Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
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Two Illustrated Ladino Study Books – Thessaloniki, 1925/1931
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Two illustrated books for the study of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). Thessaloniki: Ovadia S. Naar, 1925/1931. Rashi script (headings in square script).
1. Silabario judeo-español y primo libro de lectura [Judeo-Spanish study book, first reader]. [Thessaloniki]: published by Ovadia Naar, Ecler press, [ca. 1925].
From p. 19 onwards – Primo libro de lectura, a reader with a variety of texts in Ladino (presumably by Yaakov son of Eliyahu HaKohen, who published the book Lecturas Diversas in Thessaloniki ca. 1890).
In the 1920s and 1930s, Ovadia S. Naar published several editions of a textbook for the study of Ladino (with different content), sometimes using the same title page for several editions. The present book is the ca. 1925 edition, with the title page of the ca. 1920 edition. See: Dov Cohen, Thesaurus of the Ladino Book 1490-1960, Jerusalem 2022, listing nos. 2734, 2736 and 2737.
32 pp. (including wrappers), 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor dampstains. Creases. Small wormhole through all leaves (with minute damage to text). Pinholes and some minor closed and open tears to edges (not affecting text), repaired in part. Lower margins trimmed unevenly. With new paper wrappers.
2. Nuevo silabario español, metod prática y moderna por el enseñamiento dela lingua judeo-española [New Spanish study book. Practical and Modern Method for the Study of Judeo-Spanish]. Thessaloniki: Ovadia S. Naar, 1931.
From p. 22 onwards – Segunda parte y primo libro de lectura, texts on various topics. Printed based on the Thessaloniki 1929 edition. See: Dov Cohen, Thesaurus of Ladino Books 1490-1960, Jerusalem 2022, listing nos. 2738-2739.
Inked stamp on the back wrapper – Offenbach Archival Depot (warehouse of the U.S. Army in the town of Offenbach am Main in the American sector of Germany, where millions of books, manuscripts and documents looted by the Germans during WWII were collected. Some were later returned to their previous owners, while others were sent to various libraries and collections around the world).
[40] pp., approx. 20 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Inked stamps on wrappers. New card binding (bound with original wrappers).
1. Silabario judeo-español y primo libro de lectura [Judeo-Spanish study book, first reader]. [Thessaloniki]: published by Ovadia Naar, Ecler press, [ca. 1925].
From p. 19 onwards – Primo libro de lectura, a reader with a variety of texts in Ladino (presumably by Yaakov son of Eliyahu HaKohen, who published the book Lecturas Diversas in Thessaloniki ca. 1890).
In the 1920s and 1930s, Ovadia S. Naar published several editions of a textbook for the study of Ladino (with different content), sometimes using the same title page for several editions. The present book is the ca. 1925 edition, with the title page of the ca. 1920 edition. See: Dov Cohen, Thesaurus of the Ladino Book 1490-1960, Jerusalem 2022, listing nos. 2734, 2736 and 2737.
32 pp. (including wrappers), 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor dampstains. Creases. Small wormhole through all leaves (with minute damage to text). Pinholes and some minor closed and open tears to edges (not affecting text), repaired in part. Lower margins trimmed unevenly. With new paper wrappers.
2. Nuevo silabario español, metod prática y moderna por el enseñamiento dela lingua judeo-española [New Spanish study book. Practical and Modern Method for the Study of Judeo-Spanish]. Thessaloniki: Ovadia S. Naar, 1931.
From p. 22 onwards – Segunda parte y primo libro de lectura, texts on various topics. Printed based on the Thessaloniki 1929 edition. See: Dov Cohen, Thesaurus of Ladino Books 1490-1960, Jerusalem 2022, listing nos. 2738-2739.
Inked stamp on the back wrapper – Offenbach Archival Depot (warehouse of the U.S. Army in the town of Offenbach am Main in the American sector of Germany, where millions of books, manuscripts and documents looted by the Germans during WWII were collected. Some were later returned to their previous owners, while others were sent to various libraries and collections around the world).
[40] pp., approx. 20 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Inked stamps on wrappers. New card binding (bound with original wrappers).
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