Lashon Ash

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 336
FINZI, ISAAC RAPHAEL

Lashon Ash

FIRST EDITION ff. (8). Later vellum-backed marbled boards. 8vo Vinograd, Offenbach 138

Offenbach: n.p 1798

Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $300
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.”