The Casale Pilgrim: A Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places Reproduced in Facsimile, With Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Cecil Roth. London: Soncino Press, 1929. English. A high-quality facsimile of a Hebrew manuscript: an illustrated guide to holy places in Palestine and its vicinity, written in the 16th century by an anonymous author of Italian origin. English translation, introduction, and notes by Cecil Roth (1899-1970), British-Jewish historian who specialized in Jewish history and was renowned, among other things, for his collection of Jewish art and Judaica. This is copy no. 76 from a limited edition of 580 copies. Original, fine vellum binding, with gilt design to front. Top edges gilt. Heavy, high-quality paper. [1], 91 pp., 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming to leaves and front board.

The Birds Head Haggada of the Bezalel National Art Museum in Jerusalem. Two volumes. Jerusalem: Tarshish Books (printed by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe, Vienna, Austria), 1965-67. A color facsimile edition, printed on heavy, high-quality paper, of the illuminated Birds' Head Haggadah manuscript (Germany, ca. 1300). Two volumes: facsimile volume (printed in 1965), and an introductory volume edited by Dr. Moshe Spitzer (printed in 1967; English). The colophon of the facsimile volume reads (in English): "Printed in collotype by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe in Vienna and published in 600 numbered copies as the first publication of the L. A. Mayer Library for Beth David Solomons by Tarshish Books Jerusalem, 1965." This is copy no. 333 in the series. The Birds' Head Haggadah is the earliest illuminated German Haggadah known to have survived as a separate codex, independent of the prayer book. It is distinguished by its extraordinarily unique illustrations of human figures with birds' heads – a most peculiar innovation likely devised by the illustrator as a means of abiding by the biblical prohibition against rendering a graven image: "Thou shalt not make for thyself any graven image, nor any manner of likeness…" (Exodus 20:4). Most of the figures are depicted wearing the so-called "Jewish Hat" (German: "Judenhut, ") the conical head covering Jews in Germany were legally required to wear. The illustrations present various biblical scenes alongside depictions of holiday customs and envisionings of the Redemption. Volume I: [48] ff., [1] colophon leaf. Volume II: 126 pp., [1] f., [31] plates (numbered 129-159), 28 cm. Top edges gilt. Both volumes with vellum spine, gilt. In original matching card slipcases. Good condition. Minor blemishes to bindings and slipcases. Bookplate (Hebrew) to facsimile volume.

"The Tombs of the House of David and the Scroll of Songs of Songs and Ecclesiastes", lithographic micrography. [Poland?, 1920s or 1930s]. The micrography is comprised of the scroll of Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes in cursive script. Brown ink shading added by hand. Caption at bottom, reading: "The Tombs of the House of David and the Scroll of Songs of Songs and Ecclesiastes". Signed Is. Goodleser in Hebrew and English (presumably, Israel Goodleser, 1901, Poland – 1971, South Africa). The work depicts the tombs of the House of David – one of the holy sites repeatedly depicted in maps of Palestine, "Mizrach" plates, prints and other printed items and popular art depicting holy tombs and sites of Palestine. Though different in each occurrence, these are always depicted in the naïve, symbolic manner characteristic of Jewish folk art, a style that is also evident in the present work. 26X20.5 cm. Fair condition. Worming affecting text. Stains. Paper frame mounted to edges.