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Marpe Lashon Etz Chaim – Amsterdam, 1734 – Spanish Work on Proper Speech
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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.
Spanish and Portuguese – Sephardic Converso Jewry
Spanish and Portuguese – Sephardic Converso Jewry