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Lot #
5113
Auction End Date
7/15/2003 11:08:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Me'am Lo'ez, Volume II, Part II
Title (Hebrew)
מעם לועז, שמות ח'ב
Author
[First Ed. - Ladino] R. Jacob Culi
City
Constantinople
Publisher
Reuven & Nissim Ashkenazi
Publication Date
1747
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Physical
Description
First edition. [2], 6, 120, [4] f., folio, 305:190 mm., wide margins, old hands on few f., age staining, edges frayed and foxed, bound in modern cloth boards.
Paragraph 1
The masterpiece of Ladino, ethical-religious literature, and one which has had a profound influence on the masses to the present day.
Detailed
Description
Encyclopedic work begun by Jacob Culi in 1730 and continued by other writers after his death. This thesaurus of Sephardi knowledge draws its inspiration from the traditional sources of Jewish thought: Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, and Kabbalah.
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חלק ב, [כרך ב]: חלק שני מספר שמות (תרומה-פקודי)... איל אינג'ינייאדור די דיטו ליב'רו... ר' יצחק מאגריסו ה"י. דפוס האחים ראובן ונסים בני יונה אשכנזי, תק"ו-תק"ז. בשער: שנת ונתת עליו ה'ו'ד' מ'ל'כ'ו'ת' לפ"ג [תק"ו]. קולופון: תם ונשלם בחדש טבת... שנת 5507 ליצירה [תק"ז]. דף [2]: הקדמת המחבר... יצחק מאגריסו.
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