Special Edition of La (Buena) Esperanza on the Occasion of its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1871-1896.

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

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

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Lot 225

(SMYRNA).

Special Edition of La (Buena) Esperanza on the Occasion of its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1871-1896.

Judeo-Español (Ladino) in Rashi script. Prefatory page in Osmanli (Turkish in Arabic characters). Frontispiece portrait of Editor Aaron de Joseph Chazan. On p. 25, handsome full-length portrait of R. Abraham Palache [son of R. Hayim Palache], Chief Rabbi of Smyrna. Appended full-page Hebrew genealogy of the distinguished Rabbinical Family Hazzan. pp. 60, (2). Frontis remargined, wanting pp. 47-48. Original gilt printed wrappers bound in archival boards. Folio. Yaar, Ladino 721.

Smyrna (Izmir): 1896

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

La (Buena) Esperanza was the central organ of the Smyrna community. This lavish special issue recounts the activities and achievements of the community over the previous quarter-century. See M. B. Lehmann, Ladino Rabbinic Literature & Ottoman Sephardic Culture (2004).