A Social and Religious History of the Jews (4 volumes from the set)

New York and Philadelphia: Columbia University Press; The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958. Volumes I and II are third printings of the second edition, revised and enlarged; Volumes III and IV are presumed first printings of the second edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. First four volumes from the set. 415; 436; 340; 352pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip. Previous owner's name on the pastedowns of three of the volumes. Minor staining to fore-edge of text block of volume 3. Discreet price stamp on front free endpaper of volume 3. In dust jackets, with darkening to the spines, light soiling, and occassional small closed and open edge tears. The dust jacket of volume three has a bit more soiling, and has a couple of brief notations in pen on the rear panel. Volume I: Ancient Times: To the Beginning of the Christian Era; Volume II: Ancient Times: Christian Era: The First Five Centuries; Volume III: High Middle Ages (500-1200): Heirs of Rome and Persia; Volume IV: High Middle Ages (500-1200): Meeting of East and West.

Baron's multivolume magnum opus, which was originally published in three volumes but later revised and expanded into 18 volumes. This definitive work was described by the Christian Century as "a profound interpretation of the internal development and external relations of the Hebrew people through three millennia.