Sepher Ben-Gorion [Yosippon: historical narrative of the Second Temple period]

AUCTION 3 | Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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JOSEPH BEN GORION (Commonly and erroneously attributed to).

Sepher Ben-Gorion [Yosippon: historical narrative of the Second Temple period]

FIRST LADINO EDITION. Translated by Abraham b. Isaac Assa. With final leaf (f.158) lacking in most copies ff. 158. Ex-library, slightly dampwrinkled. Modern calf. 4to

Constantinople: Jonah Aschkenazi 1743

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $700

Abraham Assa’s magnum opus was a complete Ladino translation of the Bible (Const. 1739-45), long the most popular text of its kind among the Sephardi communities of the Orient