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COMPLETE SET OF SIX PARTS BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES. EXTREMELY RARE complete set of `Aruk (or Aruch), the lexicon for the language of the Talmud and the Targum compiled in the 12th century by R. Nathan of Rome. The book includes the additions of 16th century scholar Benjamin Mussafia, and original additions, introduction and German translation of the words by Moses Israel Landau (1788-1852), grandson of Judah Landau of Prague. Each volume includes two parts out of the six. The first volume features a handwritten dedication by an unknown person to R. Shalom Kutner, an orthodox rabbi active in late 19th century Vienna. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 205x130mm. [VOL.I]: [VIII+4+22+44+232] + [XX+7+293] + [290] pages / [VOL.II]: [XXXVI+262] + [510] pages. Quarter-cloth rebound Hardcover. Text block edges marbled. Cover and spine yellowing. Cover corners and edges bumped. Cover edges worn/peeling. Ex-library copy with stamps. Library sticker residues and small inscription on spine. Binding slightly visible between several pages. Pencil inscription near text on several pages. Pages yellowing, age-stained and wavy. [VOL.I]: Cover stained. 12 pages of part 1 almost detached from binding. [SUMMARY]: Despite some external wear, this rare edition of an important Talmudic dictionary is in good condition.