RARE FIRST EDITION of PART III ONLY from Adolph Jellinek`s seminal 6-part collection of short ancient and medieval Midrashim and pseudepigrapha, dealing with an extremely wide range of topics from simple exegesis on the Bible to Kabbalistic and apocalyptic literature. The texts are presented in the original Hebrew with German introduction. [CONTENTS] Dritter Theil enthält: Midrasch Wajisau; Eldad ha-Dani, II. Recension; Alfabet-Midrasch des R. Akiba, I. Recension; II. Recension; Apokalypse des Elia; Abschnitte über den Messias; Mysterien des R. Simon ben Jochai; die grossen Hechalot; Midrasch Leolam; Midrasch Gadol u-Gedola; Schilderung des Paradieses II; Messias Haggada; Beschreibung des Stiftshütte; das Noah-Buch; Preis der Engel; Midrasch Tadsche. 195x125mm. XLVIII+198 pages. Black quarter-cloth Hardcover. Cover corners and edges bumped. Rear cover rubbed/slightly peeled. Sticker on spine. Spine edges and rear hinge bumped. Fore edge of title page and pages V-VIII slightly torn. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a seminal collection of Jewish midrashic literature is in good condition.