Pair of Large Facsimiles of Manuscripts - Bodleian Library / Jewish Library in Livorno

Pair of Large Facsimiles of Manuscripts - Bodleian Library / Jewish Library in Livorno

* Facsimiles of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library - first edition, large format. Oxford, 1886. Rare.

Facsimiles of Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library illustrating the various forms of rabbinical characters with transcriptions by Ad. Neuberger M. A., Oxford, 1886. Published by Clarendon, London.

Facsimile edition of the beginnings and colophons from the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library - pages from the manuscript with Hebrew transcriptions on facing pages. The manuscripts include: The last page of Mishneh Torah L'HaRamba"m with his signature ['proofread from my book, Moshe Ben Maimon']; a passage from Rabbeinu Sa'adiah Gaon's siddur; the colophon from Sa'adiah ibn Denan's dictionary, the last page of Reishit Chochmah by Ibn Ezra, and the first page of his Sefer HaTa'amim; the first page of the Ralba"g's commentary on the Torah, and many more.

* Hebrew manuscripts in the Jewish Library in Livorno, Livorno, 1914. Rare first edition

Catalogue des manuscrits et livres rares hébraïques de la Bibliothèque du Talmud Tora de Livourne. First edition. 34x48cm.

Large format facsimile edition of the Hebrew manuscripts found in the Jewish Library in Livorno, in French with some Hebrew, by Carlo Bernheimer.

The facsimiles from manuscripts in the library include early Kabbalistic manuscripts with illustrations, handwritten midrashim from the period of the Rishonim and more.

[2] large volumes. There may be some leaves lacking; this has not been checked.

Overall moderate condition. Tears and blemishes in the margins of several leaves. The leaves are detached from one another. Blemished bindings, detached.