Lot 43
Volume of Ottoman Laws Related to Lands - Translations Handwritten by Adv. Shlomo Yehudah
كتاب احكام الأراضي, المتبعة في البلاد العربية المنفصلة عن السلطنة العثمانية, Jerusalem, 1923. Arabic.
A book compiling laws related to lands, "for the Arab countries that separated from the Ottoman Empire", from the estate of Adv. Shlomo Yehudah. Blank leaves are bound among the leaves; on some of them Adv. Yehudah added Hebrew translations of the Ottoman laws, by hand.
The translator, Adv. Shlomo Yehudah, was the son of Yitzchak Binyamin Yehezekl Yehudah (1863-1941), educator, translator, book seller and orientalist, who was engaged in the study of Jewish history and Arab culture.
[1] page, [1] portrait, 5, [1], 216, 226, [3] pp + about [50] handwritten pages, 22 cm. Fair-good condition. Several loose leaves and gatherings. Binding loose and worn, without spine, repaired with adhesive tape.
