Falk, Joshua. Avnei Yehoshua [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers]

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 140

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Falk, Joshua. Avnei Yehoshua [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers]

FIRST EDITION. pp.108. Lightly dampstained, previous owner’s stamp on title. Original boards, rebacked with new end-papers. 8vo Vinograd, New York 53; Deinard Koheleth America 4; Singerman 1653

New York: Joseph ben Jacob for The Jewish Messenger 1860

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,000

The First Rabbinical Text Published in America. The First Hebrew Book Printed in New York. The author, born in Poland in 1799, arrived in America in 1858 and served as Rabbi in Newburgh and Poghkeepsie, New York. He died in the year of the book’s publication whilst visiting his daughter in Keokuk, Iowa. The colophon of Avnei Yehoshua reads: “ I give thanks that it was my good fortune to be the typesetter of this scholarly book, the first of its kind in America. Blessed be the God of Israel who surely will not deny us the Redeemer.” See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) pp.316-7 (illustrated)