Benjamin Klar Ed (1 results)
Published by The Jewish Historical Society of England, London, 1947
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: g to vg. First edition. Quarto. 16, 171pp. Original gray printed wraps. Introduction by Cecil Roth. The Sepher haShoham or "Onyx Book" is one of the very few surviving literary relics of medieval Anglo-Jewry. The work has been described as "first in time (ca. 1200) and probably in value" of the grammatical works of the period. Part I was to be completed with two additional volumes which were never published. Introduction by Cecil Roth in English, text in Hebrew. Light sunning along edges of wraps, spine sunned with light wear. Block is unopened. Starting after the introduction. Wraps in overall good, interior in very good condition.…