Galuth Yehudah [Italian dictionary of the difficult words in the Bible, Haggadda of Passover and Pirkei Avot]

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MODENA, LEON DE

Galuth Yehudah [Italian dictionary of the difficult words in the Bible, Haggadda of Passover and Pirkei Avot]

FIRST EDITION Quarto.ff. 113 [1]. In Hebrew and Italian. Elaborate tooling with some gilt, rubbed and chipped. Vinograd Venice,1069

Venice: Giacomo Sarzina 1612

Est: $1,000 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Unlike usual dictionaries which are in alphabetical order, this work follows the order of the Bible and the other works in order to facilitate understnding of these works for the aspring student. With Hebrew and Italian poetry By the author’s son, Mordecai (Marc Antonio).