Solomon Moses Hai Gagin. Shir Tehilloth [“Song of Praise: in honor of Sir Moses Montifiore]. Tanslated into English by David Finestone.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 190

(MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES)

Solomon Moses Hai Gagin. Shir Tehilloth [“Song of Praise: in honor of Sir Moses Montifiore]. Tanslated into English by David Finestone.

the Sir Moses Montefiore copy with his bookplate. Title-page printed in gold. Hebrew and English texts. ff. (4). Library stamps. Original wrappers, detached. 8vo Halevy (This copy)

Jerusalem: Y. Goshzinni 1875

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

EXTREMELY RARE. The only copy located by Halevy (no. 259) is the present copy, formerly in the Jews' College Library. Sir Moses Montefiore, the great Anglo-Jewish financier and philanthropist, was born in Leghorn, Italy on October 28th 1784 and died at Ramsgate, England on July 25th 1885, three months shy of his 101st birthday.