The Journal of English and Germanic Philology: A Hebrew-German Paraphrase of the Book of Esther
Urbana: The University of Illinois, 1919. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 59pp. Original gray wraps with black lettering on cover. Based on a manuscript in the Bodleian Library of Oxford. "The first part of our MS. was finished on the ninth of adar, 5304=February, 1544 by the scribe Joseph, son of Jacob of Wetzlar, and is dedicated to his wife Juteln, daughter of Naphtali Levi, "zu Wetzlar is sie gesessen mench zit, aber zu Frankfurt sie ach untr wiln leit." The second part, the Book Esther, was finished on Friday, the 28th of Adar I of the same year as the first part by Isaac, "der schriber" (cf/ v/ 1512, 1519)" (Author). Text in Hebrew and German. Wraps with light wear along edges and sunned. Some light wear to block. Wraps in overall good-, interior in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #40697
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