Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

"Me'am Lo'ez" on Prophets and Hagiography – Early Editions

Opening: $600
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
A collection of Me'am Lo'ez books, commentaries and discourses of the Sages in Ladino, on the Prophets and Hagiography, compiled by the sages of Izmir, Consantinople and Salonika , who continued Rabbi Ya'akov Houli's project.
1. Me'am Lo'ez, on Joshua [with text], vols. I-II, by Rabbi Rachamim Menachem Mitrani. [Salonika]-Izmir, [1851-1870]. First edition. Ownership inscriptions in oriental handwriting. Two volumes.
2. Me'am Lo'ez, on Esther, by Rabbi Raphael Fontrimoli. Izmir, [1864]. First edition.
3. Me'am Lo'ez, on Isaiah, by Rabbi Yitzchak Yehudah Didyah Abba. Salonika, [1892]. Only edition in Ladino.
4. Me'am Lo'ez, on the Song of Songs [with text], by Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Shaki. Constantinople, 1899. Only edition in Ladino. (Final page missing).
5. Sefer Otzar HeChochmah – Me'am Lo'ez, on Kohelet, by Rabbi Nissim Moshe Abud. Constantinople, 1898. Only edition in Ladino.
Total of 6 books. Varying size. General condition: very good-good.
Ladino.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
Books Printed in Turkey and Italy (Including Ladino Books)
Books Printed in Turkey and Italy (Including Ladino Books)