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VOLUME 2 ONLY of `Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew Melodies` - Songs of the Babylonian Jews, compiled by the prominent Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world - Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882-1938). Contains a scholarly introduction in Hebrew and detailed table of contents of all the melodies. Musical notes with the original Hebrew texts in phonetic Latin alphabet. 340x275mm. X+140mm. Grey cloth Hardcover with part of the original cover pasted on front. Original cover stained. Cover rubbed and slightly stained. Cover corners/edges and spine edges slightly bumped/wrinkled. Small sticker on rear whitepage bottom corner. Pages wavy, yellowing and slightly age-stained/damp-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of the second volume from the monumental ten-volume "Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies" is otherwise in good condition.