Isaac Mayer Wise. The First of the Maccabees.
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 18
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Isaac Mayer Wise. The First of the Maccabees.
Cincinnati: Bloch & Co., Office of The Israelite 1860
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
<<Rare edition>> that Singerman records in only one copy. A later undated edition with a subtitle “A Historical Novel” is more common.
Abraham Ephraim Frankland (1831-95) was a prominent British-born merchant and civic-leader based in Memphis, Tennessee. A confederate sympathizer during the Civil War, he was appointed by Isaac M. Wise as director of the International Order of B’nai Brith for the Southern States.