PROPHETS). Sepher Nevi’im Rishonim / Acharonim. Vocalized Hebrew text with translation into Ladino by Abraham Assa on facing columns, commentary by Rashi below

AUCTION 7 | Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 1:00

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(BIBLE. Hebrew and Ladino

PROPHETS). Sepher Nevi’im Rishonim / Acharonim. Vocalized Hebrew text with translation into Ladino by Abraham Assa on facing columns, commentary by Rashi below

Two volumes ff.276 and 348. Worn and stained in places, first vol. with f. 4 supplied in manuscript, lacking f.5. Old and recent boards. 4to Vinograd, Const. 529-30 ; Yaari, Const. 398-9; Mehlman 36

Constantinople: Brothers Aschkenazi 1743

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

“The translator, Abraham Assa, was “the father of Ladino literature...who devoted his life to translating books into Ladino...and enriched Ladino literature in an extraordinary way.” S.A. Rosanes, Koroth Hayehudim Beturkiyah Ve’artzoth Hakedem ( ) Vol. V pp.93-4