Collection of Printed Items by Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal) - Wedding-Songs, Eulogies, Studies and More / ...

Collection of Printed Items by Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal) - Wedding-Songs, Eulogies, Studies and More / Marriage Agreement (Ketubah) of Shadal's Sister, with his Signature / Handwritten Pamphlets – Italy, the Second Half of the 19th Century
Collection of printed items by Samuel David Luzzatto – Shadal; most of them bound together. Italy, ca. 1819-1859. Hebrew and Italian.
Approx. 25 printed items by Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal, 1800-1865), a member of the Jewish Enlightenment, one of the first members of "Chochmat Israel", the head of the Rabbinic seminary in Padua, poet, Biblical commentator, linguist, philosopher, scholar and translator.
A collection which includes early compositions and poems by Shadal, bound together in a paper cover (possibly bound by Shadal himself). Among the items:
• Eulogy upon the death of R. Avraham Eliezer Halevi, 1825 (bilingual booklet, Hebrew and Italian). • Poems in honor of Franz Joseph, 1854, 1856. • Poems in honor of the Austrian Monarchy, in several languages, 1853. • Wedding poem for the Morpurgo-Segre families, Trieste, 1826. • Poems in honor of Shlomo Lo-Ly / Lolli, Padua, 1850, Gorizia, 1842. • Wedding poem for Viterbi-Loria family, 1847. • Eulogy upon the death of Rabbi Mordecai Samuel Ghirondi, Rabbi of Padua (Padua, 1852). • Hebrew-Aramaic wedding poem in honor of Avraham Shalom's wedding, 1855. • Bibliographic study about De-Rossi, 1857. • Composition about Dante, 1844. • Printed pamphlet, "Hosafot meHaRav HaChacham Shadal", 1859. • Introduction to a Machzor according to the Roman rite, Livorno, [1856]. • And additional items.
Several of the items are not bound, including: • Italian translation of the Ketubah recording the marriage of Rachel Luzzatto (Shadal's sister) with Marco Koen / Coen, Trieste, October 1829, signed by the groom, the bride, and the bride's brother - Shadal. • Dissertation by Shadal about sayings in Targum Onkelos (no date of printing; not in NLI). • Calendar for 2000 years edited by Shadal.
Approx. 25 items. Size and condition vary. Some of the bound leaves are large and folded. Several leaves detached. Creases, tears and stains. Paper cover worn; its edges torn.
Enclosed:
• Pamphlet written by hand (unknown writer), Italian translation of the first ten chapters of Shmuel I. [Italy], June 1865. [32] handwritten pages (numbered 187-218), 21.5 cm.
• Two pamphlets, handwritten by the author and scholar Abraham Kahana, composition about Shadal (26; 20 pp).
• Two pamphlets, handwritten by Yitzchak Haim Castiglioni - translation of "Toldot HaLashon HaIvrit" by Shadal (published under the title "Toldot Leshon Ever" in Krakow in 1895).
• Four handwritten letters, an official envelope (torn) of the Chief Rabbinate of Corfu and several additional printed items.
Provenance:
1. The Ben-Zion Kahana Collection.
2. Sold at "Kedem", Auction 60 (March 2018), item 236.