Five bound volumes of issues of the literary supplement to the newspaper "El Telegrafo" – "El Telegrafo, Edicion de Martes" (The Telegraph: Tuesday edition), edited by Isak son of Yehezkel Gabbay. Years 1-5 – 241 issues. Galata (Istanbul), 1888-1893. Ladino.
Five bound volumes of issues of the literary supplement to El Telegrafo, distributed on Tuesdays. The supplement, which began appearing in 1888, featured articles on various literary topics, serials, poems, and various items relating to culture and science (including a series of articles dedicated to the 1889 Paris World's Fair). Illustrations in some issues.
An additional supplement to El Telegrafo was published on Thursdays (titled "El Telegrafo, Edicion de Jueves"). According to Dov Cohen (see below), it is unclear whether the two supplements appeared concurrently or in different years.
241 issues, in five volumes. This is presumably an almost complete collection of the supplement's issues. The first volume, from 1888, is especially rare. Dov Cohen notes (based on the copies in the Yad Ben Zvi library): "We saw issues from vols. 2-5… the last one being: vol. 5 [year 16], no. 48, 26th Tishrei 1893" (the last issue in the present volumes is issue 47, 4th Tishrei 1893).

Little is known about the editor, Isak son of Yehezkel Gabbay (d. 1930 in Istanbul). Gabbay – a writer, journalist, editor and translator – was a member of a prominent Spanish family, son of Judge Yehezkel Gabbay, and brother of the writer Rosa Gabbay. His father founded the newspaper Journal Israelit (Cohen, no. 3549), which became the El Nasyonal (ibid, no. 3650), and eventually the El Telegraf (later El Telegrafo). Gabbay edited the paper, one of the most prominent amongst Ladino speakers in the Ottoman Empire, throughout most years of its publication; he was preceded by the prominent journalist David Fresco.

Issues:
• Vol. I (years 10-11 of the publication of the main edition of El Telegrafo), issue nos. 1-50 – 29th Nissan 1888 to 8th Nissan 1889. 398 pp. Lacking final leaf of issue no. 50. Includes title page and table of contents for entire volume.
• Vol. II (years 11-12 of the main edition), issue nos. 1-48 – 23rd Nissan 1889 to 11th Nissan 1890. 384 pp. Includes table of contents for entire volume.
• Vol. III (years 12-13 of main edition), issue nos. 1-48 – 25th Nissan 1890 to 12th Nissan 1891. 382 pp. Includes table of contents for entire volume.
• Vol. IV (years 13-14 of main edition), issue nos. 1-48 – 27th Nissan 1891 to 5th Sivan 1892. 384 pp.
• Vol. V (years 14-15 of main edition), issue nos. 1-47 – 19th Sivan 1892 to 4th Tishrei 1893. 376 pp.
See: • Dov Cohen, Thesaurus of Ladino Books, Yad Ben Zvi, 2021. No. 3575. • Moshe David Gaon, A Bibliography of the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) Press, Yad Ben Zvi, 1965, no. 117.

5 volumes, approx. 33.5 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains, including foxing and dampstains, some large. Closed and open tears, affecting text; long tears to some leaves (across leaf). Some tears (non-professionally) repaired with paper. Some leaves detached or loose. Loose gatherings in last volume (binding partially detached). Minor worming to some issues. Ottoman revenue stamps. Wear and defects to bindings. Four bindings incorporate original leather spines.