(LEESER, ISAAC). A Memorial Offering Upon the Death of that Great, Wise, Good and Beloved Man, Minister and Guide of the Congregation Beth El Emeth, Philadelphia.

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).

(LEESER, ISAAC). A Memorial Offering Upon the Death of that Great, Wise, Good and Beloved Man, Minister and Guide of the Congregation Beth El Emeth, Philadelphia.

An acrostic poem in Hebrew and English by Isaac Goldstein, with a half-length portrait of Isaac Leeser above. Single folio sheet. Minute tears at folds. Not examined out of frame. 350x340mm Singerman 2072 (only one copy located); not in Rubens

New York: J. Davis c.1868

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,000

Contemplative, elegant and most appropriate elegy memorializing the leader of religious Jewry in America, Rabbi Isaac Leeser.