Half-length portrait, full-bearded, wearing fur-trimmed scull-cap and full-buttoned embroidered great-coat, facing left. Titled. Engraving by Baltzer after H. L. Kleinhard. From Abbildungen Böhmischer und Mahrischer Gelehrten und Künstler. Prague, 1773
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 238
(OPPENHEIMER, DAVID)
Half-length portrait, full-bearded, wearing fur-trimmed scull-cap and full-buttoned embroidered great-coat, facing left. Titled. Engraving by Baltzer after H. L. Kleinhard. From Abbildungen Böhmischer und Mahrischer Gelehrten und Künstler. Prague, 1773
Prague, 1773:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
Collector par excellance, David ben Abraham Oppenheimer (1664-1736) was Rabbi of Prague and later Landrabbiner (Chief Rabbi) of all of Bohemia. A bibliophile from his early youth, he utilized family wealth to establish a formidable library, which presently resides in the the Bodleian Library, Oxford