BRESLAU, ARYEH LEIB. Penei Aryeh [responsa]

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

BRESLAU, ARYEH LEIB. Penei Aryeh [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title. This copy inscribed and signed by Hirschel Lehren and presented to Samuel, President of the Beth Din of Trier. ff. (3), 106. Contemporary boards, rubbed, upper cover starting. Sm. folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 2181

Amsterdam: The Widow & Orphans Proops 1790

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,400

Includes a Halachic question concerning financial matters relating to philanthropy (f.46) offered by Haym Salomon of Philadelphia; demonstrating the conscientious religious nature of this early American merchant and Revolutionary War patriot. “One of the most fascinating figures in American Jewish history.” See J.R. Marcus, Early American Jewry (1953) Vol. II pp.132-64.