(Seligmann, Josef). Aron Isak ett hundraarsminne [Aron Isak: A Centenary]

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00

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Lot 209

(SWEDEN)

(Seligmann, Josef). Aron Isak ett hundraarsminne [Aron Isak: A Centenary]

Limited edition of 150 copies. Swedish text. Issued by Stockholm's Mosaic Congregation and Burial Society pp. 44, (4). Browned. Printed wrappers. 8vo Freimann, p. 310

Stockholm: Isaac Marcus 1888

Est: $700 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $900

Aron Isaac was the first Jew permitted to permanently settle in Sweden. Until then, Jewish financiers were allowed to sojourn in Sweden temporarily to a maximum of ten years. In 1774, during the reign of the tolerant King Gustave III, Isaac, a seal engraver from Mecklenburg, arrived with a retinue consisting of his brother, their partners, and families. In 1776 a Jewish cemetery was consecrated, subsequently to be named Aronsberg (in honor of Aron Isaac). See EJ, Vol. XV, col. 545