Safah Berurah [Biblical, Mishnaic and Talmudic dictionary]

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

HANNOVER, NATHAN NATA.

printer

Moses Mendes Countinho

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1701

Description

Second edition. Title within architectural arch. The Judah A. Joffe copy (with his annotations)

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 733

summary

A dictionary of five languages: Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Italian and Latin. All appear transliterated into Hebrew characters. This edition with the first appearance of French. An important source for research into the Hebrew and Yiddish used in the author’s time (d. 1683)

ff. (1), 31. Few leaves taped and remargined, trimmed and lightly worn. Recent boards. Sm. 4to

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