JUDAICA

History of The Israelites By John Campbell – London, 1808 With 4 Engraved Plates

Campbell, John. Remarkable Particulars in the Life of Moses; Including the Interesting History of the Israelites, from their state of bondage in Egypt until Their arrival at the Borders of Canaan. London: J. Burditt, 1808. With four engraved plates. $400.

Hebrew Bible Presented to Rabbi Lazaron in Tel Aviv, May 1947

Bible in Hebrew. Inscribed to Rabbi M.S. Lazaron,“Tel Aviv, May 1947.” In elaborate full leather binding with pictorial metal inset depicting Moses with the Ten Commandments. Includes color maps of Israel and the Middle East. Pocket-sized. $100.

John Featley’s Fountaine of Tears London, 1683 With Reference to the Sufferings of the Israelites In Egyptian Captivity

Featley, John. Fountaine of Tears; emptying itself into three rivulets. London: Obadiah Blagrave, 1683. Engraved and printed title pages. Thick 12 mo. Collection of lamentations by John Featley, 1605-1667, a Church of England clergyman. A detailed study and elucidation of this “vale of human suffering.” Includes a discussion of the suffering of the Israelites when enslaved by the Egyptians. $400.

Satire on the Church of England London, 1842

Watts [William]. The Yahoo! A Satirical rhapsody. London: M. Ryall, 1842. Tall 12 mo. 136pp. Satirizes the Church of England. $150.

Benjamin Kennicott’s Hebrew Manuscripts of the Old Testament Oxford, 1770

Kennicott, Benjamin. The Ten Annual Accounts of The Collation of Hebrew Mss of the Old Testament; Begun in 1760, and compleated by 1769. Oxford: Fletcher & Prince, 1770. Tall 8 vo.; with list of Patrons at rear; text in English with Hebrew, Latin and French citations. 206pp., index. Benjamin Kennicott (1718 –1783) was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar who over a period of 10 years collated 615 Hebrew manuscripts and 52 printed editions of the Bible. This title is his progress report to his subscribers. $400.

Travels in the Holy Land Second American Edition - 1813

Clarke, Edward Daniel. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Part the Second: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land. 400pp. Stockbridge, Mass.: Hyman Willard, 1813. Second American edition. Chapters 13-18 give detailed first-hand accounts of travels in the Holy Land. Edward Daniel Clarke, 1769-1822, English traveler and savant, was one of the founders of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. $200.

1772 Italian Hebrew Prayerbook Printed in Venice by Bragadina

Mahzor shel Kol ha-shanah [Holiday prayerbook]. Venice: Nella Stamparia Bragadina. Small octavo. Bound in brown cloth with gold titles. With bookplate of Morris Lazaron. $600.