Agadath Arba Kosoth

AUCTION 3 |
Tuesday, November 25th,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Lot 313
PAPPENHEIM, SOLOMON
Agadath Arba Kosoth
Berlin: The Chinuch Ne’arim Press 1790
Est: $300 - $400
Hebrew linguist, poet and ardent advocate of the Haskalah, Pappenheim served as Dayan in Breslau until his death in 1814. His primary contribution to modern Hebrew literature is the present work of poetic prose - strongly influenced by the English poet Edward Young’s Night Thoughts. “It is one of the foundations of Hebrew lyricism.” EJ, XIII cols. 68-9