Lashon Ash

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 267
FINZI, ISAAC RAPHAEL

Lashon Ash

FIRST EDITION ff. (8). Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo

Offenbach: n.p. 1798

Est: $300 - $400
PRICE REALIZED $200
An account of the fire that threatened to destroy the entire Jewish Quarter of Padua in 1795. The event was commemorated annually by the observance of “Purim di fuoco.”