Epitre `a nos Coreligionaires [“Epistle to our Co-Religionists.”]
AUCTION 40 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 144
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Epitre `a nos Coreligionaires [“Epistle to our Co-Religionists.”]
(Amsterdam: 1837)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,400
French translations of three Hebrew letters received from Jerusalem, Safed and Beirut, written in the aftermath of the earthquake that destroyed Safed on the 24th of Teveth, 1837. Contains a list of the Sephardic rabbis who perished in Safed (p. 10). The pamphlet, an urgent appeal for funds for the Jews of the Holy Land, is datelined "Amsterdam, 11th Nissan 5597," and signed by the "Pekidim and Amarkalim": H. Lehren, A.A. Prins, S.B. Rubens, and M. Lehren