Szold, Benjamin. Vaterland und Freiheit. Predigt bei der Erinnerungsfeier des Verstorbenen Praesidenten Abraham Lincoln.

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 142

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Szold, Benjamin. Vaterland und Freiheit. Predigt bei der Erinnerungsfeier des Verstorbenen Praesidenten Abraham Lincoln.

FIRST EDITION. pp.10. Small stain on lower portion. Original printed wrappers. Housed in modern case. 12mo Singerman 1919

Baltimore: W. Polmyer & S.D. Ecke 1865

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

“Fatherland and Freedom,” a sermon delivered on the day designated by President Andrew Johnson for services in memory of the martyred Abraham Lincoln, June 1st 1865, which happened to be the second day of the Festival of Shavu’oth. A native of Hungary, Benjamin Szold (1829-1902) accepted an invitation to become Rabbi in Baltimore, where he led Congregation Oheb Shalom to be one of the foremost synagogues in the United States. His eldest daughter, was the philanthropic Zionist Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and leader of Youth Aliyah. See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) pp.258-61 (illustrated)