Auction 70
Lot 113:
Sefer Mussar Haskel, "פור קי מילדין איז’וש די ישראל אין לאש נוג’יש אשאביר קאמינוש די איל דייו ברוך הוא" – for teaching Bnei Yisrael at night the ways of G-d. Mussar Chapters in Ladino by rabbi Yosef ben Meir Sasson and Rabbi Yitzchak Bechor ben Moshe Amragi.
First edition – Salonika, 1843. [2], 66, [3], 72-80, 85-98 leaves. Hand-colored illustrations. Apparently, these color additions are not original and are unique to this copy; they do not appear in the copy of the National Library.
On the title page it is stated inladino that up to leaf 48, the book was printed at the printery pf Eliyahu Farag and from leaf 49 and onward, at the printery of Sadi Halevi Ashkenazi. Mispagination following leaf 66. Rashi script. ladino foreword.
detached binding. Minor stains. The headings of some leaves were tripped during the printing. Some small tears. Good overall condition.
Sephardic signature after the introduction. Several pencil glosses.
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