Lot 510
Poesies - Piyutim in Provincial-Jewish and the Piyut Chad Gadya - With French Translation by Caesar of Brazil - Avignon, 1891
Poesies, Hebraice-Provencales du Rituel Israelite Comtadin [Poems, Provincial- Jewish], copied and translated by Dom Pedro II d'Alcantara - the Caesar of Brazil. Avignon, 1891.
Three piyutim (liturgical poetry) of Southern-France Jewish communities, in Hebrew and Provincial Jewish, and the poem Chad Gadya, with French translation.
The translator is Caesar Pedro the II (1825-1891), who was crowned at age 5 and served in this position for more than 58 years. Learned and expert in many languages (including Hebrew, Chinese, Sanskrit, Greek, Aramaic, Occitan [ancient language from Southern-France, on which Provincial-Jewish is based] etc,). The Caesar translated the book and published it in the last year of his life while staying in France, after being expelled from his country after a military revolt in 1889.
XIII; 59, [1] page. 15.5 cm. Good condition, dry and brittle paper.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
