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Auction 49 · Lot 346
Ben Porath Yoseph al Sefath Ivrith
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
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author
ADLER, JOSEPH BEN SAMUEL
Place
Skatchan (near Nitra)
Publication
1857
Description
Manuscript on paper written in square and cursive Aschkenazic Hebrew script
summary
The manuscript begins with a lengthy philosophical poem entitled "Tephilath Socrates" (The Prayer of Socrates). This is followed by a poem of "Chastisement to Wicked People" and other poems pertaining to spiritual quests. Later poems concern themselves with Hebrew grammar, ethics as well as enigmatic riddles. The author, who was obviously a talented poet, states that he is a farmer in the village of Skatchan near Nitra
ff. 92. Few stains. Contemporary boards, worn and broken. 8vo
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