (1668-1745) argues here that "the style of singing preserved in English cathedral worship was a close imitation of the liturgy of the temple in Jerusalem, and preserved traces of the religion of the patriarchs. He extended this argument in The Great Abuse of Musick (1711), where he sketched out a great tradition in English church music… Read More

Flensburg: Verlag von Deutschlands Großloge II des I. O. G. T., 1905. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 8pp. Original artistic blue and white color washed paper wrappers with emblem and lettering in black on cover. Lecture on the relation of alcohol and art by Prof. Peter Behrens based on the research of Moebius, Kraepelin, Smith, and Delbrück. At the time Behrens was director of the School for Applied Art in Düsseldorf, influential member of the modernist movement at the turn of the century, and cofounder of the famous German Werkbund. When Behrens designed the AEG Turbine Factory in 1910 some of his assistants and students were Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Adolf Meyer. In his lecture Behrens takes a firm stand against alcohol consumption going as far as to claim that alcohol is most pronounced among artists and brilliant thinkers and that it is rare that such persons do not see their demise as a result of alcoholism. Behrens commits to wanting to be a contributor to… Read More

Paris: Chez Bernard, 1805. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. XXVIII, [2], 330, [4], [331]-582pp (text), 16 folding leaves (plates), 16pp (advertisement). Original half calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spines. All edges yellow. Elementary Treatise on Physical Astronomy by renowned Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862), a physicist and mathematician who made advances in geometry, astronomy, elasticity, magnetism, heat and optics. For his work on the polarization of light passing through chemical solutions, Biot received the Rumford Medal from the Royal Society in 1840. In addition to his scientific pursuits, Biot was a prolific writer. By the time he passed away in Paris on February 3, 1862, he had completed over 250 works of various types, the most renowned of which is this "Traité Élémentaire d'Astronomie Physique" (1805). This work is complete with its 16 folding plates. Some rubbing on spines and along edges of covers. Moderate and sporadic foxing and… Read More

Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Small Folio. 16pp., 30 plates with tissue guards. Original light brown cloth with stamped brown decor and lettering on cover and laid down halftone photograph. Decorative floral endpapers. Rare textbook for character actors. The portrait photographs demonstrate various facial expressions which are arranged according to emotional states: malice, gentleness, disgust, desire, self-confidence, servility, joy, pain, tension of the soul (sleeping, musing, observing, tension, fear, stupidity, etc.) and tension of the senses (seeing, smelling, tasting and hearing). Albert Borée (1864-1910) worked at the theaters in Plauen, Bromberg, Göttingen and Neu-Strelitz. From 1893 on he worked at the City Theater in Strasbourg as a character comic and as director. Illustrated with 119 halftone portrait photographs showing an actor posing with various expressions. A catalog of expressions at front is divided into the respective emotional states… Read More

Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1700. First edition. Hardcover. f to g+. Octavo. 53, [11], 805, [111]pp. Original blind stamped vellum with handwritten lettering on spine. Additional engraved title page. Title page in red and black lettering. Printer's device on title page. Remarkable work by Johannes Braun (1628-1708) the renowned professor of theology and Hebrew at the university of Groningen. A disciple of the Dutch Christian Hebraist Johannes Coccejus in theology, Braun adhered to Cartesianism in philosophical matters, publishing several scholarly, didactic and polemic works on the matter. He interacted with Descartes' chief intellectual heirs, Gottfried Leibniz and Benedict Spinoza. Braun corresponded was Leibniz. He knew at least some of Spinoza's works, and rejected the latter's alleged atheism. Braun exemplifies the early Conservative Enlightenment, which strove to integrate the new philosophy into a traditional orthodox theological structure. For him Cartesianism was a tool in a rationalist… Read More

München: Jos. Albert, Kunstverlag, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Elephant folio. Portfolio. Blue buckram boards with brown string ties. Black debossed decoration and lettering on front cover. Foreword by Hans Bösch. Compiled and edited by Adalbert Roeper. A fascinating portfolio of five centuries of German decorative forged ironworks, including 50 numbered b&w photogravure plates of historic port and trunk hinges, door hinges, door handles, locks, key signs, keys, etc, each beautifully printed. Bösch was director of the National Germanic Museum in Nuremberg. Counterpart to the portfolio issued by Roeper, "Möbel aller Stilarten vom Ausgange des Mittelalters bis zum Ende des XVIII. Jahrhunderts" (Furniture of all styles from the end of the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th Century). Text in German. Portfolio with some bumping, rubbing and scratches to front cover, corners, edgs and along spine. Interior with light foxing to title plate. Stamp of previous owner at bottom of title… Read More

Oxonii (Oxford): E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1720. First edition. Hardcover. poor to vg. Elephant folio (15 3/4 x 9 3/4"). [40], 704pp (Vol. 1); [2], 705-1411, [1], vi, [42]pp (Vol. 2). Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Large engraved title vignette (4 3/4 x 6 1/4) depicting the Sheldonian Theatre by Michael Burghers, and dated 1704. Title page handsigned by Edward Harwood.* Imprimatur signed by Robert Shippen (1675-1745), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1718 to 1723. Each book housed in a modern orange cloth covered clamshell box, with gold lettering to spine. Published posthumously by his friend Anthony Hall, the antiquary, John Hudson's collected works of Josephus in two volumes is printed in double columns in Greek and Latin. Brunet III, 569. Dibdin II, 132. Graesse III, 480. This monumental work includes the following revered works by the celebrated Jewish historian: - Antiquities of the Jews - The Life of Flavius Josephus - History of the Jewish Wars - Sequel to the History of… Read More

München: Raumbildverlag Otto Schönstein, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo (7 3/4 x 8 1/4"). 19, [1]pp (Text). Original olive cloth, with green, white and orange lettering to front cover. Beveled edges. Published in 1939 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the famous Julius Bötzow brewery, in Berlin, this scarce stereoscopic album is complete with its 25 stereographic images (size: 2 1/4 x 5 1/4") with publisher's notice resting in upper pocket inside front cover, as well as the stereoscope resting in lower pocket. In 1938, Hermann Bötzow commissioned the Raumbildverlag with the production of this album which was offered to their best customers throughout 1939 for the anniversary. The photographs contained in this album show outside and inside views of the brewery in Berlin, as well as production facilities. Minor shelf wear. Text and captions in German, gothic script. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.