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  Eben Saphir [Iben Safir] - Beschreibung der Reisen des Rabbi Jacob Saphir aus Jerusalem durch Egypten, Arabien, Jemen, Aden, Ostindien (Vorder- und Hinterindien) und Australien [IN HEBREW] [VOLUME ONE ONLY] [FIRST EDITION].  
  Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Geschichte und des Zustandes der in den genannten Ländern wohnenden Israeliten, sammt Copien alter Grabmäler, Lieder, Erzählungen ; auch allerlei Forschungen auf historisch-religiösem Gebiete.  

 
Author Saphir, Jacob [Jakob]
Place of Publication Lyck
Publication Name Im Selbstverlage des Vereins M`kize Nirdamim (L. Silbermann)
Year 1866
Language(s) Hebrew
Description
IN HEBREW. VOLUME ONE ONLY. RARE FIRST EDITION of the rare book `Even Sapir` by Jacob Saphir (1822-1886), a Meshulach and traveler of Rumanian Jewish descent, who as a boy he went to Ottoman Southern Syria with his parents, who settled at Safed, and at their death in 1836, he moved to Jerusalem. In 1848, he was commissioned by the Jewish community of Jerusalem to travel through the southern countries to collect alms for the poor of the city. In 1854 he undertook a second tour to collect funds for the construction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter which led him in 1859 to Yemen, British India, Egypt, and Australia. The result of this journey was this momentous ethnographic work, `Even Sapir, a travel diary in which he gave the history, and a vivid though uncritical description of the condition of the Jews in the above-mentioned countries. 225x145mm. 114 double pages [+20]. Black rebound Hardcover. Cover rubbed and slightly worn. Cover corners bumped and worn. Sticker residues on cover and spine. Spine rubbed. Pen writing on spine. Spine hinges partly cracked. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Binding slightly visible between front whitepage and title page. Two rear whitepages bottom corner wrinkled/creased. Title page slightly stained, edges worn - no damage to text. Title page and most page corners wrinkled/dog-eared. Pages yellowing, wavy and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first volume of a travel account in Jewish communities ranging from the Middle East to as far as Australia, written by a famous and influential 19th-century Jerusalem personality, is in good reading condition.
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Catalog Index Number MS 26 49

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