Pirke Avot / Livro de moral cudia [“Book of Jewish Morals”: Ethics of the Fathers]. Translation and commentary by Nisim Behar

Estimate: $150–$200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ETHICS OF THE FATHERS)

printer

Güler Basimevi

Place

(Istanbul)

Publication

1954

Description

Hebrew with nikud (vowel points) and Judeo-Espanol (Ladino) translation face `a face. Judeo-Espanol in Latin characters

summary

For centuries, Judeo-Espanol or Ladino was conveyed in Hebrew characters. Paralleling Ataturk’s conversion of Turkish from Arabic (Osmanli) to Latin characters in the 1920s, Turkish Jews began to publish Judeo-Espanol in Latin characters. See EJ, Vol. XV, col. 1461

pp. 71. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 4to

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