From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress

From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress by Karp, Abraham. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780847814503.

Catalogue of a traveling exhibition of about 225 items from the Library of Congress holdings. Most of the book, however, is a bibliographic-historical essay on the history of the Jews and Judaism, using scrolls, Hebrew incunabula, early Talmud printings by the Soncinos and others, artworks, prayerbooks, secular works by Jewish authors, letters by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson on religious freedom and the separation of church and state, musical scores, etc. With about 300 color or B&W illustrations. xxiv, 376 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..