catalogue hebrew incunabula collection library de iakerson shimon (3 résultats)

TWO VOLUME SET. RARE catalog of Hebrew Incunabula from the Collection of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America [JTS]. The author - Shimon Mordukhovich Iakerson (b.1956) is a Russian scholar specializing in medieval Hebrew manuscripts and incunabula. His opus magnum is the "Catalogue of Hebrew Incunabula from the Collection of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America", wherein he describes the largest collection of Hebrew books printed with movable type before 1501 A.D., and for which he received the first Honorable Medal of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress "For Service to the Jewish People". [ALL VOLUMES]: 230x310mm. [58+389+316+LXXVII] + [393-670+319-568] pages. Hardcover. Both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs. The book is in : Hebrew English.

Hardcover. Original Publisher's Cloth. 4to. 2 volumes. 670, 568, lxxvii pages. Illus. Facsims. Maps. 31 cm. In Hebrew and English. The library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America is the largest and most extensive collection of Hebraic and Judaic material in the western hemisphere. The collection of incunabula represents products of all the printing presses we know of as well as all the groups of books that were published in anonymous ones. This catalogue "describes the 127 Hebrew incunabula in the [JTSA] collection - the largest in the world - printed beginning from the 1460s until 1501. The breadth of the collection showcases the unique qualities of Hebrew printing found first in Italy and later in Spain, Portugal and Turkey in the areas of Bible, Talmud, biblical commentaries, halakhah, prayer, linguistics, ethics, literature, history, philosophy and science. " SUBJECT (S) : Incunabula -- New York (State) -- New York -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. Hebrew imprints -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Heather gray cloth with stamped drawing on covers and red lettering on spine. Ornate maps of 15th century European presses on lining papers. Volumes stored in matching cloth-covered slipcase. New, Fine Condition in Fine Slipcase.

Hardcover. Etat : vg to fine. First edition. Quarto. Vol.1: (lxxvii) 316pp. in English, 389pp. [+58 in numerals] in Hebrew. Vol.2: [2] 319-568pp. in English, 393-670pp in Hebrew. Grey cloth slipcase. Grey cloth boards with red debossed illustrations on the covers and and red lettering on the spines. Dark blue ribbon markers. The two volume set is comprehensive catalogue and bibliography of Hebrew-language incunable volumes held in the library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, with a total list of 127 individual items. The work contains extensive footnotes, bibliographic references and detailed descriptions throughout, including details of type-fonts and materials used. The work also contains indices and additional bibliographic lists from libraries. Sporadically illustrated throughout with b/w photographic reproductions of the original texts. The text is in both Hebrew and English, each language part with its own title pages and running pagination. The endpapers are illustrated with maps, displaying centers of printing during the 15th century, with special note given to sites of Jewish printing. Slipcase with some light smudges and stains. Slipcase in very good, bindings in fine condition overall. Hebrew: ×§× × × × ×"× × ××§× ×× × × × × ×"×¢× × × × × × × × ×¡×£ ×¡×¤× × × ×ª × × ×ª ×"× ×"× × × × × ×× × × × × × × ×§×", × ×§× ×¡× × , × × ×¢× × .