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Leopold Dukes: Ginze Oxford (Treasures of Oxford)
London, 1850.

The Treasures of Oxford was compiled by two Hebraists, Tsvi Hirsh Edelmann of Belorussia and Leopold Dukes of Hungary. Both scholars arrived to Oxford in 1849 and published their work in 1850. It contains 'poetical compositions by the ancient Jewish authors in Spain; and [was] compiled from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford'. It was translated into English by Marcus Hyman Bresslau, a Hebraist and the editor of the Jewish Chronicle.

 

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