The Synagogue and the Covenant: Two Sermons.

AUCTION 83 | Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art

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Lot 9

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)

The Synagogue and the Covenant: Two Sermons.

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. pp. (1), 20. Foxed in places, margins of title-page stained. Original printed wrapper (upper cover only). 8vo. Singerman 1530 (unseen).

Mobile, Ala.: B. Brown 1858

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $12,000

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.