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Auction 33 · Lot 89

(LADINO)

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$1,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Place

Salonika

Publication

v.d

Description

Collection of seven works bound in one volume. Tu bi-shevat. ff.7. Printed without a title page. Late 18th century. * chut ha-meshulas [Translation of Abraham Menachem Mendel Mohr’s biography of Napoleon III by Moshe Yaakov Iyash; With (from p. 29): David ben Moses Atias, “La Guerta de Oro” (the Golden Garden), on the purpose of money and reasons for war, together with fables and remedies]. pp. 40. 1857 [Vinograd, Salonica 892]. *ma’asiyoth [The story of Joseph Della Reina’s efforts to bring the Messiah, plus other stories concerning a spirit and the High Holy Days], ff. 20. 1847 [unknown bibliographically]. * Shlomo Shlomil ben Chaim. Shivchei Ha’Ari Ve-Maaseh Nissim [In praise of Isaac Luria]. ff. 10. 1812, [Vinograd, Salonica 601; not in Yaari]. * shivchei ha-tanaim [Tales of the Tanaim], ff. 12. 1816 [unknown bibliographically]. * meshalim de shlomo ha-melech, ff. 24. 1828 [Unknown bibliographically]. * avodath beith ha-shem [Prayers extracted from the controversial Chemdath Ha-Yamim]. ff. [1], 39, lacking f. 32, f. 33 taped and crudely repaired with some loss of text. 1772 [Vinograd, Salonica 342]

summary

A collection of rare Ladino works, many unrecorded by Yaari, Vinograd or other relevant bibliographies
Old calf-backed boards, rubbed and chipped. 12mo
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