RARE early 19th-century chrestomathy of Hebrew texts, written for German-speaking learners of Hebrew. Second part of a three-volume series of Hebrew textbooks. Contains selections of Biblical and modern Hebrew texts compiled by the Catholic scholar Dr. Adam Martinet. Accompanied by glossary, notes and instructions in German. The texts are divided into several sections: Biblical prose, biblical poetry, modern prose, modern poetry and texts without diacritics. The section dealing with modern Hebrew is of interest to those interested in the works of the Jewish enlightenment (Haskalah) movement, as it contains pieces by writers such as Luzzatto, Rapoport, Mendelssohn, Friedländer, Reggio and numerous others. Contains notes in German and a Hebrew-German dictionary. 220x130mm. XVI+404 pages. Quarter-cloth Hardcover. Cover rubbed and yellowing. Cover edges worn and somewhat peeling. Spine yellowing, slightly stained and age-stained. Spine edges slightly wrinkled. Three small holes on spine. Binding visible between inner cover and whitepage. Second whitepage bottom edge slightly torn. Dedication written in pen on title-page verso. Several first pages upper corner wrinkled. Pages yellowing, age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is overall in good condition.