Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore. Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Leeser Rosenthal, 1794-1994

Amsterdam: Amsterdam, 1994 4to (29.5 cm), XII, 135 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "In spring 1993 it was suggested that the 200th anniversary of Leeser Rosenthal's birth in 1794 be marked by reproducing some of the treasures of the collection in an attractive form. Some fifty specialists from Holland and abroad were invited to contribute short articles to the proposed illustrated volume. The response was gratifying. An effort has been made to encompass as wide a variety of subjects as possible and these are presented in chronological order. Medieval manuscripts and early typography and printed books, including blue-paper editions, historical documents, an early Hebrew map, seventeenth-century etchings and copper engravings, original Spinoza editions and eighteenth-century calligraphy, Yiddish chronicles and fine bookbindings in silver and morocco, liturgical music, highlights of nineteenth-and twentieth-century Jewish literature, a celebrated auction catalogue, modern limited editions and prints are all featured." (from the Introduction).