Israel Joseph Benjamin. Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855.
Auction 90 |
Tuesday, July 21st,
2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts
Lot 190
(TRAVEL).
Israel Joseph Benjamin. Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855.
Hanover: Wm. Riemschneider 1863
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $100
An invaluable source of information concerning the Jews of North Africa, the Near and Far East, especially India and China. On the penultimate page we find a “List of Subscribers in Bombay,” namely various members of the affluent Sassoon clan.
The self-styled “Benjamin II” (after the medieval globe-trotter Benjamin of Tudela), was a native of Foltischeny, Moldavia. He died in London in abject poverty while making preparations for a second journey to the Orient. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 526-7.