(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA)

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 44

(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Laws, Regulations, &c. of Sha'arei Orah ve-Avi Yethomim: or Orphan Society, for educating, maintaining, clothing, and apprenticing fatherless children of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation. Instituted Nisan, 5463-1703. Revised and amended 5596-1836 pp. 4, 40. Waterstained throughout. Modern boards. 8vo Not in Roth

London: H. Abrahams (1836)

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $700

We read on page iv how a child of the orphanage repaid the kindness shown him by this orphanage in his later years: "We will mention…liberal donation…of 500 Pounds Sterling by Mr. Samuel Benzaquen of Philadelphia. This legacy may be adduced as a striking instance of the excellency of this institution, as that gentleman had been brought up in the Orphan Society, and having attained to great respectability and affluence, was anxious to discharge his debt of gratitude. " With Lists of Legacies, Governors and Subscribers, several from the United States and the Caribbean.