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Lot 186

Marpe Lashon Etz Chaim – Amsterdam, 1734 – Spanish Work on Proper Speech

Medicina de lengua arbol de vidas, Marpe Lashon Etz Chaim, on proper speech and the importance thereof, by R. Yitzchak de Paz. Amsterdam: Yshac Yeuda Leaó Templo, 1734. Spanish.
A five-part Spanish ethical work on the virtue of human speech and its potential for holy as well as improper activities.
The author, R. Yitzchak de Paz, was a translator, editor and printer of Spanish-Portuguese origin, active in Amsterdam in the 18th century. He authored and printed several other short ethical books.

[9], 130 pages. 16 cm. Good condition. Stains. Light wear. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Old binding with leather spine. Minor defects to binding.

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.