Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in briefen an den herrn Moses Mendelssohn [On the doctrine of Spinoza in letters to Moses Mendelssohn] by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. Breslau: Gottl. Lowe, 1785. German and French. First edition.
A philosophic-polemic composition by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, about Spinoza's philosophy following the author's talks with Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. This book was part of the Pantheism controversy among the philosophers in Berlin about Spinoza's work and the relation between faith and reason.
[8], 215, [1] pp, 17.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Original leather binding. Blemishes and tears to binding and along the spine. Detached bookmark.

Manuscript – lectures about Judaism and the Hebrew language. Rhydygors [south-west Wales], 1781-1782. English (written in shorthand, except for the title page and the table of content), with some Hebrew. Second volume.
The manuscript is divided into chapters (lectures) dealing, among other subjects, with the Temple and its vessels, the synagogue, Hebrew orthography, and more. The volume opens with a title page: "Dan. [Daniel] Daviess… / Written at Rhydygors / Dom. 1781 1782 / Tom II". The manuscript is bound in a leather binding with a title on the spine: "Jewish Antiquities 2". It seems that this is a volume with summaries of lectures written by an academy student in Wales.
[1], 270-274, 1-187, [3] leaves (most are written on one side), 15.5 cm. Good condition. Thick paper. Some stains. Stains, small tears and blemishes to binding.

Dictionnaire Historique, Critique, Chronologique, Geographique et Litteral de la Bible, Enrichi de plus de trois cent Figures en Taille-Douce, qui Representent les Antiquitez Judaiques [Historical, critical, geographical, chronological, and etymological dictionary of the Holy Bible], by Augustin Calmet. Paris: Emery, Saugrain, P. Martin, 1730. French and some Hebrew. Four volumes.
Anthology of compositions in alphabetical order, concerning biographies of personalities, archaeology, geography and other biblical themes, by Augustin Calmet (1672-1757) – French Catholic theologian, historian and bible researcher. Calmet was a pioneering scholar in scientific bible studies; his work served other scholars through the 19th century.
The dictionary is accompanied by approx. 200 engraved plates – maps of Palestine and the surroundings, views and sites in the country (Jerusalem, Mount Carmel, Mount of Olives, Nazareth and more), biblical figures and scenes, Jewish customs and ceremonies (Jewish wedding, the Sabbath and more).
Vol. 1: [2], 14, CXXIV, 568 pp + plates. Vol II: [2], 746 pp + plates. Vol. III: [2], 724 pp + plates. Vol IV: [2], 568 pp + plates. 39 cm. Leaves in good condition. Some stains, creases and folds. Tears, mostly small (a number of open tears). Piece of paper pasted facing the title page of Vol. I. Slightly loose endpapers. Some worming to endpapers. Leather bindings in fair condition, with stains, rubbings and tears. Fractures and tears along spines.

Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden, sonderlich derer in Deutschland by Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1748-1749. Four parts in one volume. German. First edition.
Book by the German theologian Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz (1717-1797) about the Jewish religion and its customs, in particular the customs of Ashkenazi Jews. The book includes very detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish customs during the author's period, and provides a very important source of information for the history of Jews in the 18th century.
Alongside Bodenschatz's study, the book includes twenty-nine engraved plates and an additional frontispiece engraving. The engravings depict, mostly, the customs of Jews in Germany: Blessing of the Moon, prayers in the synagogue, Tisha Be'Av, lighting Hanukkah candles, and more.
[16], 206, 328, 331-386 [i.e. 384], [18], 256, 270, [34] pp + [30] plates. One leaf at the beginning of the book was originally bound following page no. 206 of the first part. Last leaf (with instructions to the binder) is missing. 21.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains to leaves and to engravings. Worming (some slightly affect the text). Creases, small tears to margins of a number of leaves. Wear and open tears to margins of frontispiece engraving and margins of first leaves (repaired with pasted paper). Original vellum binding with some stains and blemishes.

The World in Miniature, Turkey, being a description of the manners, customs, dresses, and other peculiarities characteristic of the inhabitants of the Turkish Empire, edited by Frederic Shoberl. London: R. Ackermann, [ca. 1821]. Six parts in three volumes. English.
The books in the series "The World in Miniature" concerned different countries throughout the world, and were accompanied by numerous engravings. The present item contains the series' six parts on the history of the Ottoman Empire, the life of its citizens, their dress and their customs, with 73 hand-colored engravings presenting upwards of one hundred and fifty costumes. One engraving shows a Jew of the Ottoman Empire. Some of the engravings are captioned in French.
Six parts in three volumes. Volume 1 (parts 1-2): [1] leaf, XV, 211 pp + [2] plates; [1] leaf, 237 pp + [2] plates. Volume 2 (parts 3-4): [1] leaf, 264 pp + [16] plates; [1] leaf, 300 pp + [17] plates. Volume 3 (parts 5-6): [1] leaf, 234 pp + [9] plates; [1] leaf, 244 pp + [27] plates. 14 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tears. Loose gatherings. Detached, torn or loose bindings and spines. Blemishes to bindings.