Gebete der Hochdeutschen und Polnischen Juden. Translated from the Hebrew and accompanied with remarks by Isaac Abraham Euchel

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

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

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Gebete der Hochdeutschen und Polnischen Juden. Translated from the Hebrew and accompanied with remarks by Isaac Abraham Euchel

FIRST EDITION. German interspersed with Hebrew. Includes 10-page list of subscribers pp. (10), 24, (14), 478,(5), (1 blank). Lightly browned. Contemporary half-calf marbled boards, rubbed. With marble slip-case. 8vo Fürst, Pt. I, p. 259; Freimann, p. 478

Koenigsberg: D.C. Kanter 1786

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

First edition of the first translation of the Hebrew prayers into German. The translator, Isaac Abraham Euchel (1758-1804) was a student of the philosopher Immanuel Kant at the University of Koenigsberg and one of the founders of the Maskilic journal HaMe'asef (see Lot ***)