Yissachar Ber Gordon. Shevilei Olam Chadash [“Geography of the New World…The Americas and Australia.”]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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Lot 174

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Yissachar Ber Gordon. Shevilei Olam Chadash [“Geography of the New World…The Americas and Australia.”]

<<First edition.>> pp. 146 (pp. 1-2 misbound after p. 14 but complete). Few light stains. Later boards. 8vo.

Warsaw: S. Orgelbrand 1870

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

A detailed geography describing topography, climate, borders, populations, industries of all the major cities of the Americas: Canada, United States, Mexico, West Indies, South America (with appendix on Australia). Discusses history as well places of public interest including libraries, prayer-houses, theaters, universities, planetariums and famous residents. <<The first extensive practical survey of the Americas in Hebrew.>>