"Eisheth Chayil"

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $350

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author

(WOMEN)

Place

Lisbon

Publication

1918

Description

Manuscript written in fully vocalized Hebrew with interlinear Portuguese translation. Scribe's name is illegible. Dedication on first leaf in Portuguese and Hebrew: "To my Precious and Noble Friend, Senhor Haim Ha-Levi bar Haham, Dedicated to his Wife...Dona Judith Seguerra Levi."

summary

Charmingly penned ode from the Book of Proverbs, sung by a husband to his wife, Sabbath Eve

ff. (6), (2 blanks). Black ink on weighted paper. Wrappers. 8vo

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