RARE FIRST EDITION of "Sefer Or Ha-Hayyim", a comprehensive bibliography of Hebrew books, ordered by author name with short biographies of each author. The book was compiled by Heimann Joseph Michael, a 19th-century Jewish-German scholar and bibliophile. 142x215mm. VIII+617 pages. Quarter-cloth marbled board Hardcover. Cover scratched and worn. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling. Spine missing. Most pages slightly age stained. Whitepages and pages 607-617 detached from binding. Hebrew title page missing. Pages yellowing/browning. This rare book has suffered some damage (mostly external), but is in good reading condition.