50 pp. 8vo, self-bound (minor foxing). Fürth: J. Sommer, 1850.
First edition. Adler (1810-86), was district rabbi of Kissingen (which comprised 24 congregations) and later became chief rabbi at Cassel. He wrote frequently on the civic position of the Jews in Bavaria.
Fine copy.
8 pp. 8vo (195 x 125 mm.), modern aubergine cloth (head of spine a little chipped). Paris: Regnault & Dufossé, 1803.
A very rare sale catalogue offering a choice collection; no copy in North America. On the title-page, a contemporary annotator has added “Cerf-Berr.” Cerf-Berr (1726-93), was an important figure in the emancipation of the Jews in France. He was born “Hirtz de Medelsheim” and had a lucrative trade selling horses to the French military during the Seven Years’ War. As an important supplier, he met the duc de Choiseul, the secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires étrangères. Choiseul helped him move to Strasbourg and then facilitated...
4 p.l., [3]-200 pp.; 2 p.l., [3]-376 pp. Small 8vo, cont. cat’s paw sheep, contrasting leather lettering pieces on spine, spine gilt; Vol. II has a contrasting green leather lettering piece on spine, spine gilt. Berlin & Stettin: F. Nicolai, 1781-83.
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[FRIEDLÄNDER, David]. Lesebuch für jüdische Kinder. One folding engraved plate. 1 p.l., 46 pp. Small 8vo. Prague: J.F. Edlen von Schönfeld, 1781.
Two suites of 12 lithographed plates, the first set of 12 in black-and-white (several a little foxed) and the second duplicate set in fine original coloring. 7, [1] pp. Small folio, orig. printed blue upper wrapper bound in orig. reddish-orange glazed boards, covers with a gilt border, spine gilt, a.e.g. Munich: J.M. Herrmann, n.d. [but ca. 1825].
This work describes the first synagogue built in Munich; it is the presentation copy given to the royal house of Bavaria, specially bound and with an extra suite of hand-colored plates. This is a rare book and our copy, with the additional set of...
Printing in Hebrew. 23 pages. Small 4to, orig. blue boards, gilt border round sides, contrasting pink endpapers, a.e.g. Munich: C. Wolf, [1826].
The extremely rare printed program for the inauguration of the first public synagogue in Munich on 21 April 1826. The impressive neoclassical building on the Westenriederstrasse was designed and erected by Jean Baptiste Métivier for the small but important Munich community of court Jews and state suppliers founded in 1815. The project was supported by King Max I Joseph of Bavaria, and his successor Ludwig I attended the ceremony with his wife and members of the nobility.
Contemporary journals praised the festive character of the event. The inauguration speech was given by Hirsch Aub who became rabbi of the new synagogue through more than four decades. The director of the royal chapel and opera, Joseph Hartmann Stunz, and the royal intendant Johann Nepomuk von Poissl set prayers, psalms and a long hymn to music. The instrumental parts were executed by the King’s musicians. The ceremony ended with the Ha-noten teshu’a (a prayer for the welfare of the King and his family) and the evening prayers for Sabbath and Pesach.
62 unnumbered leaves (the final leaf, a blank, is present). Small folio, cont. blind-stamped pigskin-backed wooden boards, orig. clasps & catches. Tübingen: T. Anshelm, 1514.
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—. De Arte Cabalistica Libri Tres Leoni X. dicati. Large woodcut coat-of-arms of Reuchlin on title. Much printing in Hebrew. 4 p.l., LXXIX leaves, one leaf. Small folio. Hagenau: T. Anshelm, 1517.
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