Author: STASSOF, Vladimir and GUNZBURG, David
Title: L'Ornement Hebreu. [Ornamentation Des Anciens Manuscrits Hebreux de la Bibliotheque Imperiale Publique de St. Petersburg]
Description: [Berlin], [1905]. First Edition. Hardcover. Large folio (17-1/2" x 22-1/3") in old 3/4 red morocco leather and marbled boards, all edges gilt. Text booklet (printed in Leipzig, 1919) with information on authors and plates tipped to blank sheet at front. Complete with 27 gold-enhanced chromolithographic plates, including color title page. Major work on medieval Jewish manuscript art and important source for the earliest illustrated Hebrew Bible from the East and the collection of Hebrew manuscripts in the Academy of Science Library in Leningrad. Contents clean with no markings. Binding worn with some loss of leather on spine and library call number at foot of spine but no library markings internally. Very Good .

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