(LAND OF ISRAEL)

AUCTION 21 | Thursday, December 04th, 2003 at 1:00

Kestenbaum & Company Holds Inaugural Auction of Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts at Their New Galleries

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Lot 144

(LAND OF ISRAEL)

SCHWARZ, JOSEPH. Divrei Yoseph - (Toldoth Yoseph) In 4 sections, including the physical history of the Holy Land, the cycle of the sun and the calculation of sunrise and sunset * Tevuot Ha-aretz - Part 2 of Divrei Yoseph, [geography, geology, produce of the Holy Land (with a separate title page - Totzaat Ha-aretz), chronology(with a separate tltle page - Ma’aseh Ha-aretz), etc.] , Jerusalem, [Y. Bak], 1845. Halevy 31 8vo ff. [8], 70, [6] Halevy 17

Jerusalem: Yisrael Bak 1843

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $4,000

The author was the greatest authority on all matters pertaining to the Holy Land. He was decorated by the Austrian Emperor when the work was translated into German (see Lot ***)