Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Three Booklets on Purim – Ladino
Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
1. Igeret HaPurim. Salonika, 1800. LadiNo. At top of pages: "Sipur HaNes". Light changes of style from the Salonika 1764 edition. At end, parodist Hashkava of Haman the Wicked. Leaves 13 and 16 are not bound in their places.
2. Komplas Di Purim (Ladino poems), "They are printed here in Salonika, in 1821 and in Bilgoraj in 1861". Vienna, [1892], but it seems that it was actually printed in Izmir that same year. Mostly Ladino in Rashi script.
3. Komplas Di Purim, for recounter il ness di Purim [for telling the miracle of Purim], by Avraham Pis. Izmir, [1913]. Similar to Izmir 1865 edition. With a poem on last page: "Komplas for Purim in four languages [Hebrew, Greek, Turkish and Ladino] by Aharon Sasoon". Ladino in Rashi script. Includes the original title cover.
Varied size and condition. From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection – Ginzei Yisrael.
2. Komplas Di Purim (Ladino poems), "They are printed here in Salonika, in 1821 and in Bilgoraj in 1861". Vienna, [1892], but it seems that it was actually printed in Izmir that same year. Mostly Ladino in Rashi script.
3. Komplas Di Purim, for recounter il ness di Purim [for telling the miracle of Purim], by Avraham Pis. Izmir, [1913]. Similar to Izmir 1865 edition. With a poem on last page: "Komplas for Purim in four languages [Hebrew, Greek, Turkish and Ladino] by Aharon Sasoon". Ladino in Rashi script. Includes the original title cover.
Varied size and condition. From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection – Ginzei Yisrael.
Books Printed in the East
Books Printed in the East