Ashmath Shomron.

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 195

MAPU, ABRAHAM.

Ashmath Shomron.

Translated into Judeo-Arabic by Yitzhak ibn Yaakov Mamo. Issued with out a title-page. pp. 142, (2). Browned, final leaves torn affecting some text. Contemporary boards, upper cover broken. 4to.

Tunis: Ussan Pere et Fils circa 1900

Est: $800 - $1,000

An historical novel of ancient Israel set in the time of Isaiah. Lithuanian-born Abraham Mapu (1808-67) the “creator of the modern Hebrew novel” (EJ, XI, 932) served as a literary inspiration to the nascent Zionist movement. This Judeo-Arabic edition is an indication of the spread of modern Haskallah ideas across the Jewish world.