NOAH, MORDECAI MANUEL. Gleanings from a Gathered Harvest

AUCTION 49 | Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Graphic Art

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Lot 16

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

NOAH, MORDECAI MANUEL. Gleanings from a Gathered Harvest

Second Edition. Title-page in colors pp. 216. Stained in places. Modern half-calf marbled boards. 8vo cf. Rosenbach 575 and cf. Singerman 0914

New York: H. Long & Bro. 1847

Est: $700 - $1,000

A collection of ruminations by Noah on the city of New York which he describes as a den of vice, or a sybarite's delight - depending on one's perspective. This second edition of 1847 is unknown to both Rosenbach and Singerman, both of whom record only the first edition of 1845