Ithiel HaKushi MeVenezia / Othello the Moor of Venice by Shakspeare [sic!]. Translated into Hebrew by J. E. Salkinson. Edited by Peretz Smolenskin.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $500

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author

SHAKESPEARE, WILLLIAM.

printer

Spitzer & Holzwarth Jun.

Place

Vienna

Publication

1874

Description

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Titles in Hebrew and English.

summary

THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF ANY OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS INTO THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. Smolenskin writes in the the introduction: “Shakespeare’s plays in the Holy Tongue! …what a great prize the translator of these plays has brought into the treasure-house of our [Hebrew] language.” See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 1262-3.

pp. 35, (1), 298 (i. e. 198), (2). Brittle. English title detached. Later boards. 8vo.

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