Ithiel HaKushi MeVenezia / Othello the Moor of Venice by Shakspeare [sic!]. Translated into Hebrew by J.E. Salkinson. Edited by Peretz Smolenskin

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $600

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author

SHAKESPEARE, WILLLIAM

printer

Spitzer & Holzwarth Jun.

Place

Vienna

Publication

1874

Description

FIRST HEBREW EDITION

summary

THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF ANY OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS INTO THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. Smolenskin writes in the the introduction: “Shakespeare’s plays in the Holy Tongue!...what a great prize the translator of these plays has brought into the treasure-house of our [Hebrew] language.” See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols.1262-3

pp. 35, (1), 298 (i.e. 198), (2). Lightly browned. Old tape repairs on pp.143-146 and final leaf, inscriptions. Modern boards. 8vo

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