Judae Harizii Macamae Pauli de Lagarde studio et sumptibus editae

by Yehuda Alharizi, also known as also Judah ben

$150 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

Gottingae Gottingen : Prostant in Aedibus Dieterichianis Arnoldi Hoyer, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. IV, 204pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Fascinating work being Alharizi's Tahkemoni , composed between 1218 and 1220, in the Arabic form known as maqama Macamae. This is written in Hebrew in unmetrical rhymes, in what is commonly termed rhymed prose. It is a series of humorous episodes, witty

• Binding: Hardcover

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