<<(SURINAM).>> David da Silva. Verzameling van Schoonheden van Verschillende Dichters [“An Aesthetic Collection by Various Poets.”]

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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<<(SURINAM).>> David da Silva. Verzameling van Schoonheden van Verschillende Dichters [“An Aesthetic Collection by Various Poets.”]

Extensive Dutch manuscript. Beautifully written in an elegant cursive hand throughout, ink on paper. Fine calligraphic title. Text in Dutch and French. pp. (2), 249, (9). Occasional light stains. Unbound. Folio.

Suriname: 1865

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

<<Unpublished literary manuscript.>> Poems and short stories by various authors compiled by David da Silva in Suriname in 1865. This manuscript is entirely unrecorded. The Da Silva family has been prominent in the Jewish community of Surinam for almost three centuries.