A SIGN AND A WITNESS: 2,000 YEARS OF HEBREW BOOKS AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
New York: New York Public Library: Oxford University Press, 1988. Item #29886
Softcover, 4to, xiii, 223 pages, illustrated, some color, 30 cm. Series: Studies in Jewish history; Variation: Studies in Jewish history. Contents: The Dead Sea scrolls: light on the text and canon of the bible; Frank Moore Cross -- How Hebrew manuscripts are made; Malachi Beit-Arie -- The decoration of medieval Hebrew manuscripts; Evelyn M. Cohen -- The Hebrew manuscript as source for the study of history and literature; Menahem Schmelzer -- Forming the great collections; Joseph Gutmann -- Early Hebrew printing; Mordechai Glatzer. The development of Hebrew printing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Moshe N. Rosenfeld -- The Hebrew book in a Christian world; David B. Ruderman -- Publishing and the rise of modern Hebrew literature; Michael W. Grunberger -- The art of the Hebrew book in the twentieth century; Leila Avrin -- Between western culture and Jewish tradition: translations to and from Hebrew; Robert Singerman -- Text and Texture: early adventures in the fourth dimension; Chaim Potok. SUBJECT (S) : Manuscripts, Hebrew -- History. Printing, Hebrew -- History. Hebrew literature, Modern -- Publishing. Hebrew imprints -- Exhibitions. Manuscripts, Hebrew -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts -- Exhibitions. Hebreeuwse handschriften. Hebreeuwse boeken. Illuminated manuscripts in Hebrew - Catalogues, indexes. Published in conjunction with an international exhibition, held at the New York Public Library, Oct. 15, 1988-Jan. 14, 1989. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 177-197. Very good condition. (ART-21-11).
Price: $100.00