Imrei Lev / Meditations and Prayers for Every Situation and Occasion in Life

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 31

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Imrei Lev / Meditations and Prayers for Every Situation and Occasion in Life

Translated and adapted from the French (of Jonas Ennery) by Hester Rothschild. Revised and corrected by Isaac Leeser. English text with some use of Hebrew. Signatures of former owner: "Sarah Neumark, 1866" and "Estelle Neumark.” pp. 16, 260 (lacking pp. 255-258), stained. Contemporary calf, heavily rubbed. 8vo cf. Singerman 1832 (an earlier 1864 edition)

Philadelphia,: 1866

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $400

The Preface states: "In its present form, the work is not intended to be used in place of, but as a companion to, the Jewish ritual." See L.J. Sussman, Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995), pp. 209-10