Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Y. H. Ravnitzky – Manuscript of "Ibn Gabirol Poems"

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Poems by Shlomo Ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol, with proofreading notes and comments by H.N. Bialik and Y. H. Ravnitzky. Notebook handwritten by Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky [early 1920's]. First volume, non-religious poems.
Handwritten notebook, first volume draft of poems by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Gabirol, gathered according to books and manuscripts, arranged, proofread and commented on by Haim Nahman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky and published by "Dvir", Tel-Aviv-Berlin in 1924.
All of the notebook is handwritten by Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky and includes 31 poems, most of them not vowelized and with no comments and no interpretations. A handwritten title in the middle of the notebook reads: "Songs of honor and friendship to well-known people". [91] pp, 20 cm. Good condition.
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives