Subject: Translation

Autograph letter signed from Louis M. Slutsky to Isaac Leeser, written in Buffalo, New York on December 17, 1853. Slutsky expresses his interest in translation work and seeks employment opportunities.

This manuscript comprises twenty-one handwritten pages, with sixteen bound in a handmade booklet (approx. 3" x 7.5") and five on three loose leaves (approx. 4" x 6.5"). It features selected Hebrew words and their English translations, progressing methodically through Genesis Chapters 11 to 40. Each chapter's translations are dated, starting November 12, 1805, for Chapter 11, and concluding in June 1806, for Chapter 40. The entries vary in length, from one to over fifty translated words or phrases per chapter, with no apparent repetition or narrative focus. The handwriting is clear and consistent throughout, presented in neat columns. The paper shows signs of age typical of the early 19th century.

This is the first volume (Tomo Primero) of a Spanish translation of Alexandre Dumas's *Memorias de un Médico*. Translated by Anjel J. Jesurun and Isidro R. Arcay. The book's publication date is 1847.

First edition of *Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine*, translated by Emma Lazarus. Published by R. Worthington in 1881.

Manuscript study note on the translation of Aramean. The note measures 8" x 5" and contains several complete sentences on the verso, written in a very small script. It begins: "The Chaldaic dialect has a (?) close to the Syriac; hence they are both frequently referred to under the common name Aramean." The note includes tables comparing script and further commentary. It is not in the handwriting of Isaac Leeser; it may be an insert from a letter to Leeser on the subject. Found with other Leeser papers. This document has been reviewed and verified at the Katz Center of the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. Arthur Kiron, the Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections, and Bruce Nielsen, Judaica Public Services Librarian and Archivist, who is a trained paleographer.