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

New York / Oxford: The New York Public Library / Oxford University Press, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Studies in Jewish History, being a sterling condition softcover copy in tall quarto format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. 224 pp., with 16 full color plates, a checklist of the exhibition from which this catalogue is drawn, a bibliography, a glossary, a list of contributors, and an index of illustrations. Foreword by Vartan Gregorian, an introduction by Gold, then chapters that include "The Dead Sea Scrolls: Light on the Text and the Canon of the Bible," Frank Moore Cross; "How Hebrew Manuscripts are Made," Malachi Beit-Arie; "The Decoration of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts," Evelyn M. Cohen; "The Hebrew Manuscript as a Source for the Study of History and Literature," Menahem Schmelzer; "The Hebrew Book in a Christian World," David B. Ruderman; "Publishing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature," Michael W. Grunberger; "Text and Texture: Early Adventures in the Fourth Dimension," Chaim Potok among others. Quite fine internally.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.