LOTZKI, ABRAHAM (Ed.) Shivchei Todah LeKir”ah (le’Kaiser Yarom Hoda’ah) [song of praise in honor of Czar Nicholas I]

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 291

(KARAITICA).

LOTZKI, ABRAHAM (Ed.) Shivchei Todah LeKir”ah (le’Kaiser Yarom Hoda’ah) [song of praise in honor of Czar Nicholas I]

Hebrew and Judeo-Tatar. ff. (8). Stained in places, first two leaves neatly re-hinged. Recent paper boards. 4to Vinograd, Eupatoria 2; Mehlman, 1833

Goslow (Eupatoria): n.p 1833

Est: $600 - $800

PRICE REALIZED $600

A remarkable volume, that testifies to the rift between the Karaites and traditional Jewry, still so pervasive into the 19th century. Devotional poems by Abraham Firkovitch and others, composed in gratitude to the Czar for exempting Karites from army service and for drafting only the “Talmudic Jews.” This copy with the rare title-page, unknown to Mehlman. The first dated Hebrew book printed in Eupatoria.