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A Sign and a Witness. 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts

A Sign and a Witness. 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts

A Sign and a Witness. 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts

A Sign and a Witness. 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts

by Gold, Leonard Singer

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New York and Oxford: The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition. Stiff decorated paper wrappers. A fine copy.. xiii, 223 pp. Illus. with b/w and color reproductions. 4to. Includes: Dead Sea Scrolls: Light on the Text and Canon of the Bible, How Hebrew Manuscripts Are Made, The Decoration of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, the Hebrew Manuscript As Source for the Study of History and Literature, Forming the Great Collections, Early Hebrew Painting, The Development of Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, The Hebrew Book in a Christian World, Publishing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature, The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, Between Western Culture and Jewish Tradition: Translations, Text and Texture: Early Adventures in the Fourth Dimension, plus bibliography.

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Bookseller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
27204
Title
A Sign and a Witness. 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts
Author
Gold, Leonard Singer
Format/Binding
Stiff decorated paper wrappers
Book Condition
Used - A fine copy.
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition
Publisher
The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press
Place of Publication
New York and Oxford
Date Published
1988
Keywords
, Books about Books, Judaica, Books on Books, Hebrew Books, Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts,

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Kaaterskill Books is located on Parker Mountain in the Catskill High Peaks region of New York State. We offer fine, rare, and unusual books and manuscripts in a variety of fields with special emphasis on the Americas.

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