Yitzchak Yeranein [liturgic poems and songs for children]. Edited by Raphael Yitzchak Altaras.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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(LADINO).

Yitzchak Yeranein [liturgic poems and songs for children]. Edited by Raphael Yitzchak Altaras.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Hebrew text with Ladino on ff. 12b-15b. Contains a poem in honor of the Rothschild family (f. 57b). Signature in Sephardic hand on title. Lightly stained, trace foxed, small paper repair to lower corner of final few leaves. Modern calf. 12mo. Vinograd, Jerusalem 83; Halevy, Jerusalem 54; Yari, Ladino 350; Sutton, Aleppo 51.

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1855

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

<<THE FIRST LADINO WORK PUBLISHED IN JERUSALEM.>> In the introduction the Author records that the book was composed in Aleppo and is now published for the benefit of children enrolled in the Kahal Zion School of Jerusalem. The work is dedicated to the Author's wife. The Kahal Zion synagogue described by the author in the introduction is one of the four Sephardic synagogues that share a compound in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter.