Chief Rabbi Nathan M. Adler. Sermon Delivered in the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, on the Occasion of the Recent General Fast Day...For the Benefit of the Sufferers in Ireland, and in the Highlands of Scotland

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 29
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Chief Rabbi Nathan M. Adler. Sermon Delivered in the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, on the Occasion of the Recent General Fast Day...For the Benefit of the Sufferers in Ireland, and in the Highlands of Scotland

Hebrew and English pp. 15. Lightly browned. Unbound. 8vo

London: J. Wertheimer 1847

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $250
Response to the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852) during which a million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland. The cause of the famine was a disease brought on by a water mold, known as potato blight, which ravaged the potato crop, a staple of the island's diet