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RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES. Contains a bibliography of Abraham Berliner`s works. Abraham (Adolf) Berliner (1833-1915) was an eminent German theologian and historian, professor of Jewish history and literature at the rabbinical seminary in Berlin, the editor (1874-75) of the scientific periodical `Magazin für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur`, which from 1876 to 1893 he, together with his colleague, David Hoffmann, continued under the title `Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums`. It was due to his zeal that the society `Mekize Nirdamim`, for the publication of works of the older Jewish literature, which had been discontinued for several years, was revived in 1885 with Berliner as its director. 250x180mm. XXXI+376+130 pages. Marbled board rebound Hardcover with brown leather spine and corners. Gilt spine. Cover rubbed, slightly stained and curved. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling/worn. Spine detached. Spine hinges cracked and peeling. Spine edges tattered and partly missing. Previous owner (Rabbi Egon Israel Loewenstein) small stamp on front whitepage. Small pen writing and tiny pen mark near text on pages 139 and 149 of the German section. Some Hebrew section pages bottom part wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.