Precious Find - Volume of [82] Issues of 'El Tiempo'. Ladino. Istanbul, 1921-1922

Precious Find - Volume of [82] Issues of 'El Tiempo'. Ladino. Istanbul, 1921-1922

Volume with [82] consecutive issues - almost an entire year, of the prominent newspaper El Tiempo, printed in Ladino. Istanbul, October 5th, 1921-August 4th, 1922.

The newspaper, which is very scarce, introduced current events from various countries and cities. A special emphasis was placed on news from Jewish communities of the Ottoman Empire. The issues also contained literary and scholarly passages as well as controversies and analyses of current affairs. 

This newspaper, which is truly a precious find, serves as a rare, maybe even unique, historical source for studying the life of the Jewish communities of Turkey and for studying Ladino, which in the heat of the Zionist idea has almost been forgotten. 

El Tiempo was founded in Istanbul in 1872 by Chaim Cremona and is considered the first newspaper that was printed in Ladino and the most important of all Ladino newspapers in general. It was first published as a daily newspaper, and beginning in 1875, was published several times a week. In 1910, David Fresco was appointed its manager and editor until his retirement in 1930. No more issues were published after his retirement. For more about this newspaper, refer to the Hebrew catalog text. 

692 pages. Issues 1-82. 28x42 cm.

Moderate-fine condition. Minimal aging stains. Tears in the margins of the leaves with slight damage to the text. The leaves were removed from the binding and are not bound together.