Yitzchak Yeranein [liturgic poems and songs for children]. Edited by Raphael Yitzchak Altaras.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,300

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author

(LADINO).

printer

Israel Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1855

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew text with Ladino on ff. 12b-15b. Contains a poem in honor of the Rothschild family (f. 57b). Signature in Sephardic hand on title.

references

Vinograd, Jerusalem 83; Halevy, Jerusalem 54; Yari, Ladino 350; Sutton, Aleppo 51.

summary

THE FIRST LADINO WORK PUBLISHED IN JERUSALEM. In the introduction the Author records that the book was composed in Aleppo and is now published for the benefit of children enrolled in the Kahal Zion School of Jerusalem. The work is dedicated to the Author's wife. The Kahal Zion synagogue described by the author in the introduction is one of the four Sephardic synagogues that share a compound in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter.

Lightly stained, trace foxed, small paper repair to lower corner of final few leaves. Modern calf. 12mo.

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