Original Softcover. 4to. Xxii, [2], 192 pages. Illus. 25 cm. In English and French (parallel text) with added title page in Hebrew. Subtitle: “Five Centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, Rare Bibles, and Hebrew Incunables from the Jacob M. Lowy Collection. ” CONTENTS: Incunabula Hebraica: The Beginnings of Hebrew Printing --- Bibles --- Commentaries --- Renaissance Humanism and Christian Hebraism --- Josephus --- Talmud --- Codes and Responsa --- Philosophy --- Mathematics and the Sciences --- Mysticism --- Liturgy --- The Passover Haggadah --- History, Geography and Travel --- Philology, Poetry and Belles-Lettres --- The Sephardic World --- Jewish Languages --- The Spread of Hebrew Printing and the Fate of the Hebrew Book --- Hebraic Manuscripts. Contains indices. SUBJECTS: Hebrew imprints -- Exhibitions. Jewish literature -- Exhibitions. Inscribed by author on half title page. Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition with like jacket. (BIBLIOG-27-25)