Ashmath Shomron.

Estimate: $800–$1,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

MAPU, ABRAHAM.

printer

Ussan Pere et Fils

Place

Tunis

Publication

circa 1900

Description

Translated into Judeo-Arabic by Yitzhak ibn Yaakov Mamo. Issued with out a title-page.

summary

An historical novel of ancient Israel set in the time of Isaiah. Lithuanian-born Abraham Mapu (1808-67) the “creator of the modern Hebrew novel” (EJ, XI, 932) served as a literary inspiration to the nascent Zionist movement. This Judeo-Arabic edition is an indication of the spread of modern Haskallah ideas across the Jewish world.

pp. 142, (2). Browned, final leaves torn affecting some text. Contemporary boards, upper cover broken. 4to.

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