Extremely rare. Nevi'im Rishonim with a ladino translation - Kushtandina, 1743 (has not been ...

Extremely rare. Nevi'im Rishonim with a ladino translation - Kushtandina, 1743 (has not been seen?)

Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim with Rashi's commentary ... Kri and Ktiv and some novellae. 

Ladino translation by Rabbi Avraham Assa. The text is in square vowelized fonts and the translation, in Rashi fonts. 

Printed by Reuven and nIssim, the sons of Yonah Ashkenazi. 

On verso of the title page: the printer's foreword (in Ladino). His foreword indicates that the book was printed in serial form and he complains that subscribers are failing to keep their promise to pay for the printing of the Kuntresim. 

He also indicates that readers complained about the translation being printed in square, vowelized fonts and demanded that it be printed in Rashi fonts. Indeed, beginning with this section, the translation was printed in Rashi fonts (non-vowelized). 

At the end of the book (leaf 276a). a poem ending the book, beginning with the words: "אודה לאל בסיום כתיבת נביאים ראשונים". 

Leaf 276b: the translator's words, in Ladino (rhymed), recalling that his translation is based on the Onkelos translation and Torah commentators. 

276 leaves. 

20 cm. 

New, embossed emi-leather binding. 

Some leaves at the beginning of the book are with open tears to the edges slightly affecting the text - non-professionally taped.

Stains and some moth perforations. 

The rest of the copy is in good condition.