RARE three studies on Judaism of the Second Temple period off-printed from "[Abdruck aus dessen] Geschichte des Volkes Jisrael [Israel] von vollendung des zweiten Tempels bis zur Einsetzung des Mackabäers Schim`on zum hohen Priester und Fürsten" by the renowned German historian and rabbi Levi Herzfeld (1810-1884). Contains b&w fold-out plate. 205x135mm. 42 pages. Marbled board Hardcover with black cloth spine. Cover and pages yellowing. Spine edges stained and rubbed. Inscription on spine. Worm-mark on spine front hinge. Pen inscription on front endpaper upper corner. Ex-library copy with stamp on title page. Small sticker on title page edge near binding. Fold-out plate edges wrinkled and somewhat unevenly cut - NO damage to text. Several extreme pages and fold-out plate age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is otherwise in good condition.