Belais, Abraham. The Dust of the World: A Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes

AUCTION 3 | Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Lot 242
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). (MONTEFIORE, LADY JUDITH)

Belais, Abraham. The Dust of the World: A Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO LADY JUDITH MONTEFIORE. Frontipiece lithographed portrait of the Author. Text in Hebrew and English Original maroon calf with extravagant gilt-borders, upper cover lettered in gilt “In Honor of Lady Judith Montefiore.” Scuffed. Lg. 4to

London: 1850

Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $850
Tipped in at front a remorsefully sycophantic three-page Autograph Letter Signed in English by Abraham Belais to Lady Judith, Aldgate, December 5611. See A.M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England (1951) pp. 208-9