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Hamishah humshe torah. Die fuenf Buecher Moses von Julius Fuerst, illust., 1st ed., 1882, in Hebrew and German, Prague - Hamishah humshe torah. Die fuenf Buecher Moses von Julius Fuerst, illust., 1st ed., 1882, in Hebrew and German, Prague Hamishah humshe torah. Die fuenf Buecher Moses in dem Masoretischen Text: neuer deutscher Uebersetzung und mit erlaeuternden Bemerkungen.. Prague : Jakob W. Pascheles, 1882. Folio. 480 pages. and 2 maps., many b/w illustr. In Hebrew and German. Illustrated. First edition. Hard cover, 32 x 23 cm. Condition: Title page is missing; some wear, rubbing, staining to cover, corners bumped; binding started getting loose, some pages almost detached; brown fragile paper; sporadic foxing stains. Weight: 2150 gr. Julius Fuerst (German: [fʏʁst]; 12 May 1805, Zerkow, South Prussia – 9 February 1873, Leipzig), born Joseph Alsari, was a Jewish German orientalist and the son of noted maggid, teacher, and Hebrew grammarian Jacob Alsari. Fuerst was a distinguished scholar of Semitic languages and literature. During his years as professor in the department of oriental languages and literature at the University of Leipzig (1864–1873), he wrote many works on literary history and linguistics.