Macbeth. Translated into Hebrew by Isaac Barb from the German version of Friedrich von Schiller
AUCTION 43 |
Thursday, April 02nd,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 213
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
Macbeth. Translated into Hebrew by Isaac Barb from the German version of Friedrich von Schiller
Drohobycz [Galicia]: Zupnik & Knoller 1883
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
FIRST HEBREW EDITION OF MACBETH
In his learned Word to the Reader, Alexander Halevi Langbank of Jaroslav, Galicia, provides interesting historical backdrop to this enterprise, explaining that as there did not exist in Hebrew a dramatic tradition as in other languages, understandably, the first Hebrew plays were perforce translations from other literatures