Aryeh Leib Breslauer. P’nei Aryeh [responsa]

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 10

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Aryeh Leib Breslauer. P’nei Aryeh [responsa]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> With marks of previous owner: Tzvi Hirsch Yitzchak Toyvish. ff. (3), 106. Lightly stained and dampwrinkled. Later boards, light wear. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Amsterdam 2181

Amsterdam: The Widow & Orphans Proops 1790

Est: $400 - $600

Includes a Halachic question concerning financial matters relating to philanthropy (f.46) offered by Haym Salomon of Philadelphia, demonstrating the conscientious religious nature of this early American merchant and Revolutionary War patriot. “One of the most fascinating figures in American Jewish history.” See J.R. Marcus, Early American Jewry (1953) Vol. II pp.132-64.