Endechas Judeo-Españolas (Publicaciones de Estudios Sefardies Serie II: Litteratura Número 2)

Madrid: Institutio Arias Montano, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xx, 236 pp. Blue-Green cloth withdecorative relief of Sephardic folk-art and green lettering on front cover. Green lettering on spine. Original, pictorial dj. Amazing book with an intriguing title that translates as: "Jewish-Spanish Dirges." Thick, marbled green decorative endpapers. Illustrated with 12 b/w facsimile photographs of life, architecture, geography and important indiviuals from the old Jewish commuity in Spain. Also includes sheet music for a number of the traditional dirges. Fully annotated. Includes 5 indices, one of which is crossed referenced with Hebrew and Arabic. Text in Spanish. Sunning and shelf wear to dj. Dj is in good condition, book is in very good condition.