11. Reimmann, Jacob Friedrich.

Versuch einer Einleitung in die Historie der Theologie insgemein und der jüdischen Theologie ins besondere; Nahmentlich der Jüdischen Theologiae, Polemicae, Metaphrasticae, Exegeticae, Homileticae, Ethicae, Asceticae, Liturgicae, Masorethicae, Talmudicae, Cabalisticae, Karaiticae, Samaritanae, Atheisticae, Ingleichen derer Dinge die in der jüdischen Theologie verlohren und wieder neu-erfunden, und billich noch erfunden werden sollten. Welchen noch mit beygefüget Eine Einleitung In das Erkaentnis der verschiedenen Grund-Saetze der Lehre, des Lebens und der Ceremonien die sich in denen verschiedenen Arten der Theologie bey denen Juden befinden.

Magdeburg und Leipzig, Verlegts Christoph Seidel, 1717. Octavo. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz und 1 Faltblatt (″Typus Systematis Antiquitatis Literariae”), 11 nn. Bl., 807 Seiten plus 81 nn. Seiten Index Autorum und Index Rerum. Hardcover / Originales Ganzleder des 18.Jahrhunderts. Der Buchblock sehr gut, wirklich tadellos erhalten. Die Bindung etwas berieben. Kleiner Wurmgang an einigen Stellen des hinteren Einbanddeckels. Sehr seltene Publikation !

12. Egypt – Lotter, Tobie Conrad. (1717 – 1777).

Le Cours Entier du Grand et Fameux Nil.

Original hand coloured engraving. Augsburg, Lotter, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 59.8 cm x 48.4 cm. Sheet Size: 65.4 cm x 53.6 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Partially coloured. Repaired tear to left edge of sheet. Minor tear to foot of sheet outside border. Central vertical fold as issued. Map is orientated to the north.

13. Müller, Peter / Mueller, Peter.

De Jure Praegnantium – Vom Rechte Schwangerer Weiber [On the Rights of Pregnant Women – Abortion / Adultery / Marriage Fraud in the 18th century].

First Edition. Jena, Literis Ac Sumtibus Joh.Christ. Croeker, 1744. Octavo (17 cm x 21,5 cm). 160 pages plus 8 pages of an Index. Modern Hardcover with 18th-century bookblock bound in. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Faded dampstain to lower margins of some pages. An immensely important, early publication on women’s rights and pregnant women and their rights in particular.

14. Shuckford, Samuel.

The Sacred and Profane History of the World connected, Frome the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah. [Together with: “The Creation and Fall of Man” – “A Supplemental Discourse to the Preface of the First Volume of the Sacred and Prophane History of the World connected”].

The Third Edition. 3 Volumes (of 4). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1753. Octavo. LXIV,366, [10], LV, 461, [10], CXXXII, 295, [16] pages. Each Volume with its own Index. Includes two folded maps in Volume One: First Map: “A Plan of the present Chanels [sic] of the Rivers Hiddekel or Tigris and Euphrates exhibiting the Site of Moses Garden and River of Eden” / Second Map: “The Situation of the Land & Garden of Eden together with the Rivers of Paradise as they are imagined to have been Situate by some Writers who thought that the Garden of Eden was planted in that which was afterwards called the Holy Land”. Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with new spinelabels. All three Volumes are now in protective Mylar. with dustjacket. All Volumes with some damage to spine but all still firm and holding. Overall some faint staining and foxing only at very few locations because of the excellent paper-quality of this publication. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

15. Simonis, Johanne [Johannes].

Biblia Hebraica Manualia, Ad Hooghtianam, & optimas quasque Editiones recensita, atque cum brevi Lectionum Masorethicarum KETHIBAN et KRIJAN, Resolutione ac Explicatione, Ut et cum Dictionario Omnium Vocum Veteris Testamenti Hebraicarum et Chaldaicarum in usum Studiosae Juventis edita a Johanne Simonis. Old Testament [Bilingual: Hebrew and Latin Edition] with commentary and Dictionary of biblical terminology by german oriantalist and theologian Johann Simonis.

Second Edition. Amsterdam, Jacob Wetstein, 1753. Octavo. Frontispice, [9], 640, 320, 384, 72, 79, [3] pages. [While others mention two fold-out-plates being part of this edition, we could not verify this. Our edition has no fold-out-plates]. Hardcover / Modern half leather with gilt lettering on spine. Bound to period style. Binding in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition !

16. Arbuthnot, John / [Daniel Conner Library].

Tables of Antient Coins, Weights and Measures – Explained And Exemplified in Several Dissertations [Including: “A Dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians” / Including “Of the Jewish Coins in which their weights are likewise considered”]. The Second Edition – To which is added, An Appendix, containing Observations on Dr.Arbuthnot’s Dissertations on Coins, Weights and Measures by Benjamin Langwith.

London, Printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar; A.Millar, in the Strand; and J.Whiston and B.White, in Fleet-Street, 1754. Quarto (24 cm x 29 cm). Collation [complete as called for by Index]: Title, 11 unnumbered pages, 327 pages plus 18 plates (partly folded) with Weights, Measures and Values of Several Foreign Coins explained. Original 18th-century binding, recently rebacked in 18th-century-style by two english master-bookbinders. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper with faded dampstain. Only very minor signs of foxing. Some minor wormhole – damage to the inner margins but not effecting the text. Wide margins. Extremely Rare Publication, now beautifully restored ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

17. Lowth, Robert.

[On the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews] De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum : Prælectiones Academicæ Oxonii habitæ a Roberto Lowth, et poeticæ publico prælectores; nunc episcopo oxoniensii. Subjicitur Metricæ Harianæ brevis confutatio: et Oratio Crewiana.

Editio Tertia, emendatior. Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Imprimatur, J. Browne, Vice-Can. Oxon], 1775. 13 cm x 22 cm. (8), 515 pages plus 11 pages Index and Errata. Original Hardcover / Beautiful 18th century calf with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and the wonderful original marbled endpapers. With the original spinelabel. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This edition printed on excellent paper with no foxing !

18. Egypt – Vaugondy, Robert. (1723 – 1786).

Karte von Egypten.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Augsburg, Joh. Walch, 1798. Plate Size: 54.5 cm x 49.2 cm. Sheet Size: 67.3 cm x 55.1 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Large margin between plate and sheet edges. Some spotting along sheet edges beyond map border. Central vertical fold as issued. Map is orientated to the north.

19. [Jewish History / Judaica Collection] Lewisohn, Ludwig / Herzl, Theodor / Sartre, Jean-Paul / Scholem, Gershom / Zohn, Harry / Yehuda Amichai etc.

Library / Collection with more than 250 items originating from many different, important libraries of eminent historians and philosophers with a jewish background or interest like writers or translators like Harry Zohn, Isaac Bernard Cohen, Maurice Friedberg, William Jay Smith, Philip Rieff, Ben Malamud, etc. etc. Included are an enormous amount of important, rare and historically critical Books, Maps, Letters and Engravings relevant to Jewish History, Jewish Literature and Music, Jewish Heritage and Tradition, Persecution, Antisemitism through the Ages, Jews in Germany and the Holocaust, Zionism, Foundation of Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jewish Legal History, Judaica in the 19th and 20th century etc. etc. Also included are a number of rare Jewish Children’s Books, Art and Jewish Cultural History. [The collection includes rare and collectable historical publications as well as modern publications and is progessively catalogued with detailed descriptions and wonderful images for each item. New additions can be seen reguarly on our website under “Libraries & Collections” – please look for “Jewish History Collection”].

London / Frankfurt / New York / Jerusalem and others, 1800 – 2000. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Binding-Variations include decrorative historical bindungs as well as: Original Softcover / Orginal Hardcover / Original Hardcover with dustjackets in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The international shipping of the collection with UPS Express Courier is included in the price.

20. [Tasso, Torquato] / Hoole, John.

Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroic Poem. [Large / Better Paper Edition of “Gerusalemme liberata”]. Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole. [Including a biographical account “Life of Tasso”]

The Eighth Edition – With Notes. In Two Volumes. [Two Volumes bound in one]. London, T.Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1803. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). Frontispiece, XLVII, 339, [3], 335 pages plus 44 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index. Illustrated with thirteen (13) beautiful copper engravings (plus the Frontispiece). Hardcover / Stunning, modern half leather with new boards, preserving the original spine. With gilt lettering and ornament, bound to style of the 18th/19th century by an english masterbinder. Excellent condition. With some occasionall foxing. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.