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Bidding Information
Lot #    17958
Auction End Date    4/24/2007 12:50:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Der Bibelschatz: Ein Familienbuch
Title (Hebrew)    אוצר התורה
Author    J.S. Kohn
City    Prag
Publisher    M.J. Landau
Publication Date    1857
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   xv, 509 pp., tables, 197:138 mm., light age and damp staining, stamps. A very good copy bound in contemporary cloth boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description
   This is the second edition of a work on the Pentateuch which parasha by parasha goes through the Torah and tells the story contained in each week's assigned reading. Included also are the readings for the various Holidays and other special readings during the course of the year. The text is in German with occasional use of Hebrew words and phrases. Included also are tables for the years 1857 through1926.

J.H. Kohn is the author of numerous other books, many with the title beginning Bibelschatz (Bible treasure) on different books of the Bible, and another entitled Talmudschatz on treasures from the Talmud.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Bohemia
  
Subject
Bible:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    German, some Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica