STEINSCHNEIDER, MORITZ. Mashal u-Melitzah: A Collection of Fables and Parables for the Use of Jewish Youth in the Eastern Countries. Compiled by Special Order of David Sassoon Esq., Bombay

(INDIAN JUDAICA)

Adolph Friedlander

Berlin

1861

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew with nikud (vowel points). Hebrew and English title pages. Ten full-page illustrations

Vinograd, Berlin 761

UNUSUAL BOOK BY STEINSCHNEIDER INTENDED FOR INDIAN JEWRY. Moritz Steinschneider, the great bibliographer, was not above producing children’s books as evidenced by the present charming volume. The Sassoon Family, whose legendary wealth accrued mainly from their textile mills and factories in India, were celebrated philanthropists who put their largesse to work for the benefit of the Indian Jewish community, providing them with religious schools, and in this case, textbooks. The progenitor of the family, David Sassoon (1792-1864) was born in Baghdad