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

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 235

(KARAITICA).

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

Hebrew and Judeo-Tatar. Printed in double-columns ff. (8). Few minimal stains. Modern boards. 4to Vinograd, Eupatoria 2; Mehlman, 1833

Eupatoria: n.p 1833

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

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