Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrant. Aniyah So’arah ["a stormy boat", translation in Hebrew and Yiddish of Bontekoe's stormy voyage to the East Indies in 1619]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(TRAVEL)

printer

Modechai Rabinstein

Place

Zolkiew

Publication

1802

Description

FIRST HEBREW AND YIDDISH EDITION.

summary

An account of a harrowing voyage to the East Indies in 1619. First published in Dutch in 1645 and details the "wonders of the Lord." See Mehlman (no. 1299) who suggests his copy is a unicum. Clearly not only is that obviously not the case, but unlike the Mehlman copy, the present copy offered here, includes the title-page.

ff. 30 (of 32 lacking ff. 2-3). Worn and stained, crude repair to title-page. Later boards. 8vo

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