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

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

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 437

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 Assa. With final leaf (f.158) lacking in most copies ff.158. Trace foxed, slightly damp-wrinkled. Modern tan full calf. 4to Vinograd, Const. 525; Yaari, Const. 393; Mehlman 1546

Constantinople: Jonah Aschkenazi 1743

Est: $800 - $1,000

Abraham Assa’s magnum opus was a complete Ladino translation of the Bible (see Lot **), long the most popular text of its kind among the Sephardi communities of the Orient