The Five Books Of Moses

Mendelssohn, Moses. Ottensoser, David. Derech Selula [HEBREW PENTATEUCH] [5 VOLUME SET] [FÜRTH 1824] Fürth Zürndorfer 1824
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RARE! A five volume set featuring the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses, including the Megilot and Haftaroth, printed in Bavaria during the early 19th centuyr. The edition includes commentary by Rashi and Mendelssohn, the Aramaic translation of Onkelos and the German translation of Mendelssohn. The books include a commentary called "Moreh Derech" by Jewish-German scholar David Ottensoser, based on Maimonides' "Gide for the Perplexed". The books feature illustrated title pages. 260x205mm, [10+242]+[214+30]+[185+24]+[146+16]+[180+16] double pages. Marbled quarter-leather hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover worn and slightly loose. Cover rubbed at several places. Cover corners bumped. Spine torn near edges. Pages yellowing, slightly wavy and with few agnig stains. [GENESIS]: Tape traces on title page, no damage to text. [NUMBERS AND DEUTERONOMY]: Most of the original spine has been replaced by cloth spines. [SUMMARY]: Save for some external wear, this impressive set of the Hebrew Torah is in good condition.

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Hebrew Bible, bi-lingual text, Hebrew-English edition, Torah, The Five Books of Moses - Hebrew Bible with English Translation: The Five Books of Moses and Haftorahs,complete in 5 Volumes, Israel/ Tel-Aviv; Sinai Publishing, 1973.
Sprache : he, en Used. OPpBde., bi-lingual text english and Hebrew. Books bound in paper-covered boards simulating leather, with gold lettering and design. All volumes in fine condition -

5 Bde. 12,5 x 8,7cm

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KLINKHAMER, G. Mennonite Westzaandam school-prize Leerzaame Zinnebeelden en Bybel-Stoffen, bestaande in Het Leven van den Propheet Elisa, Moses Aanspraak aan Israel, en de Verheugde Zacharias. Tweden Druk.- <B>IDEM.</B> Stichtelyke Zinnebeelden en Bybel-Stoffen. Bestaande in Jacobs Sterfbedt, 't XXXVIIIste Cap. van Job, Ondergang van Tyrus, Pinksterfeest, Marteldood van Stephanus, en de Triompboog des Geloofs, uit de Heb. XI. Twede Druk. Amsterdam, J. ter Beek & K. de Veer, J. Hayman, 1756 & 1742.
Two finely illustrated educational emblem books, both with several biblical stories in verse added. <B>Ad 1</B>: The twenty-five emblems each have a motto and a four-line verse underneath, and all are accompanied by lengthy poems with biblical quotations at the end. The emblems were designed by Jan Caspar Philips, etcher and draughtsman, especially of topographical prints, and active at Amsterdam from 1736 to 1775. The engraver, Simon Fokke (1712-1784), was a pupil of Jan Caspar Philips, and closely worked together with his teacher, like in the present work. <B>Ad 2</B>: The forty emblems also have a motto and a quatrain, and quotations from the Scriptures as well. They are also accompanied by extensive poetry, with bibilical quotations added. Here the emblems were newly engraved by Adriaan van der Laan (1684-after 1755), mainly after designs by Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719), which had been used earlier in Frans van Hoogstraten's "Schoole der Wereld" from 1682. Here they were enlarged with five new emblems, probably designed by the new engraver Adriaan van der Laan. The subjects of the emblems are mainly educational notions, like vocation, gratitude, prayer, poverty of mind, hunger, hospitality, hope, improvement, recreation, etc. Govert Klinkhamer (1702-1774), was the son of a rich silk merchant and Mennonite in the Lamist Congregation at Amsterdam.
Good copy, with a printed school-prize certificate, reading: "Om dat Gerrit Jansz. Noomen De Lessen in de Vriesse Doopsgezinde Kerk, te Westzaandam, wel heeft opgezegt; zo is Hem Deze PRYS door de Dienaren derzelver Gemeente gegeven, om daar door hoe langs hoe meer in waare Godsvrucht en Kennis toetenemen" (Because Gerrit Jansz. Noomen recited the lessons of the Frisian Mennonite Church at Westzaandam well, he has been given this price by the Servants of this Community, in order to add to his piety and knowledge), signed by Dirk Cornelisz. Zorgdrager and Pieter Lijnsz. Rogge, and dated Westzaandam, February 22, 1761.
Landwehr, <I>Emblem & Fable Books</I>, 419 and 416; Praz p. 387; Scheurleer, <I>Liedboeken</I>, p. 106 (the 2nd work); Mennonite Encyclopedia III, p. 205; no Westzaandam or Mennonite Church prize in "De Prijs is het Bewijs", nor in "Aanvulling".

2 works in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Contemporary blindstamped panelled vellum. With large engraved allegorical vignette by A. van der Laan on title, engraved allegorical frontispiece by J.C. Philips, 5 biblical engravings in text, and 25 fine engraved emblems by S. Fokke after J.C. Philips in the first work; and large engraved allegorical vignette by A. van der Laan on title, fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. van der Laan, and 40 fine engraved emblems by A. Houbraken and others in the second work. (10), 220, (16); (20), 216, (6) pp.

[SW: 18th Century; Dutch; Education; Emblem Books; Mennonites]

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(BOEKHOLT, JOH.). 't Geopende, en Bereidwillige Herte, Na den Heere Jesus, voor 't Oog gestelt, door vyftien Sinnebeelden, en onderscheyden in twee Deelen. Met een Aanvoegsel van Gesangen, Over het Lijden Christi, en andere Geestelijke Stoffen. Door J.B.B.S. Amsterdam, Johannes Boekholt, 1693.
Rare first edition of a beautifully illustrated spiritual emblem book by the Amsterdam publisher and bookseller, Johannes Boekholt, who also first published the works of Bunyan in Dutch. The two frontispieces are variants on the same theme: a scholar in a library or bookshop at a table on which the Bible and the Tablets of Moses are lying, with a line of prayer leaving his mouth. This line is printed upside down, probably because the text had to begin at the man's mouth. The fifteen finely etched emblems all involve the Heart of Jesus with small angels holding it and presenting it for use to men, women and children, who worship the heart but also abuse it, including also a curious view of a crucifixion. At the end songs on Christ's Passion are added as well, set to popular tunes. According to Hollstein was Schoonebeek the artist only of the two frontispieces. A. Schoonebeek (ca. 1658-1714), etcher and print publisher, was a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe and went at the turn of 1697 and 1698 to Moscov to work for the Russian Czar, Peter the Great. A publisher's catalogue of five pages is bound in at the end, with the books still divided according to their format: folio, octavo and duodecimo.
Good copy.- (Binding sl. soiled and part of the vellum binding on front cover which originally consisted of two joined pieces now sl. loosening; sl. traces of use).
Landwehr, <I>Emblem & Fable Books</I>, 66; De Vries, <I>Emblemata</I>, 238; Praz p. 277; Scheurleer, <I>Liedboeken</I>, 90; Hollstein XXVI, Schoonebeek 58.

2 parts in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Contemp. vellum. With 2 finely etched allegorical frontispieces, and 15 etched emblems in text by A. Schoonebeek. 183, (9) pp.

[SW: 17th Century; Dutch; Emblem Books; Religion]

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