(“Ben Usiel”). Igroth Tzaphun. Neunzehn Briefe über Judenthum [“Nineteen Letters About Judaism.”]

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Lot 274

HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL.

(“Ben Usiel”). Igroth Tzaphun. Neunzehn Briefe über Judenthum [“Nineteen Letters About Judaism.”]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> German interspersed with Hebrew. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool. pp. viii, 111, (1 blank), (2). Foxed, some pencil markings along margins and some foxing. Later boards. 8vo.

Altona: Johann Friedrich Hammerich 1836

Est: $400 - $600

Written in the form of an exchange of letters between two thoughtful young men: Benjamin, an idealist impressed by society’s rapid progress in the arts and sciences, and Naphtali, a young Rabbi. “The Nineteen Letters” was immensely popular for its lucid presentation of Judaism before a rationalist audience. See E. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1996) pp. 59-67.