Auction 70 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mar 31, 2020 (your local time)
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LOT 37:

French Translation of the Jerusalem Talmud - Complete Set of Eleven Volumes - Paris, 1932-1933

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French Translation of the Jerusalem Talmud - Complete Set of Eleven Volumes - Paris, 1932-1933
Le Talmud de Jérusalem, Traduit pour la première fois par Moïse Schwab. Paris: Librairie Orientale et Américaine, G.-P. Maisonneuve, 1932-1933. French. Complete set of eleven volumes.
Moshe Schwab (Moïse Schwab; 1839-1918), a French librarian and researcher. He attended the Jewish school in Strasbourg. From 1868, he worked as librarian in the National Library in Paris. Schwab published many works on bibliography and the study of Hebrew printing. His magnum-opus was his translation of the Jerusalem Talmud to French. The first volume was published in 1871, and by 1890, the entire set was published. This is the second and revised edition of the translation, with a foreword by R. Maurice Liber, director of the Israelite Seminary of France.
Eleven volumes. Pagination varies. Approx. 25 cm. Slightly dry paper (especially covers). Many unopened leaves. Good condition. A few stains. Inscriptions and marks to body of text in several places. Original paper covers, some detached. Final volume lacking back cover. Minor stains and damage to some covers and spines.
Enclosed: receipt for the purchase of one volume, subscription form, five advertisements from the publishing house, including booklists with prices (some duplicates).

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