A collection of Hebrew MSS., numbering 862 volumes and nearly 1300
separate works, was purchased at Hamburgh for £1030. It had been amassed
by Heimann Joseph Michael (born Apr. 12, 1792, deceased June 10, 1846),
who had devoted thirty years to the formation of his library. One
hundred and ten vellum MSS. are included in it, written for the most
part between 1240 and 1450. Michael's printed books amounted to 5471;
these were purchased by the British Museum. A short catalogue of the
collection, drawn up from the owner's papers, was issued at Hamburgh in
1848, with a preface by Dr. L. Zunz, and an index to the MSS. by Dr. M.
Steinschneider. They will ere long be re-catalogued, together with all
the other Hebrew MSS. in the Library, by Dr. Neubauer, who has now, in
the present year, commenced his important task.