Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Beta Israel" Prayers - Falashas - Paris, 1877

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"Seder Tefilot HaFalashim, copied from Geez into Hebrew by Joseph Halevy". Paris, 1877. Hebrew and Ge'ez, with a title page in French.
Prayers of Ethiopian Jews, by the Falashi author Zerubavel ben Ya'akov. Gathered and translated by Halevy during his journey there in 1867 on behalf of Alliance Israélite Universelle. [2], 28, 58 pp, 20 cm. Fair condition. Detached cover. Detached leaves. Open tears at margins of leaves and covers.
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