Lot 507
Varied Collection of Books and Booklets – The Art of Printing and the Development of the Hebrew Script – 20th Century
Collection of booklets and books, most of them dealing with the art of printing and the development of the Hebrew script. Germany, Israel, England and New York, the 20th century. Hebrew, French, German and English.
1. Al tilei beit Frank, by Zalman Rubashov. Berlin: Avraham Ben Shmuel Horodisch and Moses Ben Shimshon Marx, 1923.
2. Hebräische Autographen von Gelehrten und Schriftstellern in Faksimile [Hebrew Manuscripts of Scholars and Writers in Facsimile], by Bernhard Wachstein. Jerusalem: The Institute for Bibliography, 1981. Facsimile edition of the edition that was printed in Vienna in 1927. Copy no. 20 of an edition of 100 copies.
3-4. Printing Types, Their History, Forms, and Use, by Daniel Berkeley Updike. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. Two volumes.
5. Sebastian Münster, eine Bibliographie mit 22 Abbildungen [Sebastian Münster, Bibliography with 22 Pictures], by Karl Heinz Burmeister. Wiesbaden, Germany: Guido Pressler, 1964
6. The Development of Hebrew Lettering, by Moshe Spitzer. Jerusalem, 1974.
7-10. Les Filigranes, Dictionnaire Historique des Marques Du Papier Dès Leur Apparition Vers 1282 Jusqu'en 1600 [Watermarks, a Historical Dictionary of Watermarks since Their First Appearance in ca. 1282 to 1600], by C.M. Briquet. Mansfield, England: Maurizio Martino, [2000]. French. A reprint of the second edition (Leipzig, 1923). Four volumes.
11. "The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Palaeography, Script Styles, Calligraphy & Design" (Hebrew), by Ada Yardeni. Jerusalem: Karta, 1991.
12. Printing the Talmud, a history of the earliest printed editions of the Talmud, by Marvin J. Heller. New York: "Am Hasefer", 1992.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
