Auction 83 · Lot 9
The Synagogue and the Covenant: Two Sermons.
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- $12,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
printer
B. Brown
Place
Mobile, Ala.
Publication
1858
Description
The First Delivered at the Dedication of the New Synagogue, Shangarai Shamayim, of Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, Sevan I, 5618, A. M. (May 14, 1858). The Second, on the Sabbath Following. By James K. Gutheim, Minister of the Congregation Dispersed of Judah, of New Orleans, La. Printed errata-slip pasted to verso of upper cover.
references
Singerman 1530 (unseen).
summary
James K. Gutheim (1817-86) born in Westphalia, immigrated to the United States in 1843. Although he occupied pulpits in other American cities, Gutheim is most closely associated with New Orleans, the city where he eventually died, an avowed and unrepentant Confederate patriot.
pp. (1), 20. Foxed in places, margins of title-page stained. Original printed wrapper (upper cover only). 8vo.
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