(CAMPE, JOHANN HEINRICH). Metzi’ath Ha'Aretz HaChadasha [on the discovery of America by Columbus]

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

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(CAMPE, JOHANN HEINRICH). Metzi’ath Ha'Aretz HaChadasha [on the discovery of America by Columbus]

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Translated by Moses Frankfurt-Mendelsohn. With Hebrew-Yiddish glossary. Navigational illustration on p. (20). On front flyleaf, Hebrew dedicatory poem in manuscript pp. (20), 1-175, (1 blank), (1), (1 blank). Foxed. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt extra, extremeties worn. 12mo Vinograd, Altona 192

Altona: Samuel & Judah Bonn 1807

Est: $500 - $700

The translator, Moses Frankfurt-Mendelsohn, was the uncle of Rabbi S. R. Hirsch. See E.M. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch [A Biography] (1996), p. 325