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Geschichte, Lehren und Meinungen aller bestandenen und noch bestehenden religiosen Sekten der Juden und der Gheimlehre oder Cabbalah (2 Volumes)
Peter Beer
Brunn: Joseph Georg Trassler, 1822-3.[The History, Teachings and Views of All Former and Present Jewish Sects, Including the Secret Teachings or Kabbalah.] Comprehensive historical review of Judaism with a detailed description of the Kabbalah by the Czech reformer Peter Beer (c. 1758-1838).
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Predigten-Skizzen
Eduard Kley
Grunberg and Leipzig: W. Levysohn, 1844.Sermon sketches by Eduard Israel Kley, who led the Hamburg Israelite Free School from 1817 to 1848.
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Sammlung der neuesten Predigten gehalten in dem neuen Israelitischen Tempel zu Hamburg
Eduard Kley; G. Salomon
Hamburg: J. Ahrons, 1826-7.Collection of the latest sermons delivered in the new Israelite temple in Hamburg by Eduard Kley and Gotthold Salomon.
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Symbolik des Mosaischen Cultus (2 Volumes)
Karl Christ. Wilh. Fel. Bahr
Heidelberg: J. C. B. Mohr, 1837-9.[Symbolism of the Mosaic Cult] by Karl Christian Wilhelm Felix Bahr.
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Gutmeinung uber den Talmud der Hebraer / Die Leiden des Messias / Jacob Wimpheling / Leo Hebraeus
Karl Fischer; Aug. Wunsche; F. X. Kunz; B. Zimmels
Wein; Leipzig; Luzern; Breslau: Ulfred Holde; Fues’s Verlang; Gevryder Raber; Wilhelm Koebner, 1870-1886.4 late 19th century German Judaica booklets bound in one volume with the title Pamphlets in gilt to spine. Contains: 1. Karl Fischer: Gutmeinung uber den Talmud der Hebraer (Wein: Ulfred Holder, 1883); 2. Aug. Wunsche: Die Leiden des Messias in ihrer Ubereingstimmung mit der Lehre des Alten Testaments und den Aussprüchen der Rabbinen in den Talmuden, Midraschim und andern alten rabbinischen Schriften (Leipzig: Fues’s Verlang, 1870); 3. F. X. Kunz: Jacob Wimpheling, ein Padagoge des ausgehenden Mittelalters (Luzern: Gevryder Raber, 1883); 4. B. Zimmels: Leo Hebraeus, ein judischer Philosoph der Renaissance; sein Leben, seine Werke und sein Lehren (Breslau: Wilhelm Koebner, 1886).
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Die Religionsphilosophie Des Sohar und ihr Verhaltniss zur allgemeinen judischen Theologie.
D. H. Joel
Leipzig: C. L. Fritzsche, 1849.[The religious philosophy of the Zohar and its relationship to general Jewish theology: also a critical examination of Franck’s “Kabbalah”]. This copy with the bookplates of Sidney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pussey and Rabbi Leib A. Falk, with Falk’s call number to spine.
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Israelitisches Predigt- und Schul-Magazin (3 Volumes)
Ludwig Philippson
Magdeburg: Creutz’sche Buchhandlung, 1834-36.Complete set in three volumes of the Israelite Sermon and School Magazine. This copy from the collection of the Rabbi L. A. Falk Memorial Library of The Great Synagogue Sydney (deaccessioned).
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Ist der Ofen noch so klein, muss er doch…gereinigt sein
Anonymous
: Anonymous, No date.Circa 1930s handmade erotic booklet, being a series of three drawings in pencil, ink, and coloured crayon on a single folded sheet, depicting a woman and a chimney sweep, with manuscript text in German: [No matter how small the oven is, it still needs to be…cleaned].
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Ein Spaziergang
Anonymous
: Anonymous, No date.Circa 1930s handmade erotic booklet, being a series of drawings in pencil and coloured crayon on thin tracing paper mounted on sheets depicting a heterosexual couple entering a hotel for sex and being watched by a masturbating clerk through the keyhole. 14 sheets, each with mounted manuscript captions in German, and an illustrated title leaf mounted to the front pastedown.
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Die Menschlichen Genussmittel
C. Hartwich
Leipzig: Chr. Herm. Tauchnitz, 1911.[Human Stimulants: Their Origin, Distribution, History, Use, Components and Effects.] Monumental encyclopedia of ethnopharmacology by German pharmacist Carl Hartwich (1851-1917) based on anthropological and ethnological studies from remote sources.
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Die Gifte in der Weltgeschichte: Toxikologische, Allgemein-verstandliche Untersuchungen der Historischen Quellen
L. Lewin
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920.First edition of German pharmacologist Louis Lewin’s (1850-1929) important contribution to the history of medicine being a history of poisonings with innumerable citations from ancient and modern literature.
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Phantastica: Die Betaubenden und Erregenden Genussmittel
L. Lewin
Berlin: Georg Stilke, 1924.First edition of the psychedelic classic by German pharmacologist Louis Lewin (1850-1929). Set the standard for the classification of psychoactive drugs: Inebriantia (Inebriants such as alcohol or ether), Excitantia (Stimulants such as Khat or Amphetamine), Euphorica (Euphoriants and Narcotics such as Heroin), Hypnotica (Tranquilizers such as Kava), Phantastica (Hallucinogens or Entheogens such as Peyote or Ayahuasca). Later translated into French, Italian, and English, the 1931 English edition said to be Aldous Huxley’s introduction to drug literature.
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Ungeniessbare Pilze
Paul Schneider
Dresden: Rudolph’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1925.Inedible Mushrooms: The most important and most common inedible and poisonous mushrooms as a warning for all mushroom hunters, presented in 48 color art prints with accompanying text. Scarce German mushroom guide book, 3 copies recorded in OCLC, none outside of Germany.
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Truffeln: Mythos und Wirklichkeit
Christian Volbracht
Wiesbaden: Tre Torri Verlag, 2012.Truffles: Myth and Reality. The deluxe edition of 100 signed and numbered copies bound in papered boards with a truffle design of inlayed leather each with a sheet of handmade paper made from mushrooms with truffle slices.
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Die Nutzlichen und Schadlichen Schwamme, nebst einem Anhange uber die islandische Flechte
Harald Othmar Lenz
Gotha: Beckersche Buchhandlung, 1840.The useful and harmful sponges, with an appendix on the Icelandic lichen. The second edition enlarged with descriptions of German sponges. The elegantly coloured plates showing a total of 46 illustrations drawn by J. C. Ausfeld. VOLBRACHT 1165.2.
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Die Buecher Der Namenlosen Liebe (2 Volumes)
John Henry Mackay [Sagitta]
Berlin: Verlag Rosa Winkel, 1979.The Books of Nameless Love. Seven volumes were originally published between 1906-1926 under the pseudonym Sagitta. Writer, anarchist, and advocate Mackay traces early developments of the homosexual emancipation movement in Germany.
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Der Kokainismus: Geschichte / Pathologie Medizinische und behordliche Bekampfung
Hans W. Maier
Leipzig: George Thieme, 1926.A professor at the University of Zurich, Maier conducted investigations into the clinical and therapeutic effects of cocaine on users, which included pioneering work on hallucinations and paranoia during his time working at the clinic of Dr. Bleuler. Includes geographical, physiological, and historical background of coca and cocaine along with a comprehensive bibliography. A major work on the subject especially with regard to the history and development of cocaine dependence.
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Biographisches Lexikon Hervorragender Artze des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Mit einer Historischen Einleitung
J. Pagel
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, No date.Biographical Encyclopaedia of Eminent Physicians of the Nineteenth Century: With a Historical Introduction. Originally published in 1901
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Haus der Bucher, Basel: Katalog 636; Katalog 818: Alte Kindebucher und Jugendschriften: Livres de L’Enfance: Children’s Books
Adolf Seebass
Mansfield: Maurizo Martino, No date.Facsimile reprint limited to 200 copies. Originally published in 1954 and 1983. Description of 4,374 children’s books.
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Archiv fur Kriminologie (Band 130, 1. u. 6 Heft) (3 Volumes)
Hans Gross; Robert Heindel; iWalter Specht; Emil Weinig
Lubeck: Schmidt-Romhild, 1962.The first 6 issues of Volume 130 of the German Archive for Criminology with Special Considerations of Scientific Criminalistics, a monthly journal by Prof. Dr. Hans Gross, Geh. Rat Dr. Robert Heindel, Walter Specht, and Emil Weinig, published by Franz Meinert. A number of graphically illustrated studies of criminal behaviour including the case study Uber Tatowierungsfetichismus by Waldemar Weimann on a type of tattoo fetishism, the subject (himself tattooed and presented nude in two photographs) only being aroused in the presence of tattooed women.