Rabbinisch-aramäisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zur Kenntniss des Talmuds, der Targumim und Midraschim, mit Anmerkungen für Philologie, Geschichte, Archäologie, Geographie, Natur und Kunst. Additional title-page in Hebrew.

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Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 170
LANDAU, MOSES ISRAEL.

Rabbinisch-aramäisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zur Kenntniss des Talmuds, der Targumim und Midraschim, mit Anmerkungen für Philologie, Geschichte, Archäologie, Geographie, Natur und Kunst. Additional title-page in Hebrew.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Text in German and Hebrew. Complete in five volumes. Foxed and stained in some volumes. Contemporary uniform calf-backed patterned boards, spines tooled in gilt, rubbed. 8vo. Vinograd Prague 1166.

Prague: Schollischen Buchdruckerei 1819-24

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Based on the Sepher Ha’Aruch and including the additions of Benjamin Mussafia, this 5-volume work by Landau contains valuable observations and numerous treatises of a philosophical, historical, archeological, and geographical character. Moses Israel Landau (1788-1852) grandson of Ezekiel Landau, established a Hebrew and Oriental printing-press in Prague, which became important in the annals of Hebrew typography. Resident of Prague throughout his life, he was elected superintendent of the Jewish school in Prague in 1819 and later appointed as one of the board of directors of the Jewish community. He was elected alderman (“Stadtverordneter”) in 1849, and a member of the city council (“Stadtrath”) in 1850.