Shir LeYom Chathunath

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 99

(DENMARK)

Shir LeYom Chathunath

Hebrew. Broad margins ff. 4. Stained, each leaf expertly laid to size. Modern wrappers. 4to Vinograd, Amsterdam 1937 (not in JNUL)

(Amsterdam: 1766)

Est: $700 - $1,000

Epithalamium in honor of the wedding of King Christian VII of Denmark and Carolina Mathilde, composed by Naphtali Herz Wessely. Christian VII (1749-1808) became King of Denmark on January 14, 1766, upon the death of his father. On November 8th of that year, he wed Carolina Matilda, sister of King George III of England. The poet, Naphtali Herz Wessely (1725-1805) was one of the founding fathers of the Haskalah movement. A native of Hamburg, Wessely grew to maturity in Copenhagen, where his father was purveyor to the King. See JE, Vol. XII, pp. 506-507; Vol. IV, p. 259