Address on the Life and Services of the Rev. Isaac Leeser, Pronounced by Simon Wolf, Under the auspices of Elijah Lodge No 50, IOBB at the Synagogue, Washington, D.C.

AUCTION 61 | Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 24
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Address on the Life and Services of the Rev. Isaac Leeser, Pronounced by Simon Wolf, Under the auspices of Elijah Lodge No 50, IOBB at the Synagogue, Washington, D.C.

pp. 13. Ex-library. Unbound. 8vo. Singerman 2110.

Washington, D.C: Philp & Solomons 1868

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
<<“Isaac Leeser was no ordinary man…”>> Strategically placed in the Nation’s Capital, Simon Wolf (1836-1923) was a most influential Jewish leader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Active in Jewish charitable and educational movements he made friendships with Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley and Woodrow Wilson.