Lah ermozah Ester, Jerusalem 1912 
לה אירמוזה אסתר - Ladino
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- Lot Number 53604
- Title (English) Lah ermozah Ester
- Title (Hebrew) לה אירמוזה אסתר
- Note Ladino
- Author Alexander Ben Ghiyyat - Tr.
- City Cairo [i.e. Jerusalem]
- Publisher ליבריריאה שי'ש
- Publication Date 1912
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 2426646
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Physical Description
28, [4] pp., 16°, 150:120 mm., nice margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound as issued.
Detail Description
Small format book in Ladino in Rashi letters recounting a story of a beautiful women, Esther, and what happened to her in Pinsk in 1663. The story first appeared in German and was translated by the publisher. The place of publication and exact date were concealed due to concern for the censor. The text was translated by Alexander ben Ephraim Ben Ghiyyat. It was first made known in the newspaper El Misirit in 1906 and then published by Sysh in Ladino. The particulars of this somewhat mysterious book’s publication are known from the verso of the title-page which lists a number of books available from the Jerusalem publisher Solomon Israel Shirizli with their prices.
Hebrew Description
"אסתר היפה. סיפור היסטורי שהתרחש בשנת 1663 בעיר פינסק, מתורגם מגרמנית ע"י א"ש. פורסם בעתון איל אמיגו דיל פואיב’לו ברוסג’וק, שנה 15, בשנת תרס"ג". בלאדינו.
עמ’ 2 וארבעת העמודים שבסוף: "קאטאלוגו די לה ליבריריאה שי"ש", ספרים בלאדינו העומדים למכירה בידי המדפיס.
אותיות רש"י.
References
Yaari, Ladino ; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000189234