Cover illustration: Sefer Eshlei Ravrevei, Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops, 1711. Frontispiece engraved by Abraham bar Jacob. JHI, H.3062.XVIII. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Emmanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute (JHI) in Warsaw
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