Leaf (Reuben) - Hebrew Alphabets 400 B.C. to Our Days.Otsar alef-betim mi-yeme ḳedem ʻad zemanenu

Reuben Leaf. Hebrew Alphabets: 400 B.C. to Our Days. [Otsar alef-betim mi-yeme kedem 'ad zemaneny.] 4to, 23, [1], 70, 23 pages, illustrations, 29cm, New York: Reuben Leaf Studio, 1950.

Introductory matter in English (1st and 2nd sequence) and Hebrew (4th sequence). Additional title-page in Hebrew. Seventy plates cover traditional script (showing a number of complete alphabets ffrom the first century BC to the invention of printing), early Hebrew typography, modern Hebrew calligraphy, and Jewish folk ornaments and graphic design. Grey cloth-covered boards with titling reversed out in blue, spiral bound. Neat ownership signature. A very good cclean copy.

Subsequently reprinted by Bloch in a very feeble edition in 1976.