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HILL (Brad Sabin) Compiler.. Incunabula, Hebraica & Judaica. Five Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables from the Jacob M. Lowy Collection.1981
National Library of Canada. 4to, xxii,198pp., frontis., facsimiles throughout, orig. decorated wrappers. The holdings of the Lowry Collection, rare Hebraica and Judaica spanning a period of over five centuries, include nearly forty Hebrew and Latin incunables, over one hundred early and rare editions of the Bible in many languages, and numerous editions and translations of the works of the ancient Jewish historian Josephus. The remainder and majority of the collection consists of rare Hebraica from the 16th to the 19th century, encompassing all aspects of rabbinic and Hebrew literature published during the period, two thirds of these works being first editions and extreme rarities.
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