Yissachar Ber Gordon. Shevilei Olam Chadash [“Geography of the New World…The Americas and Australia.”]

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

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Lot 102

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Yissachar Ber Gordon. Shevilei Olam Chadash [“Geography of the New World…The Americas and Australia.”]

<<First edition.>> pp. 146. Ex-library, few light stains. Contemporary boards. 8vo.

Warsaw:

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

<<The first extensive practical survey of the Americas in Hebrew.>> A detailed geography describing topography, climate, borders, populations and industries of all the major cities of the Americas: Canada, United States, Mexico, West Indies, South America (with an appendix on Australia). Discusses history as well as places of public interest including libraries, prayer-houses, theaters, universities, planetariums and well-known residents.