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Naphtali Hirz (Hartwig) Wessely. Shire Tif’eret 3 Etchings, 4 parts, Hebrew, Prague: 1809 - Naphtali Hirz (Hartwig) Wessely. Shire Tif’eret 3 Etchings, 4 parts, Hebrew, Prague: 1809 Paginated in Hebrew letters. (Songs of Splendor) With 3 engravings at the beginning of songs. Half leather hard cover, size: 20.5 x 13 x 4 cm. Authored by Jewish-German Rabbi, poet and essayist Naftali Herz Wessely, who was among the perpetrators of the Jewish enlightenment movement (Haskalah). Half leather, leather edges, marmorial hardcover. Pen inscription on front cover in German from 1843. Pen Inscription in Hebrew on front endpaper of the time. And pencil inscription The book is in : Hebrew Condition: Cover worn, rubbed to edges, bumped to corners, peeling. Spine worn, rubbed, tear to hinge ( ca.4cm.) Spine edges bumped, upper edge chipped (ca.0.7cm.) Pages yellowing. Ca. 1/3 pages with damping stains to upper right corner. Some pages with light foxing ( according to the age) Weight: 520 gr. Naphtali(-)Herz (Hartwig) Wessely, aka Naphtali(-)Hirz Wessely, also Wesel (Yiddish: נפתלי הירץ וויזעל Vezel, 1725, (Hamburg – February 28, 1805, Hamburg) was a 18th-century German Jewish Hebraist and educationist.