Moses Soave was an

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; born in

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28 March 1820; died there 27 November 1882. He supported himself as a private tutor in Venetian

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families, and collected a library containing many rare and valuable works. Two years before his death he gave up teaching, and devoted himself entirely to study. In addition to numerous articles which appeared in Italian Jewish periodicals he wrote biographies of Sara Copia Sullam,

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and Leon de Modena. He was, besides, the editor of Isacco Israelita's ''Guida dei Medici'' (''Manhig ha-Rofe'im''), translated from an old Hebrew manuscript (Venice, 1861); and wrote ''Dei Soncino, Celebri Tipografi Italiani nel Secoli XV.-XVI.'' (Venice, 1878).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soave, Moses 1820 births 1882 deaths Italian Hebraists 19th-century Italian Jews Writers from Venice