Bidspirit auction | Afrot Tevel - London, 1850.

Afrot Tevel - London, 1850. Portrait of author Afrot Tevel - commentary on Koheles in Hebrew and English by the famed Chacham, Rav Avraham Belais. Rare, impressive portrait of the author at the age of 87. Hebrew and English poem in honor of Montefiore. Additional title page in English. The author is described in the title page as, ”The famed Rav Avraham Belais…One of the ten works he authored…He was the treasurer for the provincial governor in Tunis when he was forty… Then he was Rabbi in Nice …and the European kings adored him. For the past ten years he has been living in London and the light of his Torah has shone from the Talmud Torah Etz Chaim of the Sephardic community.” London, 1850. [1], 69,[1] page. Portrait. 27 cm. Original binding in red, slightly blemished and rubbed. Complete with portrait. Fine condition.