Auction 41 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
A Dozen Books About Semitic Script
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A dozen books about Semitic script, with illustrations. 1852-1909. Latin, French, German and English.
1-7. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum [collection of Semitic Inscriptions]. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo. Latin.
A comprehensive study on the subject of Semitic languages – anthology of inscriptions in Semitic languages, with transcript into Latin characters and translation into Latin. Presented are the following volumes:
• Part one – Phoenician inscriptions. Volume one, 1881 + additional volume + four volumes of illustration plates accompanying the text. • Fourth part –Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaea. 1889.
8. Memoire sur trente-neuf nouvelles inscriptions puniques. Paris: Librairie Orientale de Benjamin Duprat, 1852. French. Composition about the Punic language.
9. Syrie Centrale, Inscriptions Semitiques [Central Syria, Semitic inscriptions]. Paris: J. Baudry, Libraire-Editeur, 1868. French.
10. Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik nebst ausgewählten Inschriften II. Teil. Tafeln. [handbook of northern Semitic Epigraphy. Part two], by Mark Lidzbarski. Weimar: Emil Felber, 1898. German. Volume of plates accompanying the essay about Semitic epigraphy.
11. Semitic Inscriptions, Part IV of the Publications of the American Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1899 -1900, by Enno Littmann. New-York: The Century, 1904. English.
12. Mémoires publiés par les membres de L'institut D'archeologie du Caire [essays published by the members of the Archeological Institute of Cairo]. Cairo, 1909. French and some Arabic.
Size and condition varies.
1-7. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum [collection of Semitic Inscriptions]. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo. Latin.
A comprehensive study on the subject of Semitic languages – anthology of inscriptions in Semitic languages, with transcript into Latin characters and translation into Latin. Presented are the following volumes:
• Part one – Phoenician inscriptions. Volume one, 1881 + additional volume + four volumes of illustration plates accompanying the text. • Fourth part –Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaea. 1889.
8. Memoire sur trente-neuf nouvelles inscriptions puniques. Paris: Librairie Orientale de Benjamin Duprat, 1852. French. Composition about the Punic language.
9. Syrie Centrale, Inscriptions Semitiques [Central Syria, Semitic inscriptions]. Paris: J. Baudry, Libraire-Editeur, 1868. French.
10. Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik nebst ausgewählten Inschriften II. Teil. Tafeln. [handbook of northern Semitic Epigraphy. Part two], by Mark Lidzbarski. Weimar: Emil Felber, 1898. German. Volume of plates accompanying the essay about Semitic epigraphy.
11. Semitic Inscriptions, Part IV of the Publications of the American Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1899 -1900, by Enno Littmann. New-York: The Century, 1904. English.
12. Mémoires publiés par les membres de L'institut D'archeologie du Caire [essays published by the members of the Archeological Institute of Cairo]. Cairo, 1909. French and some Arabic.
Size and condition varies.
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature, Bibliography and Research
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature, Bibliography and Research