Funeral oration for Dom Pedro V, King of Portugal

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 42

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Funeral oration for Dom Pedro V, King of Portugal

Portuguese text pp. (4). Single wormhole with minimal loss of text. Sm. folio

Ponta Delgada, S[aõ] Miguel [Azores]: (1861)

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $300

This oration was delivered by the "Israelite Minister in the Synagogue of Ponta Delgada." The short-lived and much beloved King Pedro V (b. 1837) ruled from 1853 until his sudden death during a cholera outbreak on November 11, 1861.