Altman, Judah Solomon. Batzirei Yehudah.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 17

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Altman, Judah Solomon. Batzirei Yehudah.

<<Manuscript>> in Hebrew, written in a neat, square and semi-cursive Aschkenazi hand. Occasional English translation of poems. Additional notes tipped in. ff. 34 leaves. Modern boards. 8vo.

Brooklyn, New York: 1906

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

<<AN UNPUBLISHED RABBINIC WORK. >> Bio-bibliography and critical evaluation of the works of Abraham ibn Ezra, citing numerous earlier scholars. Tangentially makes mention of corruption within New York’s kosher butcher industry, concerning which the local rabbinate idly stand by and ignore the sorry state of affairs.