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MAGNIFICENTLY   5 vols set 

TALMUD

Published 

1916

 

5 v set LEGENDS OF TALMUD 1916  
The English text is presented side-by-side with the original Hebrew
Marvelous 5 volume set of the Legends of the Babylonian Talmud, printed in side-by-side English and Hebrew text, published in New York in 1916. The books are laid out in Hebrew format, beginning “backwards” at the rear and proceeding to the “front.” Complete 5 volume set: EN JACOB, AGADA OF THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD (LEGENDS OF THE TALMUD) Rabbi Jacob Ibn Chabib, Revised and translated by Rabbi S. H. Glick. Privately printed, New York, 1916. 20.5 x 27.5 cm. Approximately 250 pages per volume. Pebbled dark brown cloth covers with blindstamped designs. Gilt lettering on spine. Covers in very good shape, unfaded, with minimal rubbing, edgewear, or corner bumping. Decorated endpapers.
These are ex-library books from the library of a New York synogogue. Minimal markings; nothing on exterior. Basically, there is a bookplate and a plate of library rules on the rear endpapers, and several stamps within the text of each. Otherwise, Interiors are clean and bright. Tight binding. 


Condition: Very good