SASSON, JOSEPH. Darchai Ha’adam [parables and ethics]. Translated into Ladino by Isaac Bachur Amergi

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

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(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

SASSON, JOSEPH. Darchai Ha’adam [parables and ethics]. Translated into Ladino by Isaac Bachur Amergi

FIRST EDITION. Woodcut illustration on f.28v of Earth depicting the location of America. A figure stands at the top of the planet representing European man, and opposite him stands another figure representing America ff. (2), 92. Scattered stains. Contemporary calf, upper cover with oval inlay with previous owner’s name gilt-tooled. 12mo Vinograd, Salonika 778

Salonika: Sa’adia Halevi Ashkenazi 1843

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $500

Rendered in Ladino, the work describes wondrous secrets regarding the nature of creation, the planet earth and events which took place among the Jews of Spain prior to their Expulsion