FARHI, ISAAC. Marpe La’Etzem [ethics]. On title, Hebrew signature of former owner: "HaTza'ir Shelomo Safdeyé" (see below.) ff. 92. * Bound with: FARHI, ISAAC. Musar Haskel [ethics]. Judeo-Espanol (Ladino). ff. 20.

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FARHI, ISAAC. Marpe La’Etzem [ethics]. On title, Hebrew signature of former owner: "HaTza'ir Shelomo Safdeyé" (see below.) ff. 92. * Bound with: FARHI, ISAAC. Musar Haskel [ethics]. Judeo-Espanol (Ladino). ff. 20.

Two works bound in one volume. Copy of the Chief Rabbi of Aleppo. Light stains. Contemporary calf-backed boards, distressed. 8vo Vinograd, Constantinople 684 and 683

Constantinople: Arab Oglu & Sons 1830

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
R. Shelomo Safdeyé (d. 1904) served as Chief Rabbi of Aleppo. The Rabbi's burial place in Tedef, near Aleppo, was venerated by Jews and Arabs alike. See D. Sutton, Aleppo: City of Scholars (2005), pp. 293-4, no. 469.