(Celebrated Philosopher of the German Enlightenment. 1729-1786). Autograph Letter Signed "Hakatan Moshe Me'Dessau," in Hebrew, to the communal leader and businessman Rabbi Elchanan

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 483

MENDELSSOHN, MOSES.

(Celebrated Philosopher of the German Enlightenment. 1729-1786). Autograph Letter Signed "Hakatan Moshe Me'Dessau," in Hebrew, to the communal leader and businessman Rabbi Elchanan

Ashkenazic cursive script in Judeo-German with some Hebrew and Aramaic phrases Single leaf. 4to

Berlin: 29th Teveth, 1779

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,500

Concerns a financial matter involving a guarantor. Mendelssohn cites an Aramaic phrase: V'lemechash Mihu Bai,"-we should be concerned.” Mendelssohn’s autographed manuscripts seldom appear at auction. It is especially rare to find an example of his writings in Hebrew. For a fine biography of this influential philosopher, see A. Altman, Moses Mendelssohn (London, 1973)