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As one of the few booksellers specialising in important and rare books on Jewish history, literature, philosophy, religion and culture from the West End of London, Shapero Rare Books offers a diverse range of Judaica and Hebraica spanning the centuries, from early printed books and manuscripts in Hebrew through to modern illustrated Haggadot and books on food & drink.

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  • Set of Festival Prayers (Machzor) by one of the pioneers of Hebrew printing in London with incredible provenance of the de Rothschild family.
    Set of Festival Prayers (Machzor) by one of the pioneers of Hebrew printing in London with incredible provenance of the de Rothschild family.

    [PRAYER BOOK]. LEVI, David (translator).
    The Form of Prayers... 1824.
    £2,500.00

  • Scarce Ashkenazic miniature prayer book, published in Offenbach in 1816.
    Scarce Ashkenazic miniature prayer book, published in Offenbach in 1816.

    [PRAYER BOOK].
    Sefirat HaOmer. 1816.
    £3,950.00

  • 107144

    [PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS].
    Further Correspondence Respecting the Persecution of the Jews in Moldavia [and] Continuation... July 1, 1867 [and] Continuation... July, 9 1867. 1867
    £550.00

  • A collection of four reports by the Jewish Board of Guardians of London.
    A collection of four reports by the Jewish Board of Guardians of London.

    BOARD OF GUARDIANS for The Relief of the Jewish Poor.
    A set of four annual reports. 1873-1889.
    £150.00

  • Unsigned declaration of London rabbies concerning ritual murder allegation. December, 5660-1899.
    Unsigned declaration of London rabbies concerning ritual murder allegation. December, 5660-1899.

    [ANON.]
    A Solemn Declaration. 1899.
    £100.00

  • A song from the comic opera Family Quarrels by William Reeve and Thomas Dibdin, first performed in 1802.

    REEVE, William; DIBDIN, Thomas.
    Miss Levi Miss Rachel & Miss Moses. [c. 1802].
    £200.00

  • A photographic portrait by Geiser depicting a Sephardi-Jewish girl in traditional dress, holding a fan.

    GEISER, Jean.
    Femme Juive. [Jewish Girl]. c.1875-1880.
    £350.00

  • Journal of a 19th-century Messianic Jewish missionary.
    Journal of a 19th-century Messianic Jewish missionary.

    WOLFF, Rev. Joseph.
    Journal of the rev. Joseph Wolff... 1839.
    £200.00

  • A scarce Talmud and holy scripture vocabulary by Jacob Rodrigues Moreira, published by the pioneer of Hebrew printing in London A. Alexander.
    A scarce Talmud and holy scripture vocabulary by Jacob Rodrigues Moreira, published by the pioneer of Hebrew printing in London A. Alexander.

    RODRIGUES MOREIRA, Jacob.
    Kehilath Jahacob: Being a vocabulary of words in the Hebrew Language. [1773].
    £2,500.00

  • Abraham Mears' Book of Religtion is the earliest translation to English of the Jewish prayer-book.
    Abraham Mears' Book of Religtion is the earliest translation to English of the Jewish prayer-book.

    [MEARS, Abraham].
    The book of religion, ceremonies, and prayers of the Jews, 1738.
    £3,750.00

  • The third Dutch edition of Schoole der Jooden by Joannes Buxtorf, including four folding hand-coloured engraved plates and a hand-coloured title page.
    The third Dutch edition of Schoole der Jooden by Joannes Buxtorf, including four folding hand-coloured engraved plates and a hand-coloured title page.

    BUXTORF, Joannes.
    Schoole der Jooden, begrypende het geheele Joodsche Geloof. 1731.
    £3,000.00

  • A translation of the Marquis d'Argens' Lettres juives (first published in 1736).
    A translation of the Marquis d'Argens' Lettres juives (first published in 1736).

    ARGENS, Jean Baptiste de Boyer (Marquis d').
    The Jewish Spy: 1744.
    £1,250.00

  • Commentary on Rashi's commentary on the Pentatuch by the chief rabbi of the Ottoman empire, with a schematic map of Israel.
    Commentary on Rashi's commentary on the Pentatuch by the chief rabbi of the Ottoman empire, with a schematic map of Israel.

    MIZRAHI, Elijah ben Abraham.
    Sefer Elijah Mizrahi al HaTorah. 1763.
    £2,250.00

  • A report to the House of Commons on the organisation of the Abyssinian church in Jerusalem at the time of the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868.
    A report to the House of Commons on the organisation of the Abyssinian church in Jerusalem at the time of the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868.

    [PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS].
    Correspondence respecting Abyssinians at Jerusalem. 1850-1867. 1868.
    £150.00

  • Scarce fourth edition of this prayer book, bound in a fine decorative binding, and includ ing a special prayer for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
    Scarce fourth edition of this prayer book, bound in a fine decorative binding, and includ ing a special prayer for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

    [PRAYER BOOK]. FRANKLIN, Henry A. (translator).
    The Form of Daily Prayers, 1890.
    £250.00

  • A non-vocalised edition of the Pentateuch, based on E. van der Hooght's text, one of the earliest to be printed in England.
    A non-vocalised edition of the Pentateuch, based on E. van der Hooght's text, one of the earliest to be printed in England.

    [HEBREW BIBLE]. FORSTER, Nathaniel (editor).
    Biblia Hebraica Sine Punctis. 1750.
    £2,250.00

  • An interesting 19th-century example of Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah with commentary by Gabriel HaKohen of Zamter.
    An interesting 19th-century example of Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah with commentary by Gabriel HaKohen of Zamter.

    [HAGGADAH].
    Gevurot HaShem. 1838.
    £500.00

  • Rare Lviv edition of this work of commentary on the Passover Haggadah.
    Rare Lviv edition of this work of commentary on the Passover Haggadah.

    [HAGGADAH].
    Chalukah Derabanan. 1893.
    £1,250.00

  • Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah with two commentaries.
    Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah with two commentaries.

    [HAGGADAH].
    Peduyat Tuvia: Haggadah shel Pesach. 1861.
    £500.00

  • Third edition of the celebrated Amsterdam Haggadah, complete with Map of Land of Israel and commentary by the three pillars of the world.
    Third edition of the celebrated Amsterdam Haggadah, complete with Map of Land of Israel and commentary by the three pillars of the world.

    [HAGGADAH].
    Ma'aleh Beit Horin ve'hu Seder Haggadah shel Pesach. 1781.
    £7,500.00

  • Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah edited by Isaac Levi, one of the pioneers of Jewish printing in London.
    Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah edited by Isaac Levi, one of the pioneers of Jewish printing in London.

    [HAGGADAH]. LEVI, Isaac (editor).
    Seder Haggadah shel Pesach: Service for the Two First Nights of Passover; 1831.
    £1,250.00

  • A power of attorney relating to the will of Jacob Israel Bernal, a merchant and patriarch of the Sephardi family who settled in London in the 18th century.
    A power of attorney relating to the will of Jacob Israel Bernal, a merchant and patriarch of the Sephardi family who settled in London in the 18th century.

    [BERNAL].
    To all to whom these presents shall come 1768.
    £500.00

  • This portrait lithograph of Dr Theodor Herzl by Saul Raskin, is titled in the plate in Hebrew with Herzl's Hebrew name: Binyamin Zeev.

    RASKIN, Saul.
    Binyamin Zeev Herzl. Early 20th century.
    £750.00

  • A rare group portrait of the Rabbanite Russian Jews. The plate was used in the <em>Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie</em> by Théodore de Pauly.
    A rare group portrait of the Rabbanite Russian Jews. The plate was used in the <em>Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie</em> by Théodore de Pauly.

    VIALE, Karl (lithographed after).
    Juifs (Talmudists). 1862.
    £350.00

  • An act of Parliament to remove Doubts as to Quakers and Jews Marriages, drafted in response to the case of R vs. Millis 1844

    [ACT OF PARLIAMENT].
    An Act to remove Doubts as to Quakers and Jews Marriages solemnized before certain Periods. [2d July 1847.] 1847.
    £500.00

  • An act of Parliament obliging Jewish parents to maintain and provide for any children they have which convert to Protestantism
    An act of Parliament obliging Jewish parents to maintain and provide for any children they have which convert to Protestantism

    [ACT OF PARLIAMENT].
    An Act to Oblige the Jews to Maintain and Provide for their Protestant Children [1702].
    £2,000.00

  • First edition of the memoirs of Jacob Decastro an early nineteenth-century English-Jewish circus comedian.
    First edition of the memoirs of Jacob Decastro an early nineteenth-century English-Jewish circus comedian.

    DECASTRO, J[acob]; HUMPHRYS, R. (editor).
    The Memoirs of J. Decastro, Comedian. 1824.
    £900.00

  • First edition of Richard Cumberland's 'The Jew', the first play in English theatre to portray a Jewish character as the hero of a stage production.

    CUMBERLAND, Richard.
    The Jew, a Comedy; 1794.
    £950.00

  • The Present State of the Jews is an interesting early account of life and customs of the Jewish community of the Barbary Coast by Lancelot Addison.
    The Present State of the Jews is an interesting early account of life and customs of the Jewish community of the Barbary Coast by Lancelot Addison.

    ADDISON, Lancelot.
    The present state of the Jews: 1676.
    £2,500.00

  • Catalogue of The Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition which was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, from April to June, 1887.
    Catalogue of The Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition which was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, from April to June, 1887.

    JACOBS, Joseph & WOLF, Lucien (compilers).
    Catalogue of Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, 1887. Royal Albert Hall. 1887.
    £2,750.00

  • Four political pamphlets published in the context of the Jewish Naturalisation Act of 1753, repealed the following year after
    Four political pamphlets published in the context of the Jewish Naturalisation Act of 1753, repealed the following year after

    [JEWISH NATURALISATION ACT].
    Four Pamphlets. 1747; 1753; 1753; 1736.
    £2,000.00

  • The second edition of Francis Goldsmid's Arguments Advanced Against the Enfrachisement of the Jews, inscribed with the author's respectful compliments
    The second edition of Francis Goldsmid's Arguments Advanced Against the Enfrachisement of the Jews, inscribed with the author's respectful compliments

    GOLDSMID, Francis Henry.
    The Arguments Advanced Against the Enfranchisement of the Jews Considered in a Series of Letters. 1833.
    £650.00

  • Two parts (out of original three) or this important French Siddur, containing Daily prayers and Sabbath prayers.
    Two parts (out of original three) or this important French Siddur, containing Daily prayers and Sabbath prayers.

    MILHAUD, Michael.
    Rituel des Prières en Hébreu. [Hebrew Prayers]. 1855.
    £300.00

  • A large poster dating to the British Mandate in Palestine, reminding civilians to behave lawfully and to not carry or store any weapons.

    [BRITISH MANDATE]. SCOTT, Robert.
    [POSTER] Proclamation by the officer administering the government. November 15, 1945.
    £2,500.00

  • Guénée defends the Jews against Voltaire's criticisms of their religion and way of life.
    Guénée defends the Jews against Voltaire's criticisms of their religion and way of life.

    [GUÉNÉE, Antoine].
    Letters of certain Jews to Monsieur de Voltaire. [1777].
    £1,400.00

  • Anglia Judaica by Tovey is considered to be the first comprehensive history of the Jews of England ever published.
    Anglia Judaica by Tovey is considered to be the first comprehensive history of the Jews of England ever published.

    TOVEY, D'Blossiers.
    Anglia Judaica: or the history and antiquities of the Jews in England, 1738.
    £2,500.00

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