Die Juden und die Slawischen Sprachen / HaYehudim U’Sephath HaSlavim

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

HARKAVY, ABRAHAM ELIJAH (ALBERT).

printer

Romm

Place

Vilna

Publication

1867

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Friedberg, Y-313

summary

The Author contends that the Jews lingua franca was Slavic and not until the 17th-century did they change to Yiddish. Harkavy amassed a wealth of material in this regard, demonstrating Jews' familiarity and interaction with the Slavic languages through the ages.

pp. (8), 136. Lightly foxed, ex-library. Contemporary boards, front cover detached. 8vo

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