Even Saphir [travel]. Part I: On the lives of Jews in Egypt and Yemen. Part II: On the lives of Jews in India, Singapore, Java, Australia and New Zealand. Two parts in two volumes

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SAPHIR, JACOB

Even Saphir [travel]. Part I: On the lives of Jews in Egypt and Yemen. Part II: On the lives of Jews in India, Singapore, Java, Australia and New Zealand. Two parts in two volumes

FIRST EDITION. Signed by the Author on f.(2v.) of vol I. THE TZVI HIRSCH FERBER COPY, signed and inscribed by him on f. (3r.) of vol. I and on f.(2r.) of vol. II I: ff. (10),111. Stained, trace marginal worming. II: ff. (5),236. Stained in places. Recent boards. 8vo Friedberg, Aleph 163

Lyck-Mainz: L. Silbermann-J. Brill 1866-1874

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $800

Charitable emissary of Jerusalem , Jacob Saphir embarked in 1856 on a lengthy journey to rarely visited, distant Jewries. He was especially interested in the religious and cultural aspects of the life of the Jews of Yemen and a large part of the first volume is devoted to a description of their social manners and customs. In the second volume, Saphir presents a detailed account of the Jews of Australia and India. Of particular interest is his survey of the Bene Israel sect and of the communites of Jews in the Malabar province of southern India