Evreisko-Russki Slovar [Russian-Hebrew / Hebrew-Russian dictionary]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(RUSSIA).

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M. Ettingera

Place

St. Petersburg

Publication

1859-60

Description

FIRST EDITION. Prepared by Leon Mandelstam. Three vols. bound here complete in two volumes.

summary

The first Russian-Hebrew / Hebrew-Russian dictionary. Successor to Max Lilienthal in the Russian Government’s Ministry of Education, Leon Mandelstamm (1819-89) attempted to enforce Haskalah influence, by way of secular education, upon Russian Jewry.

pp. (2), 524, (2); 323, (24); 933. Ex-library, foxed. Modern boards. Thick 8vo.

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