Jonas Ennery. Le Sentier d’Israël, ou Bible des Jeunes Israélites.

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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(FRENCH-JUDAICA).

Jonas Ennery. Le Sentier d’Israël, ou Bible des Jeunes Israélites.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. pp. (4), 413, (1). Browned and lightly worn, endpapers removed. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed. 8vo.

Paris, Metz, and Strasburg: 1843

Est: $300 - $500

A student’s version of the Bible prepared by Jonas Ennery (1801-63), principal of a Jewish school of Strasbourg. Despite anti-Jewish rioting in Alsace, Ennery was elected a French Deputy in 1849, representing the department of the Lower Rhine. Ennery’s brother, Marchand Ennery, was Chief Rabbi of Paris.