Yehudah Leib Ben-Zev. Chochmath Yehoshua Ben Sira. Translated from the Greek into Hebrew, Aramaic and Judeo-German, with an original introduction and commentary.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL).

printer

Konigl. Preus. Stadt Buch Druckeren

Place

Breslau

Publication

1798

Description

First edition of translation. THE SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH COPY, with his signature and stamp of his son Julius on the title-page, stamp with the initials “SRH” on first leaf.

references

Vinograd, Breslau 21 (no copy in JNUL).

summary

Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) was the foremost Rabbinic leader in Germany. The existence of the Aprocryphal work of ethics “The Wisdom of Ben Sira” in Rabbiner Hirsch’s library is a testament to his broad reading and wide range of scholarly interests.

ff. (10), 125, (1). Browned, additional signature removed from front pastedown. Contemporary calf, worn, boards detached. 8vo.

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