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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
"The sounds of mirth and rejoicing…" - handwritten, decorated sonnet in honor of the wedding of David Avraham ben Shimshon Chai and Simcha Malka bat Yehuda Avraham Yisrael Morpurgo. [Italy, ca. 19th century].
The handwritten page is decorated with a floral border and stamped designs of vases and plants. At the top of the page is an introduction in Italian semi-cursive script. thereafter follows a sonnet in honor of the groom. The sonnet is signed: "from the mouth of babes".
The father of the groom may possibly be the wealthy philanthropist Shimshon Chai of Ancona who lived in Pesaro. Yehuda Avraham Morpurgo was listed among the signatories of Sefer Chaim Va'Chessed (R. Chaim Yitzchak Moussafia, Livorno, 1844) as a resident of Ancona. See enclosed material.
39X27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and small tears at margins. Folding creases. Several small ink corrosion holes.
The handwritten page is decorated with a floral border and stamped designs of vases and plants. At the top of the page is an introduction in Italian semi-cursive script. thereafter follows a sonnet in honor of the groom. The sonnet is signed: "from the mouth of babes".
The father of the groom may possibly be the wealthy philanthropist Shimshon Chai of Ancona who lived in Pesaro. Yehuda Avraham Morpurgo was listed among the signatories of Sefer Chaim Va'Chessed (R. Chaim Yitzchak Moussafia, Livorno, 1844) as a resident of Ancona. See enclosed material.
39X27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and small tears at margins. Folding creases. Several small ink corrosion holes.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten sonnet in memory of "the honored elder, humble and worthy, R. David Galiko", by R. David Avraham Chai. [Ancona, 19th century].
Square vowelized handwriting. Sonnet (14 lines), beginning with "Everything has its time, in the words of the scholar (King Solomon)…"
The sonnet was written in honor of the son of the deceased, "the honored young man… Yaakov Yisrael Galiko". It is signed: "These are the words of David… The young David Avraham Chai Set". The author is evidently R. David Avraham Chai Vivanti, rabbi of Ancona (see enclosed material).
43X28 cm. High quality paper. Good condition. Stains; slight wear at margins. Folding creases.
Square vowelized handwriting. Sonnet (14 lines), beginning with "Everything has its time, in the words of the scholar (King Solomon)…"
The sonnet was written in honor of the son of the deceased, "the honored young man… Yaakov Yisrael Galiko". It is signed: "These are the words of David… The young David Avraham Chai Set". The author is evidently R. David Avraham Chai Vivanti, rabbi of Ancona (see enclosed material).
43X28 cm. High quality paper. Good condition. Stains; slight wear at margins. Folding creases.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
* Poem in honor of the dedication of the new building of the Talmud Torah in the city of Ferrara, 4th of Kislev 1838, by "Yehuda Aryeh son of R. Yissachar Reggio". Five long stanzas.
3 large handwritten leaves, approx. 41X54 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and folding creases.
Three large leaves, with handwritten poems. Italy, 19th century:
* Poem in honor of a dedication of a new Torah scroll, to "Chevrat Banim S'mechim", of the Vercelli community (Italy), [1818]. 24 stanzas.
* Another handwritten leaf with the aforementioned poem, in a different handwriting, with slight variations.
3 large handwritten leaves, approx. 41X54 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and folding creases.
Three large leaves, with handwritten poems. Italy, 19th century:
* Poem in honor of a dedication of a new Torah scroll, to "Chevrat Banim S'mechim", of the Vercelli community (Italy), [1818]. 24 stanzas.
* Another handwritten leaf with the aforementioned poem, in a different handwriting, with slight variations.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
* Handwritten pamphlet, song in honor of a hachnasat sefer Torah in a Rotterdam synagogue, by "Shmuel, called Zenvil son of Avraham Amringa of Rotterdam". 1767. Four-leaf (7 written pages) pamphlet. Square cursive Ashkenazi script.
* Handwritten leaf, poems for the wedding and dedication of a Sefer Torah in honor of the wedding of the groom Moshe Chaim son of Asher Fano of Modena with the bride Firla daughter of Yosef Chai Nachman (Konsolo) of Ancona. Autographic writing with erasures and corrections. [Modena, 1781]. [1] leaf ([2] pages). These poems were printed that same year in Modena under the title Shir U'Shevachot. Another leaf was printed in honor of the same event titled Kol Rina V'Yeshua. See Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, no. 156446.
* Handwritten leaf, written on both sides - song in honor of a hachnasat Sefer Torah in Nijmegen (Holland), by "Efraim bar Yoel Bechhofen". 1789. Square cursive Ashkenazi writing. [1] leaf ([2] pages).
* Handwritten leaf, song for hachnasat Sefer Torah, by "R. Nachman Shlomo". [Italy], Sukkot 1813. [1] page.
* Handwritten pamphlet, Zivchei Tzedek - poem in honor of a hachnasat Sefer Torah in the Casale Monferrato (Italy) community, 1827. Four-leaf pamphlet (7 written pages). Authored and written in Alessandria by "Matitya of the HaLevi family…".
* Handwritten leaf, poem for hachnasat Sefer Torah donated by "…Eliyahu Segari and his sons and grandchildren". [Italy, ca. 19th century].
* Handwritten leaf, poem in honor of the dedication of a synagogue. [Italy, ca. 19th century]. Names of officials mentioned at the end: "R. Yehuda Chaim Voltira", "The wealthy Yirmiya Peretz", "The wealthy Ya'akov Lampronti", "Yedidya Tzoref". [1] leaf ([2] pages).
* Handwritten leaf, poem in honor of a donor of a Sefer Torah, "R. Yonatan son of the late Yehuda HaLevi". Mondovi (Piedmont region, Italy), 1879. Author's signature: "Yeshaya HaLevi".
* Two leaves of a handwritten pamphlet, hachnasat Sefer Torah of the Neve Shalom society. [The Netherlands], 1867. The leaves include the Hebrew title page, the Dutch title page with a Dutch text on its verso. [2] leaves ([3] pages).
9 handwritten items, size and condition vary.
* Handwritten leaf, poems for the wedding and dedication of a Sefer Torah in honor of the wedding of the groom Moshe Chaim son of Asher Fano of Modena with the bride Firla daughter of Yosef Chai Nachman (Konsolo) of Ancona. Autographic writing with erasures and corrections. [Modena, 1781]. [1] leaf ([2] pages). These poems were printed that same year in Modena under the title Shir U'Shevachot. Another leaf was printed in honor of the same event titled Kol Rina V'Yeshua. See Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, no. 156446.
* Handwritten leaf, written on both sides - song in honor of a hachnasat Sefer Torah in Nijmegen (Holland), by "Efraim bar Yoel Bechhofen". 1789. Square cursive Ashkenazi writing. [1] leaf ([2] pages).
* Handwritten leaf, song for hachnasat Sefer Torah, by "R. Nachman Shlomo". [Italy], Sukkot 1813. [1] page.
* Handwritten pamphlet, Zivchei Tzedek - poem in honor of a hachnasat Sefer Torah in the Casale Monferrato (Italy) community, 1827. Four-leaf pamphlet (7 written pages). Authored and written in Alessandria by "Matitya of the HaLevi family…".
* Handwritten leaf, poem for hachnasat Sefer Torah donated by "…Eliyahu Segari and his sons and grandchildren". [Italy, ca. 19th century].
* Handwritten leaf, poem in honor of the dedication of a synagogue. [Italy, ca. 19th century]. Names of officials mentioned at the end: "R. Yehuda Chaim Voltira", "The wealthy Yirmiya Peretz", "The wealthy Ya'akov Lampronti", "Yedidya Tzoref". [1] leaf ([2] pages).
* Handwritten leaf, poem in honor of a donor of a Sefer Torah, "R. Yonatan son of the late Yehuda HaLevi". Mondovi (Piedmont region, Italy), 1879. Author's signature: "Yeshaya HaLevi".
* Two leaves of a handwritten pamphlet, hachnasat Sefer Torah of the Neve Shalom society. [The Netherlands], 1867. The leaves include the Hebrew title page, the Dutch title page with a Dutch text on its verso. [2] leaves ([3] pages).
9 handwritten items, size and condition vary.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $600
Unsold
Ketubah for the marriage of Chaim Yal Yosef Matzliach, son of Rabbi Elisha Yoel Macalai, and Emilia, daughter of Moshe Piatza. Ancona, Adar 1888.
Handwritten on vellum and decorated with a frame of foliage, fruit and flowers, typical of ketubot from Ancona from the period. Witness's signatures: Shlomo Moshe MeAdumim, Hizkiyah of Firgola.
Length: 56 cm, width: 34.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Some stains and creases. Some color erasures.
Handwritten on vellum and decorated with a frame of foliage, fruit and flowers, typical of ketubot from Ancona from the period. Witness's signatures: Shlomo Moshe MeAdumim, Hizkiyah of Firgola.
Length: 56 cm, width: 34.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Some stains and creases. Some color erasures.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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![Manuscript, Passover Hagaddah. [Italy, 19th century].
Square vowelized script, with decorations in several places. The text](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/214_1.jpg "Manuscript - Passover Hagaddah - Italy, 19th Century - Illustrations a")
![Manuscript, Passover Hagaddah. [Italy, 19th century].
Square vowelized script, with decorations in several places. The text](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/214_2.jpg "Manuscript - Passover Hagaddah - Italy, 19th Century - Illustrations a")
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, Passover Hagaddah. [Italy, 19th century].
Square vowelized script, with decorations in several places. The text of the Hagaddah is written in the center of the pages, with wide margins, evidently for future decoration. The first page is framed with a decorative frame, topped by the Tables of the Law (the decoration of the page is incomplete). Page [6b] contains a colorful border for the ten plagues, with space left for illustrations. Page [8b] contains illustrations of Matzah and Marror (bitter herbs). Page 10a contains decorative borders and columns, with Italian instructions (in Hebrew lettering) for the simanim of the Seder. The end of the Hagaddah contains the piyyutim "Adir Hu", "Echad Mi Yodea", and "Chad Gadya". The colophon on the final page states: "Completed… by Shlomo ben Shmuel Levi".
[18] leaves. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Wine and food stains. Several detached pages. Original cardboard binding; damaged.
Square vowelized script, with decorations in several places. The text of the Hagaddah is written in the center of the pages, with wide margins, evidently for future decoration. The first page is framed with a decorative frame, topped by the Tables of the Law (the decoration of the page is incomplete). Page [6b] contains a colorful border for the ten plagues, with space left for illustrations. Page [8b] contains illustrations of Matzah and Marror (bitter herbs). Page 10a contains decorative borders and columns, with Italian instructions (in Hebrew lettering) for the simanim of the Seder. The end of the Hagaddah contains the piyyutim "Adir Hu", "Echad Mi Yodea", and "Chad Gadya". The colophon on the final page states: "Completed… by Shlomo ben Shmuel Levi".
[18] leaves. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Wine and food stains. Several detached pages. Original cardboard binding; damaged.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, explanations of Hebrew words according to the laws of Hebrew grammar, from the Parshiyot of the Torah. Various texts in Hebrew and Italian. [Italy, ca. 17th century].
Original composition, handwritten by the author.
Leaf [10] contains the text of a letter for a woman wishing to beg forgiveness from her father: "A prayer for a poor woman… I said I would confess my sins to…and he would forgive them… I know that a father has mercy on his children…he will have mercy on me and cleanse me of my sins and have mercy on his maidservant…"
[30] leaves, (20 written). 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Dampstains and mold marks. Tears to several pages, without damage to text. Several tears have been repaired. Slight worming. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Original composition, handwritten by the author.
Leaf [10] contains the text of a letter for a woman wishing to beg forgiveness from her father: "A prayer for a poor woman… I said I would confess my sins to…and he would forgive them… I know that a father has mercy on his children…he will have mercy on me and cleanse me of my sins and have mercy on his maidservant…"
[30] leaves, (20 written). 18.5 cm. Fair condition. Dampstains and mold marks. Tears to several pages, without damage to text. Several tears have been repaired. Slight worming. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Unsold
Manuscript, "Pinkas Hadikduk" (grammar notebook) - composition on Hebrew grammar. Casale Monferrato, Italy, 1726. Judeo-Italian interspersed with many Hebrew words and terms.
Handsome Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script. Includes explanations and examples in Italian of Hebrew tenses, pronunciation, and more. The first four pages of the manuscript contain many inscriptions and scribbles, including several ownership inscriptions, some partially crossed out: "This grammar book belongs to me, Rephael David Ashkenazi, Casale, 1726". A further listing reads: "Rabbi Baki", evidently a family member of the well-known Kabbalist R. Shimshon Baki of Casale, teacher of the Rabach, who passed away in 1691.
[29] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear (mostly to the margins), and a few tears. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection
Handsome Italian Hebrew semi-cursive script. Includes explanations and examples in Italian of Hebrew tenses, pronunciation, and more. The first four pages of the manuscript contain many inscriptions and scribbles, including several ownership inscriptions, some partially crossed out: "This grammar book belongs to me, Rephael David Ashkenazi, Casale, 1726". A further listing reads: "Rabbi Baki", evidently a family member of the well-known Kabbalist R. Shimshon Baki of Casale, teacher of the Rabach, who passed away in 1691.
[29] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear (mostly to the margins), and a few tears. New binding. Bookplate.
Provenance: Toaff family collection
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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![Manuscript, "Pleas (techinot) to Recite at the Cemetery". [Italy, ca. 18th century].
Square Italian Hebrew script.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/217_1.jpg "Ornamented Manuscript - Pleas to Recite at the Cemetery - Italy, 18th")
![Manuscript, "Pleas (techinot) to Recite at the Cemetery". [Italy, ca. 18th century].
Square Italian Hebrew script.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/217_2.jpg "Ornamented Manuscript - Pleas to Recite at the Cemetery - Italy, 18th")
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $900
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, "Pleas (techinot) to Recite at the Cemetery". [Italy, ca. 18th century].
Square Italian Hebrew script. Part is written in red ink and part in black ink. The last leaf ends with a floral ornamentation.
[12] leaves (and three blank leaves). 19 cm. Fair condition. Heavy worming, primarily to the first leaves and to the inner binding. Stains. Contemporary cardboard binding.
Square Italian Hebrew script. Part is written in red ink and part in black ink. The last leaf ends with a floral ornamentation.
[12] leaves (and three blank leaves). 19 cm. Fair condition. Heavy worming, primarily to the first leaves and to the inner binding. Stains. Contemporary cardboard binding.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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![Manuscript, prayers and blessings for women. [Italy, ca. first half of the 19th century].
Square vowelized script, with Ital](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/218.jpg "Manuscript of Women's Prayers - Italy, 19th Century")
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, prayers and blessings for women. [Italy, ca. first half of the 19th century].
Square vowelized script, with Italian instructions.
Prayers for women during "libun", prayers before and after immersion in the mikveh (including blessings after immersion), prayers for pregnancy and childbirth, and blessings and prayers for candle lighting and separating Challah.
The blank pages at the beginning and end of the manuscript contain many inscriptions, including the name "Ester Foa" many times, as well as the date 1828.
[27] leaves. 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. A few tears and wear. New binding.
Square vowelized script, with Italian instructions.
Prayers for women during "libun", prayers before and after immersion in the mikveh (including blessings after immersion), prayers for pregnancy and childbirth, and blessings and prayers for candle lighting and separating Challah.
The blank pages at the beginning and end of the manuscript contain many inscriptions, including the name "Ester Foa" many times, as well as the date 1828.
[27] leaves. 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. A few tears and wear. New binding.
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Italian Jewry - Manuscripts, Printed Leaves and Books
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![Manuscript of prayers and blessings for women, with Seder Kabbalat Shabbat. [18th or early 19th century].
Title page decorat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/219_1.jpg "Manuscript - Prayers and Proper Conduct for Women - Italy, 18th/19th C")
![Manuscript of prayers and blessings for women, with Seder Kabbalat Shabbat. [18th or early 19th century].
Title page decorat](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale57-public/219_2.jpg "Manuscript - Prayers and Proper Conduct for Women - Italy, 18th/19th C")
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript of prayers and blessings for women, with Seder Kabbalat Shabbat. [18th or early 19th century].
Title page decorated with four small flowers and one large flower surrounded by the title: "Conduct for Erev Shabbat, prayer for pregnant women, prayer during childbirth and Birchat Challah". Square vowelized Italian script. Each page enclosed in a border.
The manuscript includes: blessings for candle lighting on the eve of Shabbat and holidays, blessings for separating Challah, blessings for immersing in the mikveh, proper conduct for Erev Shabbat - including "Lecha Dodi" and the psalms "Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbat" and "Hashem Malach", prayers for pregnant women, and prayers to be said during childbirth.
Original binding. On the back cover is a piece of red leather with gold embossing: "Ester Coen in Tedesco".
[15] pages. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Several tears. Damage and wear to binding.
Title page decorated with four small flowers and one large flower surrounded by the title: "Conduct for Erev Shabbat, prayer for pregnant women, prayer during childbirth and Birchat Challah". Square vowelized Italian script. Each page enclosed in a border.
The manuscript includes: blessings for candle lighting on the eve of Shabbat and holidays, blessings for separating Challah, blessings for immersing in the mikveh, proper conduct for Erev Shabbat - including "Lecha Dodi" and the psalms "Mizmor Shir LeYom HaShabbat" and "Hashem Malach", prayers for pregnant women, and prayers to be said during childbirth.
Original binding. On the back cover is a piece of red leather with gold embossing: "Ester Coen in Tedesco".
[15] pages. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Several tears. Damage and wear to binding.
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
"Me'on HaShoalim, by the sage R. Moshe Moshe Rieti "; contains: Barchi Nafshi - Tochecha (reproach) by R. Bechaye, Vidui Gadol by Rabbeinu Nissim, Seder HaAvodah according to Sephardi rites, translated into Italian by Devorà Ascarelli; and two poems by Devorà Ascarelli. Venice: Daniel Zanetti, [1601].
Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. The head title, Me'on HaSho'alim is named after a piyyut by this title which appears at the beginning of the book.
The translator, Devorà Ascarelli, born in Rome, translated the poem of Tochecha by Rabbeinu Bechaye and the subsequent sections from Hebrew to Italian. She added two Italian poems (sonnets) which she herself wrote to the book.
Her name is noted on the title page as the translator and at the end of the book an anonymous poem was added in her honor. This book is the only source of information about the poet Devorà Ascarelli. From this book, we can learn that her husband was called Yosef and that she resided in Rome. No other details are known of this woman.
Incomplete copy. 1-8, 10-15, 17-19, 22-14, 26-29, [2] leaves (originally: 29, [2] leaves. Lacking leaves 9, 16, 20-21, 25). The lacking leaves have been replaced with photocopies. 13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Contemporary damaged binding. Ownership inscriptions.
Rare. NLI possesses only a photocopy.
Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. The head title, Me'on HaSho'alim is named after a piyyut by this title which appears at the beginning of the book.
The translator, Devorà Ascarelli, born in Rome, translated the poem of Tochecha by Rabbeinu Bechaye and the subsequent sections from Hebrew to Italian. She added two Italian poems (sonnets) which she herself wrote to the book.
Her name is noted on the title page as the translator and at the end of the book an anonymous poem was added in her honor. This book is the only source of information about the poet Devorà Ascarelli. From this book, we can learn that her husband was called Yosef and that she resided in Rome. No other details are known of this woman.
Incomplete copy. 1-8, 10-15, 17-19, 22-14, 26-29, [2] leaves (originally: 29, [2] leaves. Lacking leaves 9, 16, 20-21, 25). The lacking leaves have been replaced with photocopies. 13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Contemporary damaged binding. Ownership inscriptions.
Rare. NLI possesses only a photocopy.
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