A Glimpse of Light by Dr. Julian Schamroth - 1988: A Discussion on the Hebrew Calendar and Judaic Astronomy (Based on Maimonides' Kiddush Ha'chodesh)

Utrecht: Printed by [Wilhelmus Clerck & Joannes a Stuyvesant for] Johannes Ribbius et al, 1684-1686. Third edition. Vellum. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches. 5 vols. Most pages printed in dual columns which are numbered separately. Pages generally bright and clean. Bound in matching full contemporary Dutch vellum with blindstamped arabesque centerpiece and blindruled paneling on covers. Red leather spine label with gilt title and volume number on each volume. Provenance: From the collections of Wolferdus Seneguerdius (1646-1724), professor of physics at Leiden, with his contemporary ownership inscriptions; Philip Van Swinden, with later 18th Century bookplate; Rev. James Thomas Law (1790-1876), signature dated 1815; and Wells Theological College, with 19th Century bookplates (gift from Law).Vol. 1: [1 leaf] + I-VIII numbered pages + [3 leaves] + 1-1248 columns (1206 misnumbered) + [1 leaf] + 1-1028 columns (569-70, 579-80 misnumbered). Front joint cracked.Vol. 2: [12 pages] +… Read More

1st edition. Very Good HC, no DJ. Deutsche sprach/text in German. 1/2 cloth: brown and black patterned paper over boards, backed and corners in black vermiform-grain cloth; gilt titles on spine; 2 color added series title page with woodcut illustration. Clean, square, lightly scuffed covers and spine; light edge wear; small split at spine head; light clean interior but for limited ink marginalia on 9 pages; supple leaves. Series: 'Kabbala; quellen und forschungen zur geschichte der jüdischen mystik., bd. II'. 8vo, 230 pp; index. Cf, OCLC #13991048.

London; New York: Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 24mo., (15)pp., illustrated on each page in bright red, green, grey, blue, gilt, etc. chromolithographs. Bound in pebbled cloth backed glossy paper over boards, chromolithographs. The spine's cloth is torn at its crown, with loss. Light to moderate soiling to the covers. Internally clean and bright. A Very Good copy. **** Author's first book. "Booker T. Washington" on the title page. Part of the Gem series. ***.

Tur Choshen Hamishpat (Arbaah Turim), by Rabbi Ya'akov ben Asher Published: Berlin, 1702 (5463).With commentaries, the story of Rabbi Yosef Caro, and an introduction to Bedek Habayit. Dimensions: 14.5 x 9.5 x 2.75 inches.Very good condition, all pages in place in strong binding, some pages age stained. Leather binding is worn, no tears. Please refer to photos or request additional info.

New York: M. M. Noah & A. S. Gould, 1840. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thought to be the first U.S. edition - this copy rebacked with tipped on title to spine and with new endpapers, in original trade cloth. Four pages of advertisements, xxiv pages of Prefaces, 288 pages of text. Minor water stain to margins of last few pages without loss of text. Uncommon. The Book of Jasher; Referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel. Faithfully Translated from the Original Hebrew into English and this is thought to be the first U.S. Edition.

London: W. Owen, in Fleet-Street; J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt, 1772. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to. pp [6], xix, [5], 477. With 12 copper engraved plates and a fold-out frontispiece illustration of the Devitza Monastary near St. Petersburg - all by P. Mazell. The title page contains a vignette depicting the medal of Catherine II. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild specks of marginal foxing; faint library stamp placed in upper margin of title page. Bound in Modern half dark brown morocco with marbled boards and end papers. J.G. King [1731-1787] was Chaplain to the English Factory at St. Petersburg. He spent much time studying and observing Russian Orthodox practices. His work offers detailed descriptions and select translations of the various rituals, services and liturgies belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church. [ESTC T95407; Lewine, p.262; Brunet III, 661; Graesse IV, p.18; Lowndes p.1274]

London: 1773., 1773. 5 Volumes. 8vo. with half-titles in Vols. II-V. folding table. 10 engraved plates. contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs (several joints cracked, extremties rubbed, a few gatherings foxed). Included are four works which are not by Diderot: Le Code de la Nature by Morelly, Les Principes de Philosophie Morale by Étienne Beaumont, La Justification de Plusieurs Articles de l'Encyclopédie by Abbé Monlinot, and Lettre au P. Berthier sur le Matérialisme by Abbé Coyer. Quérard II 455. Tchemerzine IV 462.. Hardcover.

Venetia: (Comin da Trino). [Figurato-Religione] (cm. 30,5) bella mezza pelle recente nervi, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso. -cc.16 nn., cc 465. con circa 180 xiliografie entro bella bordura architettonica con gli episodi della vita del redentore. Edizione molto rara. Riveduta ed ampliata dallo stesso Sansovino su quella del 1570. il Sansovino spiega il motivo di questa sua traduzione (vedi argelati II p.268) per la morte di una sua figlia undicenne, grande sollievo fu per lui la lettura di questa opera. La nostra edizione è fra le più rare del XVI sec. Manca ad Adams, BM.STC., Choix, Mortimer, e Moranti. Per la marca tipografica del Comin da Trino vedi Zappella fig. 552. manca l¿ultima carta probabilmente bianca, vecchi restauri marginali ad alcune carte e una macchia al margine interno, lontano dal testo di 6 cc.(cc212-217) altrimenti esemplare buono con nitide xilografie. All¿inizio si trovano in più, 4 pp.manoscritte antiche con ¿tavola per trovare li… Read More

Small octavo, contemporary pale calf, double rule to covers, red morocco label lettered gilt, crest gilt on spine, five raised bands, pp.xxviii, 140, two leaves misbound, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earls of Drogheda, a fine copy.
See Printing & the Mind of Man, 47 [first edition Louvain 1516]. Not in Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books, Cambridge University Library.

FIRST DUBLIN PRINTING OF SIR THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA.
Thomas More's Utopia is a work of satire, indirectly criticizing Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy. In Utopia the Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, private property, and currency. Labour and goods are distributed equally. Property is held in common. Everyone works the same hours and even though the rulers are exempt from public labour, they work to set a good example for the others. Work hours are equally distributed and there are no monasteries, convents, alehouses, or academies wherein an individual might withdraw from the rest of society. All… Read More

Oxford: Printed by H.H., Printer to the University, for Ric Royston and Ric Davis, 1665. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 32mo. Calf. [23] 155 p.p. Bumping to corners. Spine tilted. Wear and scratches to spine. Hinges bound tightly. Note in iron gall ink on leaf facing title page: "this Henry Hammond is thought to be the author of Whole Duty of Man.' The Whole Duty of Man is a Protestant devotional book that was published anonymously, with an introduction by Henry Hammond, though authorship was later attributed to Richard Allestree [1621-1681]. Henry Hammond [1605-1660] was a churchman, preacher, and Royalist sympathizer during the English Civil War. As a theologian, he produced several sermons and religious tracts, and compared texts of the New Testament in his book, "Paraphrase and Annotations Upon all the Books of the New Testament" [1653].