Milon HaLashon Ha-Ivrit BaZman Hazeh, Hibro Eliezer Ben Yehuda [Dictionary of the Hebrew Language of This Time, by Eliezer Ben Yehuda] Booklets "Gimel" and "Daled" (out of the six booklets printed in this edition). Jerusalem: Hashkafah, [ca. 1902]. Hebrew.
Between 1900 and 1905, Eliezer Ben Yehuda printed a series of thin booklets that were sold to subscribers. These booklets represent his early attempts of publishing a full unabridged dictionary of the Hebrew language. These attempts did not last long; in the end, only six such booklets were actually printed, which were together titled "Mahadura Kama" ("First Edition").
These are two of the six booklets. They contain entries for words beginning with the Hebrew letters "aleph-vav-bet" through "aleph-vav-het" (Booklet "Gimel") and "aleph-het" through "aleph-yud-nun" (Booklet "Daled"). With original covers, printed in Hebrew and French. A printed (Hebrew) note appears at the beginning of Booklet "Gimel": "The present booklet has been so delayed on account of my journey to Russia on business related to the dictionary."
Booklet "Gimel": 79-122 pp., 26.5 cm. Booklet "Daled": 123-166 pp., 27.5 cm. (Two additional leaves appear at the beginning of the scanned copy of Booklet "Daled" kept in the National Library of Israel: pp. 23-26 of the Introduction.) Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Tears (mostly minor) to edges. Cover and a number of other leaves detached in Booklet "Daled"; several leaves uncut at top edges. Open tears and pinholes to edges of covers. Strip of paper to edge of one cover. Missing spines.
