(Bible, English). Torah Nevi’im u-Kethuvim / The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $750

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

L. Johnson & Co.

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1859

Description

Translated and with explanatory notes by Isaac Leeser. Second edition. English interspersed with Hebrew. Presentation inscription by Leo L. Schwarzenberger, 16th May, 1865. Manuscript records at end.

summary

Final three manuscript pages record in English and Hebrew, detailed birth-marriage-death cycle of previous 19th-century owners of this Bible: Members of families Schwarzenberger, Roggenburger and Newgarden. Also records two wedding-services performed by Isaac Leeser for members of these familie

pp. 8; 1011, (4). Lightly foxed, some wear, opening few leaves loose. Original morocco, gilt extra; boards detached, lacking backstrip. Lg. 4to.

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